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Founder Traits
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for personal growth-focused curriculum
We combine sessions, office hours, community, camp, meeting founders, curated podcasts and coaching to help them. Below is the list of sessions.
Sessions
Week
Workshop
Trait
OLD - Presentation/Worksheet
Notes
1
1
Kickoff - What to Build
Relentless
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tFM2mqfyL-sMOrVmD6nXfbnOXfeTmNWlyjFzb7kLnio/edit?usp=sharing
Day 1: who to be and what to build Day 2: Seeing others who walked the path
2
1
Kickoff - Traits of Great Founders
Study the Greats
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3
1
Kickoff - Hillary Allen on Resilience
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4
2
(NEW) Navigating the idea maze
Think against the grain
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5
3
Questioning technology assumptions (Bio w Vijay)
Always more audacity
No materials
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6
3
Questioning technology assumptions (Climate)
Always more audacity
No materials
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7
4
Technoeconomics
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KLcDlrEuuJ-Bf1tSt-KJKjfxVzeNTaH_SgYgRrMhetc/edit?usp=sharing
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8
4
Customer discovery for deep tech
Problems as opportunities
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RUp9q3DF-yo8R3n_zTVNUlbnilIH3dw0348KxRqV9Ho/edit?usp=sharing
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9
5
Building a world-class team & Cofounders
High expectations
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PCHwAIKcZIbAQ7iSl-7LEVrX21XW4VPsmi1IMWpxurA/edit#slide=id.g270ceafe532_2_0
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10
6
Story of Self
Work is Life
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PdONUJFvvF8InZqLfj5KyB9ZWhdHsflRruSO73MMvus/edit?usp=sharing
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11
6
Cohort retreat + Story of Self
Full effort, always
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pDAVdIasSfSm4M4KFj6-eA7F3r51bO-rYZSCaVQIEI8/edit?usp=sharing
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12
7
Studying the Greats and Dialing up Founder Traits (break)
Study the Greats
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13
8
How to move fast
Speed
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dZjXThiASlOWq-APvt1jOrCydbDvOJ8_1goCn7Cjj5A/edit#slide=id.g276d2e9de40_0_0
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14
9
Deck in a Day #1
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15
10
Fundraising Mechanics
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16Jw9l1_zm2no1BqPquE6dkx657HVTVDFNyWlaiT0UyU/edit#slide=id.g276d2e9de40_0_0
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16
11
Selling and Closing Customers
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oT4XXrXlzk5z_VslaCI6sYqFEADt98_pMi50QuMZcwc/edit#slide=id.g279a60b11ce_2_112
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17
12
Recruiting + WHO process
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O18Q0OzUs9GPm0a0CTJSMkdY1YVx24OJriG1WEAsWUg/edit#slide=id.g279ca0194b2_0_225
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18
13
Deck in a Day #2 + Pitch!
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k6bh7K4Tmzzp2sTpg9lrdNuuQhUvWyXz3AA4XzVSIqo/edit#slide=id.g2661d03bd86_0_0
Edit so that we teach them how to do short slides
19
14
Story of Self #2
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No materials
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20
15
Closing
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X52MjM379-QdgaUhuQoN-okaJPKue8VItma8wv8rQrg/edit?usp=sharing
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21
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Dialing up intensity
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There are no rows in this table
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Weekend 1:
Choosing who to be
100% responsibility
Great founder traits (?)
Choosing what to build
Progress / markets / rubric
Idea assessment & goal setting about the idea
Seeing others walk the path
Lead with rubric on each company and key attributes of each founder


Alex flies:
Oct 7-8 for recruiting
nov 4 - 7 for fundraising and deck in a day
dec 4-5 for recruiting and WHO (maybe)

Sessions
What to build:
Prerequisites: civilizationally important
Testing assumptions: technology
mock technical DD
Technoeconomics
Testing assumptions: market
Customer discovery
Fundraising
Pitching
Deck in a Day Pitch!
Selling and Closing Customers
Testing assumptions: team
Recruiting and building a world-class team
Recruiting + WHO process
Who to be
Traits of Great Founders
Story of Self
Finding your edge (doubts + ice bath)
How to move fast
Story of Self #2

Sam Walton, Elon Musk , one else — prep debate of which was the best entrepreneur and who had the traits most dialed up
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