Course
The 0→1 Ladder
Five rungs from a raw idea to a company that can be trusted. Each lesson teaches one irreversible founder decision — and you leave with the real artifact, not just notes.
What you’ll be able to do
- Read a cap table the way an investor does
- Split founder equity on purpose, not by accident
- See exactly how an ESOP pool and a round dilute you
You’ll build a real founder cap table — saved to your workspace, yours to keep. Not a worksheet you throw away — the real thing, in your own workspace.
The lessons
- 01Your first cap tableLive
- 02Vesting, cliffs & the cofounder who leavesLive
- 03SAFE vs CCPS, the India wayLive
- 04Reading your first term sheetLive
- 05Sizing your ESOP poolLive
- 06Dilution, round after roundLive
- 07Find your riskiest assumptionLive
- 08The Mom Test: interviews that don’t lieLive
- 09Granting options to your first hireLive
- 10Is this a problem worth a decade?Live
- 11Is the prize big enough?Live
Finish the Ladder, earn the credential
Pass a short assessment and have built at least one real artifact, and you’ll earn a shareable 0to1 Ladder credential — proof you understand the craft, not just that you showed up.
See the credential →