A founder's roadmap from idea validation to first customers, covering lean testing, fundraising basics, and building an early team.
What you will learn
- Validate a business idea before building it
- Run lean experiments with real customers
- Understand the basics of early-stage fundraising
- Build a founding team and advisory circle
Requirements
- A business idea (even an early one)
- Certificate on completion
FAQ
No, the first module is specifically about validating and refining an early idea.
It covers the fundamentals - enough to understand the process and prepare, not a full legal/financial deep dive.
No, the framework applies to any early-stage venture.
- Problem-solution fit
- Talking to your first customersLocked
- Lean experiments that save timeLocked
- MVP scopingLocked
- Launch strategy basicsLocked
- Gathering and acting on feedbackLocked
- Fundraising fundamentalsLocked
- Building a founding teamLocked
- Finding advisors and mentorsLocked
Olivia Smith
Startup Advisor
Olivia Smith has coached early-stage founders through fundraising and go-to-market, and distills that experience into a practical, no-fluff curriculum.
Reviews
5.0
1 Review
Tariq Al-Sayed
★★★★★5 days ago
The customer interview scripts alone saved me months of guessing.
