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QUESTION 10

Is this the business you were meant to build?

The ask

Right place, right time, right people — why are you the ones meant to build this? The founder–market fit story, the team by archetype, and the people who followed you.

What you submit

01

Founder–market-fit story — why this founder (or team) for this problem, specifically.

02

Team summary by archetype — CEO and sales, product and delivery, operations and finance—plus honest gaps and the fill plan.

03

Followership evidence — Who have you attracted or would be easy to attract to your business?

04

Iteration receipts — what changed after your customer no's, and a decision you reversed on evidence.

05

What has to be true — what this business needs to be for you to get up every day and want to run it after five years.

06

The thing you least want to tell us — name the risk you're most afraid to say out loud.

07

Founder-personality reflection — Read the traits below and reflect on yourself and your team

01

CEO / sales

Creates demand

02

Product / delivery

Creates value

03

Ops / finance

Creates leverage

Self-Eval

Founder traitWhat GX looks for
Compass points northA clear internal standard.
Authentic salesmanPersuasion without performance or pretense.
Action-oriented — gets shit doneForward motion through ambiguity.
Doesn't suffer foolsA high bar for thinking and execution.
CompetitiveKnows what winning feels like and wants to win.
Relationship-driven, not transactionalTrust that compounds over time.
Confident, but admits when they don't knowConviction without false certainty.
Takes feedbackUseful input changes decisions or behavior.

Great looks like:

The founder–market-fit story is specific and true, archetypes are named with honest gaps, followership appears in followers' own words, and the receipts show velocity and coachability. The internal scorecard stays internal.

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