Accuracy
Names, roles, companies, dates, locations, quotations, and consequential claims are checked against the available archive material before publication. Uncertainty is stated rather than resolved through guesswork.
Sources
Primary testimony and direct company documentation are preferred. Secondary sources are used for context and cross-checking. Published ledger entries and field notes carry source and archival-provenance records. Sanity preserves the same source relationships for editorial maintenance.
Consent
Founder collaboration and consent are required for unpublished personal material, private artifacts, and production footage. Publicly documented corporate history may be archived independently with appropriate attribution.
Representation
Geographic and cultural context should clarify a founder's constraints without reducing a place to stereotypes. The archive avoids treating Silicon Valley as the default against which every other ecosystem is measured.
Commercial Disclosure
Sponsorship, production support, or commercial relationships connected to a record will be disclosed on that record. Financial participation does not permit factual approval or removal of relevant context.