Day 22 - Tracking Out

Week 4 Kickoff

Today marks the beginning of the fourth week. We started with a session on validation, diving into the crucial task of ensuring that our startup idea truly addresses a market need. While we had talked about the different validation methods before, it was a welcome refresher to get them presented in a structured way. However, it also intensified the pressure to chose a concrete idea soon so we can get onto the necessary validation work.

Following the session, we heard from previous founders who shared their war stories on validating their products. It was enlightening to gain real-life insights into how theory translates into practice and how reality often diverges from initial expectations. It's always inspiring to hear about founders who successfully navigated these challenges. Yet, they have new of concerns to address: scaling, securing the next round of funding, recruiting talent, and more. Oh, how I envy their journey! Time to roll up my sleeves and dive in!

Tracking Out

In the afternoon, we had our track out meeting. Kendal and I presented our team to Antler and underwent a pre-investment meeting to ensure our team's readiness for investment. Antler provided a comprehensive document with tough questions, covering various aspects such as our expectations of the other founder, how to handle situations where they not live up to them, how do we want to run the company, our salary expectations and a section about our skills. Afterwards we had to compare our answers and convince Antler that this team worthy of their investment. Fortunately, reviewing our sheets reaffirmed them on our compatibility as a team. We were in sync on almost every point, and our skill sets complemented each other perfectly. With that, our team became official, and we tracked out. Now, we just need to settle on a problem worth solving.