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First-pass research & thesis stress-testing

Stress-test an investment thesis before conviction hardens.

Don’t score startups. Identify what has to be true.

First-pass startup research that separates evidence from inference, surfaces critical assumptions, and develops independent Bull and Bear cases.

  1. Decision drivers
  2. Evidence / inference / unknown
  3. Bull & Bear
  4. What has to be true
  5. Initial view