01 · The memo
A written, investor-grade read.
A verdict, ranked strengths and risks, the case against you, and what to test next.
Independent analysis. For the founder.
Find out before it costs you years.
You can change a strategy. You can’t get back the years.
Founder Memo gives you an independent, investor-grade read of your own company: what’s working, what isn’t, and what to test before you build any further.
Private. Candid. Yours.
Or find out the hard way.
1 + 11First report + revisions
$200Per year. One company.
Private.You choose what to share.
Your company, through an investor’s eyes
The conversation investors have after you leave the room.
The room has this conversation without you. Your memo has it with you first, in private, while there’s still time to act.
Partner meeting · NotesIllustrative
Startup XYZ · Seed“Are we ready to raise?”
- Deck opens. Strong founder story.
- Demand looks real. Early customers name the same problem.
- Is the growth repeatable, or is it the founders?
- No acquisition cost yet.
- Pass. “Come back with repeat purchases.”
The eight questions in every room
Market
Is it big enough to matter?
Customer need
Who needs this, badly?
Differentiation
Why you, and not them?
Team
Can this team do it?
Traction
Is the growth real?
Economics
Do the numbers work?
Financing
Is the raise the right size?
Execution
Can you ship the plan?
What is a Founder Memo?
One memo. One briefing. Eleven more looks.
An independent, investor-grade read of your company. Written down, read aloud, and updated as you build.
02 · The briefing
The same memo, to listen to.
Take it on a walk, a commute, or to your co-founder.
03 · The revisions
Eleven more looks this year.
New evidence, a fixed weakness, a new lens. Get a fresh read each time. See a year of memos ↓
Rahim AmidiCo-founder
Why we built Founder Memo
I started in traditional business and found my way into technology and investing almost by accident.
Since then, we’ve reviewed more than 100,000 early-stage startups and made over 2,500 seed investments. We were lucky: more than 40 became unicorns.
What kept us going was helping founders see that their time is the most valuable thing they have.
That’s why we built
.
For every stage of the journey
Different stages.
The same need for clarity.
From a first idea to an IPO and beyond. The company changes. The questions change. Your analysis should change with them.
A question at this stage
Is this a problem people will pay to solve?
Change the perspective
Same company.
A different point of view.
Choose a new lens for each revision.
Reads your company the way a seed fund would before a partner meeting.
Before you open it
The first read
may sting.
You’ve put time, energy, and belief into this company. It’s hard to read that something you’ve worked on may not be working.
An uncomfortable finding now can spare you a much harder discovery later. See where the evidence is thin, which assumptions need testing, and what you can address while you still have room to act.
You don’t have to agree with every conclusion. Challenge the evidence, add what’s missing, and use your revisions as you learn more.
Just you, the evidence,
and what you do next.
Eleven chances to look again
Your company changes.
Your memo should too.
A year of perspective on the same company. Add evidence, address a weakness, or bring a new question as the business develops.
- 01
Start with what you have.
Your company, your stage, your question, and the materials that tell the story.
- 02
Read. Question. Act.
Examine the findings. Challenge the evidence. Decide what deserves your attention.
- 03
Bring the next chapter.
New customers? Better data? A change of direction? Add it and use a revision.
MEMO 01 · JANUARYLens: Investors
Prepared for Startup XYZ · Seed stage
You added: Your deck, your question, first customer notes
The demand is real. Repeatability is still unproven.
DemandProven
RepeatabilityUnproven
Acquisition costUnproven
Illustrative year · fictional company01 / 12
Your first report
Pricing
One company.
One year.
Room to get better.
One comprehensive report, followed by eleven revisions as you learn, test, and build.
The annual plan
$200 per year
Your first report + 11 revisions. All included.
- 1initial report on your company
- 11revisions over the year
- Analysis tailored to your stage and question
- Written report and audio briefing
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One company. One core topic.
Renews annually. Cancel anytime. Unused revisions do not roll over.
The first-report guarantee
Read it. Then decide.
If you’re not satisfied after seeing your first report, get a full refund of your annual payment. You should be able to judge the work for yourself.
A pass in a partner meeting costs you six weeks. A pass in your memo costs $16.67.
$200 billed annually. One memo + 11 revisions. $16.67 per look when you use all twelve.
Entered into the record
The case against buying this.
- “My mentors give me feedback.”
- Keep listening to them. The memo adds a written, independent view you can examine, question, and revisit.
- “I’ll find out in meetings.”
- You may. Finding a weakness beforehand gives you time to test it before an introduction or opportunity is on the line.
- “AI analysis is generic.”
- The starting point matters. Your materials, public evidence, and specific question shape the report. Read a sample and judge the depth.
- “I’m still at the idea stage.”
- That is a useful time to look. Test the assumptions before you spend a year building around them.
- “Can the focus change?”
- New evidence and a different perspective fit the same company and core topic. A new company or main topic requires a new fee.
- “Who sees the report?”
- Your report is private. You choose what to share.
- “What if I use all twelve early?”
- Your allowance resets at annual renewal. Unused revisions do not roll over.
Your friends are polite. Your mentors are busy.
Everyone says
it’s great.
Get the truth.
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