Course
Get Your Idea Investor Ready
Eight questions investors actually ask, and the evidence that answers each one. Build the proof before you build the deck.
Intermediate · 8 lessons · ~65 min · Free
What you will be able to do
By the end you can answer the questions investors actually ask, with evidence behind each one: a problem people pay to solve, a bottom-up market number, measured demand from strangers, money on the table, a named reachable customer, a wedge into the competition, and a channel you have already tested small.
For: Founders preparing to pitch investors, and founders who want their idea to survive investor-grade questioning even if they never raise.
- What investors actually askThe eight questions behind every pitch meeting, why polished answers without evidence fail, and how this course closes the gap.Introduction
- Is Your Problem Worth Money?Investors open with one question: what problem are you solving, and who cares? Most founders answer with a solution and a shrug. Learn to answer with evidence.8 min read
- How Big Is the Market? (The Answer That Survives)The $50B top-down slide is the most discounted slide in every deck. Learn to build a bottom-up number an investor can actually check.8 min read
- What Proof Do You Have That Anyone Wants This?Waitlists and polite feedback are not proof. Learn the evidence ladder investors actually use, and how to climb it in a week for under 100 dollars.9 min read
- Will Anyone Actually Pay? (The Evidence That Moves Investors)Interest is cheap, money is honest. Learn the ranked ladder of payment evidence, from pre-sales down to workaround spend, and how to climb it this week.8 min read
- Who Exactly Is Your Customer? (Vague Answers Lose Funding)"Small businesses" is not a customer. Investors read vagueness as proof you have not talked to anyone. Learn to define a customer so specific you can name 100 of them.8 min read
- What About Competitors? (Turn the Scary Slide Into Your Wedge)Saying you have no competitors tells investors you have no market or did no research. Learn to map the real field and mine competitor reviews for the gap you can win.8 min read
- How Will You Get Customers? (The GTM Slide Investors Believe)Listing six channels tells investors you have tested zero. A believable GTM slide reports one channel you already tried, with a number attached.8 min read
- Now Write the Pitch (With Evidence Behind Every Claim)The pitch is the last thing you write, not the first. Assemble your answers from lessons 1-7 into a short narrative where every sentence has a receipt.8 min read
Learn the method, then run it for real.
The course teaches you how to pressure-test an idea. Olune does it for you in about eight minutes, on live Reddit signals, competitor maps, and keyword volume. Free to start.