Help a StartX founder prepare for a mentor session (StartX Office Hours, a mentor 1:1, or a Lead Mentor 1:1). Use when a founder says they have office hours or a mentor session coming up and wants to prep, sharpen their ask, or "get ready." Walks six StartX forcing questions one at a time, routes by session type, company stage, and BoA cycle (pre-BoA-1, between BoA-1 and BoA-2, between BoA-2 and BoA-3 or post-program wrap-up), flags weak spots, and helps build an office-hours prep doc in the StartX BoA challenge format (challenge, options, pros and cons, lean, ask) that can also seed a Board of Advisors pre-read. Helps sharpen the founder's thinking; it does not replace it or invent evidence.
Help a StartX founder prepare for a Board of Advisors meeting, a CEO or board review, or a formal advisor review. Use when a founder says they have a BoA meeting, board review, or advisor review coming up and wants to prep, build their pre-read, or sharpen what they bring to the room. Walks six StartX forcing questions across the whole company (not one challenge), helps assemble an advisor-ready pre-read with evidence per claim and explicit open risks, plus a 2-3 challenge agenda. Helps sharpen the founder's thinking and surface real gaps; it does not replace judgment or invent evidence.
Help a StartX founder debrief a Board of Advisors meeting (or a mentor session): think through the board's input and turn it into a follow-up outline. Use when a founder just finished a BoA meeting, board review, or mentor session and wants to debrief, build a follow-up, or log action items. Works from the founder's own notes and recall, holds a hard confirmation gate so nothing unconfirmed carries through, and helps build a follow-up outline (the founder writes the email) plus a record that seeds the next pre-read. It organizes the founder's thinking; it does not write the email, record the meeting, invent feedback, or replace judgment.