Founder Check Up

Give your business a boost. In 30 days.

Partner with a proven investor, founder, and mentor that’s willing to roll up their sleeves to help you get unstuck. Entrepreneurship is tough. Don’t go it alone.

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Come with challenges and questions. Leave with insights and solutions.

Supercharge your efforts to get the boost you need by getting personalized 1-on-1 support in critical areas like:

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  • Telling your founder story
  • Crafting the ideal pitch deck
  • Building and managing a team
  • Working with a co-founder
  • Running a fundraising process
  • Modeling VC vs Bootstrapped paths
  • Customer Discovery
  • User acquisition and GTM
  • Undertaking a pivot

Meet Your Copilot

Rahul Brahmbhatt

Founder | Investor | Fundraiser | Mentor

  • Bootstrapped first company in 2005
  • Built US business for international NGOs Magic Bus (2010) and Teach for India (2018)
  • Co-founded VC-backed Day One (2020) supporting 500+ founders with investors like Gary Vee, Antler, and others
  • Raised nearly $25m USD in capital since 2010
  • Angel Investor and Venture Partner since 2019
  • Mentor at MassChallenge, Founder Institute, XRC Ventures, Techstars, and Ion Houston
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★★★★★ 5.0

Rahul was super helpful to me in scoping out new ideas for a business, talking to potential customers, and framing the most important questions. I'd highly recommend him for anyone in the early stages of getting started on a new business idea.

Neil Parikh Co-Founder, Casper

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★★★★★ 5.0

Rahul's insights and expertise have been invaluable in helping us overcome our challenges, raise money, build a product that's working with traction, figure out marketing & positioning so that we're getting the right users, and so much more.

Denzil Eden CEO, smarty.ai

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Pricing

$2,499 USD

One-time payment

Four hour-long calls

Four weeks of async support

Reviews and Testimonials

Worry-free engagement terms:

  • Single payment
  • No upsells
  • No recurring costs
  • 100% private and confidential
  • 100% money-back satisfaction guarantee

Who Is This For?

If you see yourself in any of the profiles below and feel stuck or frustrated, Founder Check Up is for you:

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“Everything that was working stopped working.”

The Post-Revenue Founder

You’ve have had some big wins in the past, have a product people are using and want that boost to find that next wave of users - but it feels like you’re stuck in neutral and need some fresh ideas and a sparring partner.

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“I don’t think I can handle hearing another NO!”

The Fundraising Founder

You’ve got the plan in place - the vision, the biz plan, the pitch deck - and now all you need a few bucks to put it all in motion, but you can’t seem to get investors, studios, or accelerators to sign on the dotted line.

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“Why is getting feedback on my MVP so hard?”

The Post-MVP Founder

You’ve invested time and money into building an early version of your product, but have hit a wall in acquiring users. You aren’t sure what to do next and need a second, more experienced set of eyes and ears alongside yours.

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“Let’s do this! Um, ok…where do I start?”

The Idea-Stage Founder

You’ve embraced the risk, have read all the books, listened to all the podcasts, and are ready to take the leap! You’ve got a killer idea but with so much in front of you, you’re not quite sure what to do next.

What Will You Get?

Over the course of four calls over four weeks, you’re guaranteed to receive the following:

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A Business Health Check

  • Get an audit of all work done to date, including customer discovery logs, persona docs, pitch, deck, product demo, user interviews, investor list, financials, projections, business model, etc.
  • Analyze an assessment of gaps or blind spots from the various perspectives of an investor, customer, user, partner, competitor, and team member.

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Investor and Customer Insights

  • Recieve hands-on guidance on how to do proper, efficient customer discovery from target persona filtering to interview guide creation.
  • Get an understanding into various investor motivations and the KPIs pre-seed to Series A investors look for.
  • Role play a mock investment committee where you’ll get a look on how investor decisions are typically made at that level.
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An Accountability Partner

  • Engage in weekly 1-hour video calls where we review any news, cover key topics and insights, dive into deeper discussions, and leave with homework for both of us.
  • Take a moment to dive into many of the softer elements of entrepreneurship around founder-business fit, motivation, passion, mental health, and personal goals.

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★★★★★ 5.0

Rahul has helped so many entrepreneurs throughout his career, pushing them to see their businesses more clearly, and take actions that lead to stronger results. He’s helped me immensely.

Deeckla Rotman Founder, Dee & Sweets

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★★★★★ 5.0

Rahul is a generous, knowledgable, and savvy startup advisor. He adds value around ops, fundraising, and go-to-market, pulling from his years of experience on both sides of the table.

Iggy Moliver Managing Partner, Remedy Product Studio