<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>EconKit Blog</title><description>Long-form guides on freelance pricing, profit margins, SaaS metrics, e-commerce profitability, and unit economics. Every post links to a calculator so you can run the numbers on your own inputs.</description><link>https://www.econkit.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Burn Rate vs Runway: How to Read the Room</title><link>https://www.econkit.com/blog/burn-rate-vs-runway-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.econkit.com/blog/burn-rate-vs-runway-2026/</guid><description>Runway is the wrong number to optimize. 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With country-specific tax tables and a worked example anchored to real 2025 freelancer data.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>freelance</category><category>pricing</category><category>rates</category><author>EconKit Team</author></item><item><title>How to Raise Your Freelance Rate Without Losing Clients</title><link>https://www.econkit.com/blog/raise-your-freelance-rate-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.econkit.com/blog/raise-your-freelance-rate-2026/</guid><description>The retention math most freelancers never compute. 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