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Use this skill when preparing pitch decks, negotiating term sheets, conducting due diligence, or managing investor relations. Triggers on fundraising, pitch decks, term sheets, due diligence, investor updates, cap tables, SAFEs, convertible notes, and any task requiring startup funding strategy or execution.
The YC meta-game distilled from 4000+ funded companies. Demo day prep, batch dynamics, investor updates, "launch now" mentality, talking to users obsessively. This is the playbook that turned $125K checks into trillion-dollar companies. Use when "yc, y combinator, demo day, batch, investor update, office hours, launch now, talk to users, do things that don't scale, make something people want, startup school, yc application, series a prep, post-yc, yc, startup, accelerator, demo-day, fundraising, launch, users, growth" mentioned.
This skill should be used when the user asks questions about startups, founding decisions, co-founders, fundraising, product development, growth, hiring, or any entrepreneurial advice. It provides access to Y Combinator's complete library of 443 curated resources including essays by Paul Graham, founder interviews, and startup school lectures. Use this skill to give thorough, research-backed advice on startup decisions.
Senior SaaS CFO / Financial Analyst (15+ years) specialized in financial modeling, projections, and exit strategy for bootstrapped and VC-backed SaaS companies. Activate when user needs: (1) Revenue projections (1-5 years), (2) Exit valuation and multiples, (3) Unit economics analysis (CAC, LTV, payback), (4) Scenario modeling (conservative/base/optimistic), (5) Fundraising narratives with financial backing, (6) M&A due diligence financials, (7) SaaS metrics benchmarking, (8) Cohort analysis and churn modeling. Triggers: "proyecciones", "projections", "exit", "valuation", "ARR", "MRR", "multiples", "revenue forecast", "financial model", "exit strategy", "CAC", "LTV", "unit economics", "churn", "fundraising", "M&A", "acquisition", "5 year plan".
Routes startup and business requests (idea validation, market/competitors, pricing, GTM, fundraising, marketing, business docs) to the right skills; hands off building and ops to other routers
Systematically validate your business hypotheses before building anything. Master Steve Blank's Customer Development methodology that became the foundation of Lean Startup and YC's approach. Use when: **Starting a new venture** to avoid building something nobody wants; **Before writing a line of code** to validate problem-solution fit; **Pivoting decisions** to systematically test new directions; **Early-stage fundraising** to prove market validation; **Product roadmap planning** to prioritiz...
Nonprofit fundraising performance analysis with donor segmentation, campaign ROI, retention metrics, and trend analysis. Use when evaluating fundraising effectiveness, analyzing donor data, or planning campaigns.
Write winning grant proposals for nonprofits and social impact organizations. Covers grant research and selection, proposal structure, compelling narrative writing, budget development, evaluation plans, and submission best practices. Use when applying for foundation grants, government funding, corporate sponsorships, or capacity-building grants. Trigger on "write a grant proposal", "grant writing", "apply for funding", "foundation grant", "nonprofit fundraising", "how to get grants".
Use when asked to "strategic narrative", "Andy Raskin", "tell our company story", "write a pitch deck", "explain why customers should care", or "movement narrative". Helps craft compelling narratives that define movements rather than just selling products. The Strategic Narrative framework (created by Andy Raskin) transforms pitches from feature lists into stories about change.
This skill should be used when the user asks to "calculate TAM", "determine SAM", "estimate SOM", "size the market", "calculate market opportunity", "what's the total addressable market", or requests market sizing analysis for a startup or business opportunity.
Analyzes venture capital, investment trends, funding rounds, investor strategies, M&A activity, and funding patterns in specific markets or industries. Use when the user requests funding analysis, VC landscape research, investment trend analysis, or wants to understand investor activity and funding dynamics.