Startup Guide

# The Founder's Startup Guide

Create a comprehensive startup guide for [FOUNDER_NAME], a [BACKGROUND] founder building [STARTUP_NAME] in the [INDUSTRY] space, currently at [STAGE] (e.g., idea, pre-seed, seed).

## Startup Overview
- **Problem being solved:** [PROBLEM]
- **Proposed solution:** [SOLUTION]
- **Target market:** [MARKET] (size and segment)
- **Business model hypothesis:** [REVENUE_MODEL]

## Founder's Playbook

### 1. Idea to Thesis
Help sharpen the startup thesis: the problem, the insight, why now, why this team, and the unfair advantage. Write a crisp 3-sentence startup thesis.

### 2. Market Sizing
Explain how to calculate TAM (Total Addressable Market), SAM (Serviceable Addressable Market), and SOM (Serviceable Obtainable Market) for [MARKET] with realistic assumptions.

### 3. Competitive Landscape
Describe how to map the competitive landscape, find white space, and articulate a differentiated position using a positioning map.

### 4. MVP Design
Outline the leanest possible MVP for [STARTUP_NAME]: what features to include, what to cut ruthlessly, and how to get your first 50 users.

### 5. Fundraising Basics
Explain the pre-seed and seed fundraising process: how to find angels and micro VCs, what investors look for at this stage, the 10 slides of a winning pitch deck, and SAFE vs. priced round differences.

### 6. Key Startup Metrics
For [BUSINESS_MODEL], identify the 5–7 metrics investors and founders must track obsessively from day one.

### 7. Common Founder Mistakes
List the 8 most common early-stage startup mistakes (with how to avoid each) based on patterns across thousands of startups.