Advisory · Startup Founders

Advisory for Startup Founders

Turn a scattered story, shaky numbers, and a vague ask into a business an investor can say yes to.

The pain

You have traction and a vision. What you do not have yet is a business an investor can follow.

  • You are raising “a million” because that is what you think you can get, not what a plan says you need.
  • Your market slide shows a number so big nobody believes it.
  • The deck keeps changing because the story underneath it is not settled.
  • An investor asks one simple question and the answer exposes a gap.
The solution

We build the business argument before the slides

We settle the story, pressure-test the numbers, and get you ready for the questions investors actually ask. You walk in able to explain the business in one sentence and defend it in the next.

The framework · from The Startup Playbook

We work the investor story as a sequence of questions an investor needs answered, in order:

  • Why · What · Who. The problem worth solving, your solution, and the team who can actually pull it off.
  • Where · Why now. The real market, TAM, SAM and SOM, not a fantasy number, and why this is the moment.
  • How · How much · Where to. The model, the amount you genuinely need, and the roadmap that money buys.

Two ideas run through all of it: raise what your plan shows you need, not what you think you can get, and read every slide through the investor's eyes, not your own.

What you leave with

A settled investor story, a realistic ask and use of funds, honest market math, and clear answers to the hard questions, ready to become a deck.

Let's get you investor-readyTell me a bit about your situation. I usually reply within one business day.
Common questions

Questions people ask before we start

Do I need a business plan for my startup?

You need a plan, not a novel. A plan forces you to test your assumptions on paper before you burn cash proving them wrong. Think of it as a living tool, not a document you file and forget.

How do I know if my story is investor-ready?

It is ready when it survives a skeptic. If a smart outsider can grasp the opportunity, the risk, the economics, and the ask without a twenty-minute explanation, you are close. If you spend most of the time explaining the product instead of the business, you are not.

What do investors actually look at now?

Clear thinking and a believable path to returns. The bar moved: they want to see how you survive the next eighteen months, not only how you conquer the world in ten years. Inflated projections now work against you.

Can you help before I am ready to pitch?

That is the best time. Waiting until the pitch is tomorrow means we manage a crisis instead of building the story. We settle the business logic first, and the pitch comes out of it.

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