Founder readiness intelligence

Know the founder behind the work.

FounderIQ helps founders, boards, investors, funders, and advisors understand founder readiness, organizational clarity, capacity constraints, support needs, and next-step priorities. Start with a free snapshot, then unlock deeper review when decisions, funding, governance, or growth require more context.

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FounderIQ is a structured readiness and decision-support profile. It does not replace legal, tax, accounting, HR, compliance, fundraising, investment, or governance advice.

For founders

For founders building with too much in their head.

FounderIQ helps you understand what you are carrying, what only you can do, what can be delegated, what is unclear, and what needs to be strengthened before the next stage of growth.

Clarify founder capacity
Prepare for fundraising or board conversations
Identify what needs to be documented
Understand where operational context is concentrated
Prepare for Stewardship Lab, The Brain, or advisory support
Turn scattered work into clearer priorities

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For boards, investors, funders & advisors

For people deciding whether and how to support a founder.

FounderIQ gives boards, investors, funders, accelerators, and advisors a structured way to evaluate founder readiness beyond pitch polish. It helps surface where the founder is clear, where context is missing, what support may be needed, and which risks should be discussed before deeper commitment.

Evaluate founder readiness before investment or funding
Prepare better diligence questions
Understand founder capacity and concentration risk
Assess support needs before board service or advisory work
Compare readiness across a cohort or applicant pool
Create a founder support plan after funding

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Signal layers

What FounderIQ helps evaluate

Each layer translates founder context into structured readiness intelligence without replacing professional review or human judgment.

Founder Capacity

What the founder is carrying, what only they can do, what can be delegated, and where capacity may become a constraint.

Founder Direction

Where the founder appears to be going, what they are trying to build, and whether next steps are clear.

Organizational Readiness

Whether the organization has enough structure, documentation, team clarity, and operating rhythm to support the next stage.

Decision-Making Context

How major decisions are made, where decisions may depend too heavily on one person, and what needs clearer governance.

Funding Readiness

Whether funder-facing or investor-facing materials are ready, incomplete, outdated, or missing.

Board / Investor Questions

What a board, funder, investor, or advisor should ask before making a commitment.

Support Fit

Whether the founder appears to need capital, coaching, operational support, governance support, documentation, systems, or strategic clarity first.

Source Confidence

Which documents, claims, materials, or context should be treated as current, outdated, incomplete, or requiring review.

Pricing & tiers

Start light. Go deeper when decisions require it.

Begin with the free snapshot. Move to a paid profile, board/investor review, or Stewardship Lab sprint when funding, governance, or growth requires more context.

Free FounderIQ Snapshot

Free

Founders who want a quick, lightweight view of where they may need more clarity or support.

Short founder/organization intake
Limited FounderIQ Snapshot
High-level readiness bands
Top 2–3 observations
Suggested next step
Upgrade path

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FounderIQ Lite Report

$297

Founders, advisors, or early supporters who want a concise readiness report without a full working session.

Expanded intake review
Structured readiness summary
Founder capacity signals
Organizational clarity summary
Top readiness gaps
Suggested next steps
Limited board/investor question prompts

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FounderIQ Deep Profile

$1,800

Founder-led organizations preparing for funding, governance, growth, or operational support.

Full FounderIQ Profile
Founder capacity & direction
Organizational readiness
Data, funding, financial, governance
Source-document confidence
Deliverable priority recommendations
Written summary + one review session

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Board / Investor Review

$5,000

Boards, angel investors, funds, foundations, accelerators evaluating a founder before deeper support.

Founder readiness review
Decision-support memo
Capacity & concentration-risk summary
Support-needs analysis
Diligence question set
Source confidence notes
One stakeholder readout session

This is not an investment recommendation or guarantee. It supports better questions and more informed judgment.

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FounderIQ + Stewardship Lab Sprint

Starting at $10,000

Organizations that need FounderIQ plus guided support to prepare deliverables and move into implementation.

Full FounderIQ Profile
Stewardship Lab intake review
Source-document review
Priority action roadmap
Selected deliverables
Working sessions

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Portfolio / Cohort Review

Custom, starting at $25,000

Funds, accelerators, foundations, boards, and programs reviewing multiple founders or organizations.

Multiple FounderIQ profiles
Cohort-level pattern summary
Structured review framework
Founder support segmentation
Readiness themes
Board/investor question banks

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Board & investor lens

Built for better founder conversations.

FounderIQ helps boards, investors, funders, and advisors move beyond charisma, pitch polish, and scattered context. It creates a structured view of founder readiness, support needs, operating clarity, and the questions worth asking before deeper commitment.

Founder Readiness Memo

A concise board/investor-facing summary of readiness signals, support needs, and discussion questions.

Diligence Question Set

A structured question bank based on what the FounderIQ profile surfaces.

Founder Support Map

A practical view of whether the founder needs capital, operating support, governance clarity, documentation, strategic guidance, or capacity relief.

Source Confidence Notes

A summary of which materials appear current, incomplete, outdated, or requiring review.

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Founder lens

For founders who need clarity before the room asks for it.

FounderIQ helps founders prepare for the conversations that shape what comes next: funding, board support, advisory relationships, partnerships, hiring, and operational growth.

Founder Readiness Summary

A plain-language view of what is clear, what is missing, and what may need attention.

Capacity Map

A view of what the founder is carrying, what can be delegated, and where support may be needed.

Next-Step Priority List

A focused list of what should be prepared next.

Stewardship Activation Path

A path into Stewardship Lab when the founder needs help turning profile insight into actual deliverables.

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FounderIQ × Stewardship Lab

A profile that can be read — or activated.

FounderIQ can stand alone as a readiness profile, or it can be activated through Stewardship Lab when you need guided intake, source-document review, and deliverable preparation.

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Trust & privacy

How FounderIQ handles sensitive context.

Snapshot scope

Your FounderIQ Snapshot is a lightweight, limited view based on what you submitted. It is not a full audit, legal review, financial review, compliance review, fundraising review, investment recommendation, or full CanonIQ profile.

Board & investor use

FounderIQ does not make investment recommendations or predict founder success. It helps boards, investors, funders, and advisors ask better questions and understand support needs.

Analytics & privacy

We do not send raw founder notes, intake answers, uploaded files, sensitive organization details, legal/compliance details, financial notes, private capacity responses, board notes, or investor notes to analytics.

Third-party review

If you are submitting information about someone else, confirm you have permission to share it. Founder participation, consent, or document access may be required before deeper review.

Next conversation

Make the next founder conversation clearer.

Start with a free snapshot, or request a deeper FounderIQ review for founders, boards, investors, funders, and advisors.

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