Free founder diagnostic

The Core Insights Template.

The same four-part read we use inside paid engagements — strategic position, operating health, people & leadership, and the ninety-day decisions only the founder can make. A working PDF you and your leadership team can fill in this week.

  • · 8 pages · structured prompts
  • · Used by Series A–C operating teams
  • · Free · no follow-up unless you ask for it

Email yourself the template

What's inside

Four reads. One ninety-day plan.

01

Strategic position

Where you actually win, where you're spread thin, and the trade-offs hiding in your own data.

02

Operating health

The cadence, metrics and rituals that hold the business together — and the ones quietly leaking.

03

People & leadership

The shape of the team you have versus the team this stage demands. Gaps, risks, succession.

04

Ninety-day decisions

The handful of moves only the founder can make this quarter. Everything else is noise.

When the template is the start of a conversation

The full Core Insights diagnostic, run by us, in four to six weeks.

If the template surfaces more than your team can resolve in a quarter, that's usually the signal to bring in a partner. Two-thirds of clients first meet us through this read.

Book a 30-min discovery call
© 2026 Spiky Path · From the UAE, for founders everywhere