Founder Conversation Practice

Lead a runway reset

Explain the cash reality, make the tradeoff explicit, and align on the next operating move.

With: Cofounder

Customer discovery without pitching

Explore a painful workflow without steering the customer toward your solution.

With: Potential Customer

Qualify a founder-led sale

Discover the business problem, decision path, and urgency before deciding whether to advance the deal.

With: Prospective Buyer

Resolve a cofounder priority conflict

Move from competing opinions to one decision, owner, and review point.

With: Cofounder

Address unequal cofounder commitment

Name the contribution gap without attacking character, then reset expectations and a review point.

With: Cofounder

Address a repeated missed founder promise

Discuss a missed operating commitment and agree on ownership, support, and consequences.

With: Cofounder

Handle investor pushback

Answer a skeptical traction question with evidence, limits, and a credible next milestone.

With: Investor

Say no to an expensive customer request

Protect product focus while keeping a valuable customer relationship constructive.

With: Customer

Reset a delegation boundary

Clarify why founder depth is needed, what the leader owns, and how decisions will work after the reset.

With: Functional Leader

Interview a first-team candidate

Test a candidate against startup outcomes with consistent, behavior-based questions instead of chemistry alone.

With: Candidate