The One-Person Boardroom

Sneak Peeks Into The Soon-To-Be Published 30-Day Startup Manual

Author

Sanju G Prakash
August 18, 2025

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Day 5

The One-Person Boardroom

You’ve validated your problem, and customers are nodding enthusiastically. You’re ready to build, right?

Think again!

Let’s take stock. If you’ve been following this guide, you have:

  • A validated problem that people lose sleep over.

  • Targeted customers you’ve actually talked to, not just imagined.

  • Initial insights about what they value and how they currently solve this problem.

  • A solution concept that addresses the core problem.

This puts you ahead of many who call themselves entrepreneurs but have never left their laptops to talk to potential customers. But this is also one of the most dangerous inflection points in your startup journey.

Today, you're in a one-person boardroom. Maybe your landing page is just a notion on a napkin. But here's the shift: you are no longer thinking like just a builder. You're thinking like a board member—specifically, like a venture capitalist evaluating an investment opportunity. You'll wear the hats of CEO, strategist, and skeptic, gathering data, debating options, and making decisions that will determine whether your startup survives.

Through this chapter, you will define your business model and anticipate the impact of AI and automation on your venture. But let’s make sure you understand what a business model is.

What A Business Model Actually Is

A business model isn’t just how you make money, though that’s certainly a part of it. It is how your idea survives contact with the real world. It's your theory of how value flows from creation to capture, tested against the constraints of reality.

Preview Note: This is just the opening of chapter 5. The full chapter reveals what a business model is, the different types of business models and how to choose each one to align with your particular business.

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