03 — For Founders
Tools to help you pitch, place, and position your startup — built on frameworks from 100+ demo days, thousands of pitches, two failed companies, and a lot of other people's exits.
Each tool is built on a specific post — pitch, valuation, intros. Free for founders, always.
Ask anything about pitching, raising, intros, valuation, or post-mortems. Trained on the actual writing — The Perfect Pitch, Valuation ∝ 1/risk, Haaaaaave you met, plus the Tigerbow and Philo failure stories.
Scroll down to chat ↓Type any startup's URL. We scan its public surface and draw the fingerprint of its tech stack — six axes, live from STAX. Then see what an outside scan can't: the backend gaps only you can fill.
Reveal a stack →Upload your deck as PDF. Get a slide-by-slide scorecard against the 10-point framework, a sequence + clarity meta-check, and the top 3 things to fix before your next pitch.
Analyze your deck →Drop your URL and founder info. Get placed on the Valuation ∝ 1/risk curve, scored on 6 risk dimensions, and matched with funds actively investing at your stage.
Check your stage →Paste your URL. Get a drafted intro email that follows my rules — single clean thread, one sentence on the company, one sentence on traction. Copy button. Mailto me if you're ready.
Join the waitlist →Get the actual take, not a generic answer. This is an AI running on From the Porch — directionally useful, not a substitute for a real conversation.
This is an AI doing my founder shtick. It can be wrong; your cap table can't. Pressure-test before you act.
Each tool is built directly from one of these posts. Read the source if you want the long version.
The 10-slide sequence every great deck follows. Each slide prompts the question the next slide answers. Feeds the Deck Analyzer.
Read on Substack → NOV 2024Valuation is inversely proportional to risk. Your job is to move up the risk curve before you raise. Feeds Stage Check.
Read on Substack → NOV 2024The rules for asking for an intro. Clean thread, one sentence on what you do, one sentence on traction. Feeds Intro Draft.
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