Learn the craft
How the startup world works, in the open
Guides written from the record: how programs pick people, what the money looks like in writing, and how an introduction earns a reply.
The deal memo, taught properly
The one artifact that outlives every application: what a readable memo contains, what investors skim for, and the dated-notes habit that becomes a track record.
- 01What you noticed, dated
- 02Why this team, in their words
- 03What would change your mind
- 04Who should see it, and why them
The library
Start with the question in front of you
The glossaryPlain-language definitions for the terms you will hear in a pitch, a term sheet, or a partner meeting.Questions, answeredStraight answers about how programs, funds and scouting work, and where the limits are.Startup newsReporting worth your time on founders, funds, programs and how startups get found early.How the research worksThe standards behind every record, source links, review dates, and corrections.ProgramsAccelerators, fellowships, scout programs and the other ways into the startup world, side by side.