MBC Founder CompassMoney · Brains · Connections

Founder Readiness

Assess your startup across the MBC dimensions

A structured readiness diagnostic for founders, advisors and ecosystem builders.

10 Dimensions

Money · Brains · Connections

20 Questions

Focused & practical

Instant Score

Readiness out of 100

  • Ten dimensions across Money, Brains & Connections
  • An overall readiness score out of 100
  • Prioritised focus areas and next steps
A founder readiness report dashboard showing a score gauge, dimension bars and a radar chart

A practical readiness map

10 dimensions · answer every question to get your readiness score.

Founder Readiness Diagnostic

Answer all questions on a 1–5 scale. You'll get a readiness score and focus areas immediately.

Money

Funding, revenue model, runway, resource allocation, and investor readiness.

01How clear is your financial runway for the next 6–12 months? *

Consider cash, expected revenue, funding plans, and monthly burn.

02How ready are you to explain the financial logic of your startup to investors or partners? *

Consider pricing, market size, revenue model, and resource allocation.

Brains

Team capability, talent, advisors, expertise, and execution ownership.

03How strong is your current team or talent pool for building the product/service? *

Consider technical, operational, commercial, and leadership capability.

04How strong is your access to advisors, mentors, or experts who can fill knowledge gaps? *

Consider whether you have people who can challenge and guide decisions.

Connections

Partners, investors, customers, mentors, and ecosystem access.

05How strong are your current connections to customers, partners, investors, or ecosystem leaders? *

Consider people who can open doors, validate demand, or accelerate trust.

06How meaningful and active are your key business relationships? *

Consider whether the relationships are real, useful, and relevant.

Execution

MVP discipline, operating rhythm, accountability, and delivery speed.

07How clearly have you defined the first MVP or next practical deliverable? *

Consider whether the MVP is small, testable, and linked to user value.

08How consistent is your execution rhythm? *

Consider weekly progress, accountability, decision-making, and delivery discipline.

Agility

Feedback loops, pivot readiness, situational awareness, and adaptation.

09How well do you collect and act on user, market, or partner feedback? *

Consider whether feedback changes decisions rather than sitting in notes.

10How ready are you to pivot if evidence shows the current path is weak? *

Consider emotional flexibility, data awareness, and speed of adjustment.

Risk

Market, funding, tech, regulatory, cyber, and operational risk awareness.

11How clearly have you identified the biggest risks facing the startup? *

Consider market, funding, team, tech, regulatory, cyber, and execution risks.

12How strong are your mitigation plans for the top risks? *

Consider whether risks have owners, actions, and review dates.

AI Readiness

Ability to use AI for research, automation, decision support, and leverage.

13How clearly have you identified useful AI opportunities in your startup or workflow? *

Consider research, automation, support, analysis, content, sales, and operations.

14How ready are you to use AI safely and responsibly? *

Consider data privacy, human review, security, quality control, and trust.

Business Model

Clarity of customer, pricing, value proposition, revenue, and scalability.

15How clearly can you explain who pays, why they pay, and what value they receive? *

Consider buyer, user, pain point, ROI, and urgency.

16How scalable is the business model if the first version works? *

Consider repeatability, margins, delivery capacity, and market size.

Brand & Story

Positioning, trust, narrative, culture, and founder/company story.

17How clearly can you communicate the story and purpose of the startup? *

Consider whether people understand the mission quickly.

18How strong is the trust signal around the founder, team, product, or ecosystem? *

Consider credibility, proof, testimonials, partnerships, and reputation.

Ecosystem Strength

Strength of the external mesh around the startup or idea.

19How strong is the ecosystem around the startup? *

Consider capital, talent, advisors, partners, customers, institutions, and community.

20How well are you using ecosystem relationships to create momentum? *

Consider introductions, collaborations, pilots, partnerships, and feedback loops.

How It Works

Answer, score, understand, act

Users answer scale-based questions, receive a readiness score, see dimension-level results and get practical recommendations.

Later, AI-generated reports can enrich the diagnostic with personalised guidance and recommended MBC chapters.