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Startup Founder Reflection

Captures founders' early-stage experience, main obstacles, milestones and future resource needs.

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Questions in this template

How It Started

  1. Thank you for taking part. We would like to learn about your journey as a founder so we can better understand what founders need.

  2. At what stage was the company when you became involved?

    Choose one:

    • Idea
    • Before any funding
    • After raising funding
    • Already earning revenue
    • Other

  3. Please describe the stage.

    Condition: Shown when Other was selected

    Open answer

  4. How difficult was the first phase of building the business?

    Choose one:

    • 1 - Not difficult
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 - Extremely difficult

  5. Why did you decide to found the company?

    Open answer

Obstacles Along the Way

  1. How serious has each of these obstacles been for your company?

    • Finding a co-founder
    • Raising money
    • Scaling the product
    • Winning customers
    • Building culture and keeping staff

    For each row: choose one:

    • 1 - Not a challenge
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 - Severe challenge

  2. Describe one major obstacle you faced and how you dealt with it.

    Open answer

Milestones

  1. What is the biggest thing your company has achieved so far?

    Open answer

  2. Did each of the following help you reach your milestones?

    • Mentoring
    • Networking
    • Industry partners
    • Customer feedback

    For each row: choose one:

    • Yes
    • Not sure
    • No

Looking Ahead

  1. Where do you want the company to be in five years?

    Open answer

  2. Which areas of the company need more resources? Select all that apply.

    Choose any that apply:

    • Product development
    • Fundraising
    • Marketing
    • Hiring
    • None of these

  3. Tell us more about the resources these areas need (optional).

    Condition: Shown when at least one area was selected

    Open answer