Resources for you
Practical guides the club wrote for people building real things. Read them here, or open the Google Doc to make a copy of your own.
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Start a business
Member Startup Builder Guide
Start or strengthen a business. Find your stage, then validate, price, test, and move.
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Build software
AI Coding + PRD Packet
How to plan software, use PRDs, direct AI coding agents, test, and launch. Includes copy-ready prompts and a PRD template.
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Find an idea
Business Idea Generation Toolkit
Crazy 8s, SCAMPER, and other methods for generating ideas you can test.
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Validate
Customer validation
Interviews, assumptions, waitlists, landing pages, pricing tests, and other small tests.
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Sell
Winter Night Market guide
Pricing, cost per unit, batch size, packaging, display, and payment for a market table.
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Pitching, marketing, customer acquisition, finance, fundraising, and operations. Follow us on Instagram to hear when they land.
Come to a meeting. Bring whatever you have.
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