Qualifies the startup against the 2026 Silkroad Innovation Hub programs — Alchemist Silkroad SV Residency and Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — with pass/fail eligibility, deadline math, real cost/benefit in dollars, and a gap-closing plan. Use when the founder asks about accelerators, US expansion, pitch competitions, or whether Alchemist/TechCrunch-track programs are worth it.
Audits whether an AI product is a defensible system or a wrapper — 6-layer stack scoring, moat check, trend positioning — and maps where AI cuts costs in any startup's operations into a top-3 automation plan. Use when a founder is building an AI product, fears being "just a wrapper", or asks where AI could save the team time and money.
Kazakhstan startup ecosystem navigator — Astana Hub membership, 0% tax regime, grants, accelerators, Digital Nomad visa/residency, venture funding, export programs. Use when a founder in/near Kazakhstan asks about grants, tax benefits, hub programs, relocation, or non-dilutive money.
Maps direct, indirect, and status-quo competitors with live web research, mines negative reviews for unsolved problems, builds a feature/price matrix, and finds the free-niche positioning gap. Use when a founder asks who they compete with, claims "we have no competitors", or right after /market-size.
Runs customer development (кастдев) end to end — PREP builds the full 4-block interview kit with legends and scripts, REHEARSE role-plays the respondent and grades the founder against the 9 interview rules, ANALYZE turns raw notes into cross-respondent conclusions and a PSF verdict. Use when a founder is about to interview users, wants to practice interviewing, or has interview notes to debrief.
Runs the founder personal-strategy session — three pillars, three-horizon cascade tables, a quarterly focus card with authenticity checks, psychotype identification, and an explicit NO-list. Use when a founder feels scattered, plans a quarter or year, suspects they're in the wrong role, asks what to focus on or drop, or /that-stack flags stage 0.
The Friday 30-minute operating ritual — scores last week binary, forces PERSEVERE/PIVOT/KILL on every HADI cycle against pre-registered thresholds, aims next week at the point of maximum uncertainty, and commits a top-3. Use every Friday, at week's end, or whenever the founder asks "how did this week go / what do I do next week".
Round strategy per VC mechanics — stage diagnosis on the de-risking ladder, round sizing, valuation logic, tiered investor pipeline, data room checklist, and the honest "should you even raise VC" test. Use when the founder says "we're raising", asks how much to raise or at what valuation, or an investor conversation turns serious.