Founderitis — Choosing Co-Founders With Purpose

A guided case exercise · ~25 min

Should the team have chosen co-founders differently?

NegotiationAI was a promising student startup that nearly killed itself from the inside. In this exercise you'll diagnose what went wrong, design the founding team you would have built, and defend your answer to the foundational question.

1. 1.Read the case study; each phase is summarized in this tool so you can diagnose its red flags as you go
2. 2.Design your founding team and see how it scores
3. 3.Answer the foundational question with scaffolding
4. 4.Optionally, use the AI Team Coach to generate an interesting analysis of your assessment of the team
5. 5.Compare against instructor takeaways
6. 6.Submit and get a shareable link