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THIS WEEK

Another big week. We evaluated numerous submitted business plans and continued to refine the process, so that part of our operations is off to a good start. It is still free, so if you have a business plan or pitch deck, drop it here: coworkers.global/intake.

We added a new managed agent, Chet. He is an expert in all things Claude. We have used him internally for weeks, and we are about to make him available to others. He runs as a Cowork plugin in your system, and whenever you start a prompt with "Chet," followed by your Claude question, he answers. Kinda spooky, but extremely useful. He has a large infobase that is thorough and constantly updated. To sign up for alpha testing, go here: coworkers.global/chet.

Finally, for those of you who read about Sam last week and expressed concern: I am delighted to say she is doing great. I massively refined and streamlined the context system this past week, and she has been an excellent agent.

Charlie

ALSO ON THE BLOG THIS WEEK

More from the Fundability Scorecard series, the rubric we use to judge whether a plan is fundable, written in the open as we build it into a managed agent:

"We'll execute faster" is not a moat; it's a hope. Most decks explain why the product is better, and better wins the demo but rarely the round, because most differences get copied in a quarter. Differentiation is only 12% of the score, and this is the test that decides it.

Before the scorecard weighs a single dimension, it checks five gates. Any one of them caps the verdict, no matter how strong the rest of the plan looks. Two or more, and the conversation is over.

Founders agonize over the product, then pick the raise amount in about five minutes, usually a too-round number. That figure gets the least thought and tells an investor the most. Raise to your next proof point, then write the sentence that goes underneath the number. Note: our latest plan evaluator model provides a valuation range.

Know a founder who'd want this? Forward it on.