1 strategies and tactics for Founding Team

What is a Founding Team strategy?

Team success often hinges on the ability to develop and implement effective strategies and tactics. It's a bit like playing chess, except that you have more than 1 player on each side.

Developing an effective Founding Team strategy can be intimidating, especially when your daily duties demand your attention. To assist you, we've curated a list of examples to inspire your planning process.

Feel free to copy these examples into your favorite application, or leverage Tability to maintain accountability.

Building your own Founding Team strategy with AI

While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own strategies.

Founding Team strategy examples

You will find in the next section many different Founding Team tactics. We've included action items in our templates to make it as actionable as possible.

Strategies and tactics for creating a pitch deck for top VC in the world

  • ⛳️ Strategy 1: Highlight your market opportunity

    • Research and quantify the total addressable market size
    • Identify your target market and customer segments
    • Show industry growth trends and market demands
    • Illustrate the problem your product/service solves
    • Explain why now is the right time to enter the market
    • Include competitive landscape analysis with key players
    • Show your unique value proposition and competitive advantage
    • Provide case studies or testimonials if available
    • Include data and graphs to visualise market insights
    • Ensure all information is current and accurately cited

  • ⛳️ Strategy 2: Demonstrate your business model and traction

    • Clearly explain how your business makes money
    • Include pricing strategy and revenue streams
    • Present customer acquisition strategy and cost metrics
    • Showcase key partnerships or strategic alliances
    • Provide sales and revenue projections with evidence
    • Include user growth metrics and customer retention rates
    • Show your product roadmap and milestones achieved
    • Present the go-to-market strategy and how it will be executed
    • Highlight any early major achievements or contracts
    • Provide real data on key performance indicators

  • ⛳️ Strategy 3: Build a strong team and investment case

    • Introduce your founding team with bios and photos
    • Explain each team member’s role and expertise
    • Highlight previous successes or relevant experiences
    • Show senior advisor and board member endorsements
    • Clearly state the funding amount you are seeking
    • Explain how the funds will be used and why it’s needed
    • Present a detailed financial plan with projections
    • Include an exit strategy for investors
    • Prepare answers for potential due diligence questions
    • Ensure your pitch deck is visually appealing and well-designed
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Executing your Founding Team strategies

Having a plan is one thing, sticking to it is another.

Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to keep your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.

A tool like Tability can also help you by combining AI and goal-setting to keep you on track.

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More strategies recently published

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.

Planning resources

OKRs are a great way to translate strategies into measurable goals. Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the OKR framework:

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