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The words founders hear every week.
The map
Don’t memorize 100 words. Remember this map - then hang every new word on it.
Hear a word → hang it on the map → use it out loud.
🚀 Startup World · You are here
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Someone who starts and builds a business to solve a problem and make it grow.
You are here
A young company trying to grow big, fast.
Proof that real people actually want what you're building.
The simplest version of your product that real people can try.
How big the whole opportunity could be if everyone who might buy did buy.
When people love your product so much they keep coming back and tell friends.
How much money your company spends each month.
How many months your cash will last before you run out.
Building your company with your own money and revenue - no outside investors.
An individual who invests their own money in early startups.
A simple IOU that turns into shares later - not a loan.
A slice of ownership in the company.
The spreadsheet of who owns how much of the company.
Your ownership slice gets smaller when new investors join.
What people agree the company is worth right now.
How much it costs to win one paying customer.
How much money a customer is worth over the whole relationship.
Customers leaving - cancellations that drain growth.
The one number that best captures the value you deliver.
Skill paths
Not an RPG tree - just categories filling in as you understand words.
Market
0/2 understood
Product
0/35 understood
Fundraising
0/28 understood
Equity
0/44 understood
Cash
0/3 understood
Metrics
0/47 understood
Basics
0/10 understood
Growth
0/22 understood
Strategy
0/9 understood
Culture
0/10 understood
Startup Finance
0/14 understood
Venture Capital
0/19 understood
Thinking Tools
0/12 understood
Marketing
0/14 understood
Competition
0/3 understood
Sales
0/36 understood
Operations
0/16 understood
Validation
0/2 understood
Customer Success
0/14 understood
Pricing
0/23 understood
Hiring
0/31 understood
Legal
0/26 understood