#FoundersAtTheTable
The free Discord where founders who are actually building — not performing — talk cap tables, first revenue, cofounder drama, and 3am doubt. Pull up a chair. The coffee's gone cold but the conversation hasn't.
What founders actually
share here
Real threads. Real numbers. Real 3am moments. Every card below is from an actual member — not a testimonial someone wrote to impress you.
I almost shut down at month 11. Someone in this server told me to give it 30 more days. That was 8 months ago. We just crossed $40k ARR.
"The Actual Cost of My First Hire"
Not just salary. Payroll tax, benefits, onboarding time, the 3 months before they're actually useful. Full breakdown with real numbers inside.
Revenue graph drop from @camille_b2b. $0 to $8k ARR. Thread has 89 replies.
I'm a second-time founder. Sold my last company for $2.1M, swore I'd never do it again. Six months later here I am, posting my burn rate in a Discord server at midnight. Some things don't change.
Written by 3 founders who've been through it. 14-page teardown with actual numbers.
Nadia Chen, founder of DataLoom. 90-minute AMA. Unfiltered. The parts that don't make the TechCrunch article.
"How we split equity after one of us stopped showing up" — 156 replies, 4 different outcomes, all honest.
"We roasted my pre-seed deck so you don't have to"
@felix_seed shared his actual deck. 11 founders left comments. The feedback is brutal and useful.
What you get
before you even join
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Fundraising Round Calculator
Dilution math, post-money cap table, safe vs priced round scenarios. Built by founders who've done it wrong first.
Cofounder Agreement Template
The document we wish existed before our first cofounder conversation. Covers vesting, IP, decision rights, and the hard stuff.
Pre-Seed Pitch Deck Structure
12-slide framework from founders who've raised from YC, a16z, and solo angels. With real slide examples.
Runway & Burn Rate Tracker
Monthly vs weekly burn, runway scenarios, the "what if we cut X" calculator. Built in Notion and Google Sheets.
Cold Outreach Templates (That Work)
23 email templates from founders who got replies from VCs, enterprise buyers, and potential cofounders. Response rates included.
Customer Discovery Interview Guide
The exact questions that helped us stop building the wrong thing. 40 prompts, 4 frameworks, 1 honest debrief template.
Members get access to 40+ more resources, live AMAs, and the people behind these docs.
Join the community →People who are already
at the table
I posted my MRR chart when it was still a flat line. The people here didn't pretend it looked good. They asked what I was going to do about it. That's the difference.
The cofounder split thread saved me $40k in legal fees and six months of misery. People here have been through it.
I'm a 2x founder and I still come here when I need a reality check. There's no posturing. Everyone's just trying to figure it out.
Shipped at 3am. Posted in #wins. 47 people reacted before I woke up. That feeling is why I keep building.
I was burning $18k a month with 3 months of runway and no PMF. This community helped me cut to $6k without cutting corners. Still here.
My first hire was a disaster. Someone shared their checklist here. Hire #2 is still with me two years later.
The empty
chair is yours
Free. No application. No qualifying questions. No pitch deck required. Just founders who are actually building — and a community that shows up at 2 AM.
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