The software

The Founder's Workbench

The engine that runs Insight-Driven Iteration. It walks you through every experiment, captures what customers actually say, and rolls it all up into a decision you believe in.

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Your workspace

Every idea in one place

Each project is a startup you're validating. The Workbench guides every one down the same disciplined path — from first assumption to a scalable business model.

Founder's Workbench Projects list
Customer Lines with problem-solution template
Frame the bet

Name what you're actually betting on

Break each idea into Customer Lines: the Customer, the problem, how they solve it today, and your new solution — side by side, so the bet is explicit before you spend a dollar testing it.

The thesis

Every claim starts as an assumption

Customer, Problem, Solution, Path-To-Customers — your whole thesis in one view. Each claim stays an assumption until real evidence backs it up, then the experiments that fill in the proof hang right off it.

Fundamental Thesis view
Validation Wheel
The wheel

Watch validation fill in

Each slice of the Validation Wheel lights up as that stage is proven with Customer evidence. At a glance you know exactly how validated the idea really is — and what's left to prove.

Run experiments

Structured interviews, every one logged

Run problem interviews from a guided template. Every conversation is recorded, timed, and captured with its insight count — so no evidence is lost to memory.

Problem Interviews list
Interview detail with recording, notes and template
Capture the evidence

Keep the raw data, not just your memory

Notes, recordings, and transcripts live on the interview itself, guided by the problem template. Teams share the same data; investors and advisors read the raw evidence for themselves.

Extract the insight

Tag the insights that change your mind

Pull the moments that matter out of each interview and tag them as insights. They roll back up into the thesis — so proceed, pivot, or kill is a decision you can defend with evidence you can point to.

Key insights tagged on an interview

The software comes with the program.

The Founder's Workbench is free with the 12-week program — it walks you through the process and changes how you think about your idea. Keep it after the program on a subscription plan to keep iterating on what Customers love.

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