Templates

14 templates

• Stage 6All tracksPeopleFirst seven

  Offer letter with confidentiality and IP clauses

  For: Hiring someone, with the confidentiality and IP clauses in the letter itself.

  Prevents: An employee shared company work outside to show off.

  Format: Google Docs; download as Word

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
• Stage 0SoftwareLegal & IPFirst seven

  Internship form and IP-assignment agreement

  For: Signed by every intern or freelancer before they build anything.

  Prevents: Interns built the website on their own accounts; ownership fights.

  Format: Google Docs; download as Word

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
• Stage 4Physical productVendorsFirst seven

  Purchase order

  For: Specification, quantity, price, delivery date, late-delivery penalty, payment tied to milestones.

  Prevents: Vendor delivered in 6 months instead of 1.

  Format: Google Docs; download as Word

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
• Stage 4All tracksFinanceFirst seven

  GST invoice

  For: Invoicing from the first sale.

  Prevents: Pen-and-paper accounts; no invoices or salary slips.

  Format: Google Sheets; download as Excel

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
• Stage 6All tracksPeopleFirst seven

  Salary slip

  For: A slip for every salary paid.

  Prevents: Pen-and-paper accounts; no invoices or salary slips.

  Format: Google Sheets; download as Excel

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
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  Stage 6All tracksPeopleFirst seven

  Interview scoring sheet

  For: Three-layer hiring: the rubric and the scores, written before the interviews and before discussing a candidate.

  Prevents: Harder questions for early candidates, easier later; hiring people who mirror the founder.

  Format: Excel (works in Google Sheets)

  Not legal or tax content. Awaiting operator check.

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  Stage 7All tracksOperationsFirst seven

  Mistake Ledger

  For: One line per decision that matters: date, what we decided, what we expect and by when, what happened, the rule we would add.

  Prevents: Wrong lessons from noisy results; repeated mistakes.

  Format: Excel or CSV (works in Google Sheets)

  Not legal or tax content. Awaiting operator check.

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• Stage 0All tracksLegal & IP

  Founders' agreement outline

  For: Who owns what, vesting, roles, what happens if a founder leaves.

  Prevents: Equity fights with no written rules.

  Format: Google Docs; download as Word

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
• Stage 3Physical productLegal & IP

  NDA

  For: For anyone who must see the product's inner design before a provisional patent is filed.

  Prevents: Showed a product's inner design before filing a provisional patent.

  Format: Google Docs; download as Word

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
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  Stage 5All tracksFinance

  Cost sheet and price-per-volume calculator

  For: Price per unit = (variable cost per unit + fixed costs ÷ units) × (1 + markup), GST on top, at each order size.

  Prevents: Quoted a price the product couldn't be made at.

  Format: Excel (works in Google Sheets)

  Not legal or tax content. Awaiting operator check.

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  Stage 7All tracksFinance

  Monthly numbers sheet

  For: One page a month: cash, money spent, received, owed to you, runway.

  Prevents: Didn't know the run rate; running out of cash by surprise.

  Format: Excel (works in Google Sheets)

  Not legal or tax content. Awaiting operator check.

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• Stage 7All tracksFinance

  Compliance and scheme calendar

  For: GST, TDS, PF and ESIC filings where they apply, and each scheme's eligibility deadline.

  Prevents: Penalties; missed scheme windows such as SISFS.

  Format: Google Sheets; download as Excel

  Checked by: Awaiting check (CA/CS)

  Coming soon: published only after a CA or CS checks it
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  Stage 1All tracksCustomers

  Customer interview script

  For: Questions about the last time they had the problem, what they did and what they paid, and the note format for the stage 1 proof file.

  Prevents: Customers said "we like your product".

  Format: Word (works in Google Docs)

  Not legal or tax content. Awaiting operator check.

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  Stage 7All tracksOperations

  Daily output note and weekly review

  For: Daily: what you finished yesterday and will finish today. Weekly: last week's promised outputs, done or not, and why.

  Prevents: Fake work: meetings and discussions all day.

  Format: Excel (works in Google Sheets)

  Not legal or tax content. Awaiting operator check.

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