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19 questions · ~4 minutes
Question 1 of 19Capital Requirements
How much does it cost to build and launch a working version?
Question 2 of 19Revenue Timeline
How long until you can realistically charge your first customer?
Question 3 of 19Revenue Timeline
What does your sales motion actually look like?
Question 4 of 19Market Dynamics
Who are your customers - businesses or consumers?
Question 5 of 19Market Dynamics
Once customers start using your product, how sticky is it?
Question 6 of 19Revenue Timeline
How long is your typical sales cycle?
Question 7 of 19Market Dynamics
How do you plan to reach your first 100 paying customers?
Question 8 of 19Capital Requirements
How big does the team need to be to ship version one?
Question 9 of 19Founder Situation
How do you actually feel about taking investor money and what comes with it?
Question 10 of 19Market Dynamics
Does your business model require market dominance to work?
Question 11 of 19Revenue Timeline
How long do you realistically expect it to take to find product-market fit?
Question 12 of 19Founder Situation
How much personal financial runway do you have?
Question 13 of 19Capital Requirements
Do you have existing customers or contracts that could bridge early revenue?
Question 14 of 19Founder Situation
Do you want to build a large company or a sustainable business?
Question 15 of 19Founder Situation
Have you actually talked to a founder who bootstrapped a company similar to yours?
Question 16 of 19Market Dynamics
How competitive is the market you're entering and how fast is it moving?
Question 17 of 19Market Dynamics
How defensible is your position without scale?
Question 18 of 19Capital Requirements
How many people do you need to hire in the first 12 months to execute the plan?
Question 19 of 19Founder Situation
Are you willing to give up equity and board control?
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