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Description
Starting a company is exciting, but the most expensive mistakes usually happen before you write the first line of code or build the first feature. Founder Strategy Discovery is designed for aspiring and early-stage founders who want an experienced thought partner to help evaluate an idea, challenge assumptions, and build a stronger strategic foundation before making significant investments of time and money. Over three hours of personalized 1:1 coaching, we’ll work together to: * Clarify the customer problem you’re solving and determine whether it’s meaningful enough to build a business around. * Identify your ideal customer profile (ICP) and refine your value proposition. * Evaluate your proposed solution and determine whether AI is genuinely creating customer value or simply adding complexity. * Prioritize what belongs in your MVP and identify what can wait. * Discuss customer discovery strategies, early go-to-market considerations, and common pitfalls faced by first-time founders. * Develop a practical action plan with clear next steps tailored to your business. This package is ideal for professionals exploring entrepreneurship, first-time founders, or startup teams seeking strategic guidance before committing significant time or capital. Every session is tailored to your unique situation, with the goal of helping you make better decisions, reduce risk, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
What you'll get from this package
Clear understanding of the customer problem and its market opportunity.
Refined ideal customer profile and compelling value proposition.
Evaluation of your solution strategy, including where AI creates real customer value.
Prioritized MVP roadmap with clear build-now vs. build-later recommendations.
Actionable customer discovery and early go-to-market plan.
Personalized founder action plan with clear next steps.
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions.
This package is delivered through three live 1:1 video coaching sessions, each tailored to your startup, business idea, or strategic challenge. Before our first session, I’ll ask you to share a brief overview of your business, target customers, and the key questions you’re trying to answer so we can maximize our time together. Our conversations are collaborative and practical, not a fixed curriculum or generic startup playbook. We’ll work through your assumptions, evaluate tradeoffs, challenge ideas where appropriate, and develop actionable next steps based on your specific situation. Between sessions, you’ll have limited messaging access for follow-up questions and clarification, ensuring you continue making progress as you apply what we’ve discussed. The goal is simple: help you make better founder decisions, reduce costly mistakes, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Package Terms * This package includes 3 hours of live 1:1 coaching, typically delivered as three 60-minute sessions. Session timing can be adjusted by mutual agreement. * Clients should complete a short intake questionnaire and share any relevant materials (idea summary, product overview, pitch deck, or notes) at least 24 hours before the first session. * Coaching is tailored to your specific goals and business context. While strategic guidance and recommendations are provided, all business decisions and implementation remain the responsibility of the client. * Limited messaging support is included between scheduled sessions for brief follow-up questions and clarification. * Sessions may be rescheduled with at least 24 hours’ notice, subject to availability. * This package focuses on founder strategy, product thinking, customer discovery, and early-stage business decisions. It does not include legal, financial, tax, or investment advice.
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Offered by Sridhar P.
Joined June 2026
5.0
Product Leader Turned AI Founder | Coaching Early-Stage Founders
Over the last 25+ years, I’ve built my career across engineering, enterprise consulting, product management, and startup entrepreneurship. I began as a software engineer, spent several years helping enterprise customers solve complex business and technology problems as a consultant, and then spent more than 15 years leading products and product strategy in the technology industry. Today, I’m the founder of an AI startup building agentic software for enterprise customers. I coach aspiring and early-stage founders who are navigating the realities of turning an idea into a business. Whether you’re evaluating a startup idea, conducting customer discovery, building an MVP, thinking through product strategy, exploring AI opportunities, or deciding whether to leave a stable career to pursue entrepreneurship, I can help you think through the tradeoffs and avoid common mistakes. What makes my perspective different is that I’m not teaching entrepreneurship from a textbook or from a startup exit that happened years ago. I’m actively building a company today while balancing the same challenges many founders face: product development, customer acquisition, fundraising decisions, personal finances, family responsibilities, and long-term career risk. My goal is to provide practical, honest guidance grounded in real-world experience rather than startup mythology. If you’re considering a startup journey, building an AI-enabled product, or simply trying to determine whether entrepreneurship is the right next step for you, I’d be happy to help.
$300
3h of coaching