Launch Signal
Choose a thesis, establish the company, and make the first product and team calls.
Founder ArenaMobile game in developmentBeta status
Closed beta development build
Build.
Raise.
Survive.
A 12-week startup roguelike where every product call, hire, financing decision, and crisis changes the company you bring to Demo Day.
- Format
- 12 Founder Weeks
- Authority
- Deterministic systems
- Target
- Demo Day verdict
Founder styleTechnicalNimbus Systems · SaaS
Cash$820K
Runway8.4 mo
Week07 / 12
Current objectiveProve repeatable demand
Balance product velocity against burn before the next capital decision.
Capital signalInvestor room unlocked
Operating brief / 01
One company. Twelve weeks.
The run is compressed into four tactical phases. Finance remains monthly, but every Founder Week forces a new operating choice.
Market Proof
Turn early signals into traction while investors test the story behind your numbers.
Survive or Scale
Pressure compounds. Protect runway, answer crises, and decide what deserves scarce capital.
Demo Day Runway
The final operating stretch ends in a deterministic Demo Day verdict.
01 / Deploy
Found your startup
Name the company, choose its sector and region, then select the founder style that shapes your operating strengths.
02 / Operate
Make strategic moves
Each Founder Week is a sprint. Queue up to three decisions while cash, salaries, burn, and runway remain monthly financial signals.
03 / Verdict
Survive, scale, or exit
Reach Demo Day without hitting zero, build toward a strong verdict, or accept an acquisition when the terms make sense.
Company creation / 02
Choose the thesis.
Choose the founder.
Sector and founder style establish the identity of a run. They frame the opportunities and tradeoffs, but they do not replace execution.
Eight sectors
Five founder styles
Decision console / 03
Strategy has a cost.
Pick what matters.
Queue up to three moves each Founder Week. Every benefit competes with cash, time, reputation, and the objective already on the board.
Growth
Acquire users and turn traction into momentum.
Product
Ship the work that changes product-market fit.
Team
Hire, retain, and organize the people behind execution.
Fundraising
Trade ownership for runway on terms you can defend.
Marketing
Shape demand, positioning, and market attention.
Operations
Control burn, infrastructure, and execution risk.
Arena pressure / 04
The market moves.
You still decide.
Events can accelerate the company or expose its weakest system. Investor pressure adds governance, milestones, bridge financing, and board conflict to the operating problem.
Operating events
Investor and board events
Capital room / 05
Pitch the company.
Defend the terms.
AI investor personas explain their reasoning, but deterministic systems remain authoritative for cash, dilution, valuation, and whether the company survives.
Pitch Deck Terminal
VC Offer Received
VC Pass Declined
Term Sheet Contract
Bootstrap Mode
Acquisition Offer
AI explains. Systems decide.
Investor feedback can critique, summarize, and coach. It never directly sets cash, burn, valuation, scoring, or the final outcome.
Demo Day verdict / 06
Every run ends.
The legacy continues.
The final state becomes part of the founder record. Outcomes are earned from the run’s actual metrics, decisions, capital structure, and survival.
Failed
Runway reaches zero or the company can no longer continue.
Survived
The company reaches Demo Day with enough strength to keep building.
Acquired
A strategic offer becomes the ending you choose to accept.
Founder legacy badges
Development status
The arena is
going mobile.
Founder Arena is in development as a native game for iOS and Android. No public store listing or release date is available yet.
iOSPrivate beta planned
AndroidPlanned