Startup Foundations & Playbooks
An 8-week structured roadmap taking founders from raw concept to customer discovery, working prototype, DPIIT registration, and institutional grant funding.
Essential Venture Templates & Tools
Ready for Indian Grant SubmissionsSIES Lean Canvas Framework
9-box validated model for early-stage customer discovery.
Standard Founder Vesting Agreement
4-year vesting with 1-year cliff compliant with Indian Companies Act.
NIDHI-PRAYAS Budget BOM Sheet
Itemized capital expenditure breakdown for DST review.
10-Slide Venture Pitch Formula
Audited structure accepted by SIES Angel Syndicate & Blume.
8-Week Startup Foundations Program (Syllabus)
Venture Ideation & Problem-Market Resonance
Dismantle casual ideas into quantifiable consumer pain points and assess total addressable market.
- The Mom Test & Bias-Free Discovery
- Hair-on-Fire Pain Point vs Nice-to-Have
- TAM, SAM, SOM Calculation for Indian Markets
- SIES Ideation Canvas Framework
Market Validation & Competitor Moat Analysis
Verify willingness to pay before writing a single line of production code.
- Smoke Testing with Landing Pages & WhatsApp
- Analyzing Indirect Competitor Fragility
- Unit Economic Viability (CAC to LTV Ratio)
- Regulatory & Compliance Landmines
Frugal MVP Engineering & Rapid Prototyping
Build the smallest possible functional prototype within 14 calendar days.
- No-Code & Low-Code Stacks (Astro, Supabase, n8n)
- Hardware Rapid Prototyping in SIES Makerspace
- Core Feature Scoping: The Must-Have Slice
- Telemetry & Early Event Tracking
Early Customer Onboarding & Cohort Retention
Turn your first 20 beta users into organic evangelists.
- Concierge Onboarding Walkthroughs
- Product-Market Fit Survey (Sean Ellis Metric)
- Qualitative Feedback Loops & Bug Sprints
- Building Sticky Habit Loops
Legal Incorporation, IP & Cap Table Hygiene
Set up a venture-grade corporate structure ready for institutional grants.
- Pvt Ltd Incorporation & DPIIT Startup Recognition
- Co-founder Vesting Schedules & Cliff Agreements
- Patents, Trademarks & Copyright Protection
- Tax Exemptions under Section 80-IAC
Financial Modeling & Unit Economics Discipline
Build a dynamic 3-year financial model with clear runway sensitivity.
- Contribution Margin 1, 2, and 3
- Gross Margins vs Net Margins Breakdown
- Burn Rate & Runway Optimization
- Pricing Strategies for B2B and D2C
Grants, Subsidies & Government Seed Funding
Master the mechanics of securing equity-free Indian government capital.
- Navigating NIDHI-PRAYAS, SISFS, and MeitY TIDE
- Writing Winning Technical Grant Proposals
- Milestone-based Fund Utilization Accounting
- Presentation to Incubation Seed Review Committee
Investor Pitching, Demo Day & Venture Scaling
Deliver a compelling 3-minute pitch deck to angel syndicates and institutional VCs.
- The 10-Slide Venture Capital Pitch Formula
- Handling Aggressive Investor Q&A with Grace
- Due Diligence Data Room Organization
- Post-Investment Governance & Reporting