Hook

I burned 30k learning what no course teaches.

Beats

  1. Drop the number first (cold open, founder in-frame, chair-roll-takeoff energy)
  2. The fail — specific decision that cost it
  3. What shipped because of that fail (concrete artifact, on-screen)
  4. Open question to audience: “what would you have done”

Reference Material

  • B1
  • prior B1: TBD

Notes

  • Founder scripts pre-session. Daniel captures.
  • Energy: high, fast, chair-roll-takeoff. Not somber.
  • Avoid: vague “lessons learned” — name the decision, name the dollar amount.
  • Pillar lead: 1M-Challenge transparency + skin-in-the-game

Status-Log

  • 2026-05-18 created
  • 2026-05-18 propagation-test: stage idea → ready-to-capture, hook sharpened, slot 14:00 → 15:30, duration 45 → 60min