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The Founder Playbooks

Practical guides on the stuff that actually matters. Written by founders, for founders.

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Fundraising

How to pitch, build your deck, find investors, and close your round without losing your mind.

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Sales & GTM

Get your first 10 customers, then your first 100. Practical tactics that actually work.

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Hiring

Build your team when you have no money, no brand, and no time. We've been there.

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Product

Ship fast, talk to users, iterate. The unsexy truth about building products people want.

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Free Resources

The tools and templates we wish we had when we were starting out.

Guide

The Fundraising Bible

Everything we know about raising pre-seed and seed rounds, in one place.

Template

Pitch Deck Template

The exact format we recommend to our portfolio founders.

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SAFE Calculator

Understand your cap table before you sign anything.

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