# The Founders Corner Resources

> The Founders Corner Resources is a free toolkit of interactive diagnostics, calculators and AI prompt playbooks for startup founders — covering fundraising readiness, investor matching, SaaS metrics, go-to-market strategy, product-market fit and team health. Every tool runs in the browser and returns a scored, actionable result. Built by Chris Tottman (Notion Capital) and Vencha.

Site: https://resources.the-founders-corner.com
Tools available: 58
Cost: free, no paywall. Some tools ask for an email to save results.

## YC & Applications

- [YC Readiness Score](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/yc-readiness): Evaluate your YC readiness across 4 key dimensions in under 2 minutes.
- [YC Category Fit Finder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/yc-category-fit): Match your startup to YC's 10 RFS categories and get positioning tips for your application.
- [YC Founder DNA Matrix](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/founder-dna): Rate yourself on the 7 traits YC scores — get your founder DNA profile and YC-style verdict.
- [YC Video Script Builder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/yc-video-script): Generate a polished 60-second YC application video script with AI, then rehearse with a built-in teleprompter.

## Fundraising & Investors

- [Investor Readiness Builder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/investor-readiness): Score your fundability across 8 pillars and prepare for investor outreach in one guided journey.
- [Claude Prompt Playbooks](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/playbooks): Browse Chris Tottman's Claude prompt playbooks — narrative, briefing, gauntlet, and term sheet decoder.
- [Fundraising Narrative Builder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/playbooks/fundraising-narrative): Craft and stress-test the story VCs actually invest in, using a five-prompt AI playbook.
- [Raise Deck Requirements](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/raise-deck-requirements): Pick your stage (Pre-Seed to Series B, including bridge rounds) and get the exact slides your deck needs.
- [The VC Rejection Gauntlet](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/playbooks/vc-rejection-gauntlet): Let an adversarial AI reject your pitch across every deal-killing category before a real VC does.
- [Claude Investor Briefing](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/claude-investor-briefing): Turn Claude into your deal-room analyst. Reconstruct your narrative, build a data room, and prep a 10-minute meeting strategy.
- [Term Sheet Decoder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/playbooks/term-sheet-decoder): Decode every term sheet clause and know exactly where to push before you sign, with Chris Tottman's Claude prompts.
- [SAFE Dilution Calculator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/safe-dilution): Calculate how your SAFE converts at a priced round and see the impact on founder ownership.
- [Funding Milestone Navigator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/funding-milestones): Understand what metrics and milestones are required for your next funding round based on 2026 expectations.
- [Capitalisation Readiness](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/capitalisation-readiness): Decide whether to bootstrap, raise angels, or go VC via 18 objective questions based on a VC scoring framework.
- [Deck Hack](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/deck-hack): Upload your pitch deck and get detailed, actionable feedback trained on insights from operators who've reviewed hundreds of decks.
- [Investor Fit](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/investor-fit): Match with best-fit investors from 2,500+ VCs by stage, sector, raise amount, and geography.
- [Family Office Finder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/family-office-finder): Find family offices matched to your stage, sector, and geography — private capital that deploys on conviction.
- [Cap Table Scenario Builder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/cap-table): Build your cap table interactively with funding rounds, dilution modeling, and exit waterfall analysis.
- [VC Method Valuation](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/vc-method): Calculate implied valuations, required ownership, IRR, and MOIC using the Venture Capital Method.
- [DD Readiness Check](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/dd-readiness): Score your due diligence readiness across 5 categories and get a prioritised gap list before fundraising.
- [SAFE & Note Side-by-Side](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/safe-note-comparison): Compare multiple SAFEs and convertible notes side-by-side to see conversion outcomes and dilution impact.
- [Scenario Fundraising Planner](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/scenario-fundraising): Compare raise scenarios side-by-side to find your optimal fundraise size, dilution, and runway.
- [IC Simulator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/ic-simulator): Simulate a VC investment committee discussion and get a verdict, IC memo, debate transcript, and objection stack.
- [Billion-Dollar Trajectory Scorecard](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/billion-dollar-trajectory): Score your startup against the 8 dimensions Forbes and TrueBridge use to spot future billion-dollar companies.

## Metrics & Finance

- [AI Pricing Model](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/pricing-model): Model pricing tiers, unit economics, and scenarios for AI-powered SaaS features; see gross margins and LTV in real time.
- [Revenue Forecast Builder](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/revenue-forecast): Build investor-ready projections across 5 SaaS business models with ARR growth, retention cohorts, and CFO-level outputs.
- [TAM SAM SOM Calculator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/tam-sam-som): Build bottom-up market sizing with visual output, investor guardrails, and a copy-paste pitch summary.
- [Runway & Burn Calculator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/runway-burn): Calculate your runway, model hiring/cut scenarios, and check if you're default alive or dead.
- [CAC Payback Calculator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/cac-payback): Calculate payback period, LTV:CAC ratio, and break-even timeline from your acquisition costs and revenue metrics.
- [Rule of 40 Calculator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/rule-of-40): Check if your revenue growth + profit margin passes the 40% threshold investors look for.
- [Customer Concentration Risk](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/customer-concentration): Score your customer revenue concentration risk and identify dependency red flags before fundraising.
- [SaaS Quick Ratio](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/saas-quick-ratio): Calculate your SaaS Quick Ratio to measure if growth outpaces churn — the metric investors love.
- [Pricing Page Analysis](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/pricing-page-analysis): Score your pricing page against 12 best practices and get specific recommendations to improve conversions.
- [Burn Multiple Calculator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/burn-multiple): Calculate your Burn Multiple and see how efficiently you convert burn into ARR growth.
- [Unit Economics Health Check](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/unit-economics): Score your unit economics across 6 key metrics with a health dashboard and fix priorities.

## Product & Growth

- [The Selling Software Algorithm](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/gtm-builder): Build your complete go-to-market algorithm across 8 steps, from ICP to content framework.
- [Churn Pattern Dashboard](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/churn-pattern-dashboard): Code your churn exit interviews into six root causes and see the pattern that should drive your roadmap.
- [PMF Alignment Assessment](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/pmf-assessment): Assess what your leadership team believes about PMF, surface alignment gaps, and get "what to test next" recommendations.
- [Website Messaging Check](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/messaging-check): Run 7 tests to see if your homepage messaging connects or confuses first-time visitors.
- [Competitor Messaging Benchmark](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/messaging-check?mode=compare): Benchmark your homepage messaging against up to 5 competitors with a side-by-side radar chart and scorecard.
- [GTM Motion Fit Calculator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/gtm-motion-fit): Diagnose whether your GTM motion is structurally scalable or economically broken across 5 dimensions.
- [The Selling Software Algorithm](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/gtm-builder): Build your full selling algorithm — from PCP to market map to outbound search criteria.
- [Validation Experiment Planner](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/validation-planner): Get a personalised validation experiment plan ranked by signal-to-effort, matched to your stage and goals.
- [Pivot or Persevere Diagnostic](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/pivot-persevere): Score your startup across 5 momentum dimensions to get a data-driven verdict: double down, iterate, or pivot.
- [Content-Led Growth Scorecard](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/content-growth-scorecard): Score your content engine across 6 dimensions and get a prioritised action plan to drive growth.
- [Viral Coefficient Estimator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/viral-coefficient): Calculate your K-factor, see your viral growth curve, and find out what drives referral growth.
- [Competitive Moat Assessment](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/competitive-moat): Score your defensibility across 7 moat dimensions and discover where you're strong and vulnerable.
- [Feature Prioritisation Matrix](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/feature-priority): Score and rank features using ICE or RICE methodology with visual priority tiers and scatter chart.
- [Market Timing Diagnostic](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/market-timing): Assess whether the market window is open with a 20-question diagnostic across 5 categories.
- [Competitor Positioning Matrix](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/competitor-positioning): Map your competitive position with a radar chart, gap analysis, and strategic recommendations.
- [Problem Severity Validator](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/problem-severity): AI-powered analysis that scores your problem's urgency, buyer willingness to pay, and detects the nice-to-have trap.

## Leadership & Team

- [Leadership Transition Diagnostic](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/leadership-transition): Identify your leadership mode and whether it matches your company stage — or is holding you back.
- [Price's Law Diagnostic](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/prices-law): Identify your √N cohort and understand where value is concentrated in your organization.
- [Founder Burnout Risk Score](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/burnout-risk): Score your burnout risk across 6 dimensions and identify danger zones before they become crises.
- [Co-Founder Fit Assessment](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/co-founder-fit): Score your co-founder compatibility across 6 dimensions and identify relationship risk areas.
- [Founder Decision Bias Scanner](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/decision-bias): Score your decision-making clarity across 5 cognitive biases and identify your primary blind spot.
- [Team Dysfunction Diagnostic](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/team-dysfunction): Diagnose team dysfunction across Lencioni's 5 layers and get a prioritised fix plan.

## Templates & Resources

- [Big Book of BrainDumps](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/braindumps-images): Browse 69 downloadable visual guides across startup fundamentals, fundraising, leadership, metrics, and GTM.

## Optional

- [Full tool descriptions](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/llms-full.txt): long-form description of every tool
- [Claude prompt playbooks](https://resources.the-founders-corner.com/playbooks): step-by-step AI prompt sequences for fundraising