Capital strategy
Choose timing, size, and terms when raising — recognise toxic prefs before signing.
Founder decisions from pre-seed to Series A. Term sheets, pivots, hiring, runway crises.
What you'll decide
KPIs you'll manage
Skills you'll build
Every Boardroom builds Entrepreneurship & Founder Decisions judgment AND the universal decision-making skills below.
Entrepreneurship & Founder Decisions skills
Choose timing, size, and terms when raising — recognise toxic prefs before signing.
Read customer + market signals correctly when the original thesis fails.
Manage vesting, equity, and roles to prevent founder-level conflict.
Build investor confidence without becoming captured by their incentives.
Recognise and de-risk the deal you can't afford to lose.
Apply Companies Act fiduciary duties — wrongful trading awareness as runway tightens.
Plus universal Boardroom skills
Spot flawed reasoning even when it comes from a confident expert.
Verify AI output rather than trust it by default — the wrong advisor mechanic IS AI-verification training.
Articulate why you made the call under time pressure, not just what you decided.
Judge decisions across cost, quality, schedule, safety, brand — not just one KPI.
Tell hard news to clients, regulators, and teams without losing credibility.
Hold duties to the public, the firm, and the profession when they pull in different directions.
Frameworks & terminology referenced
Scenarios
Hand-picked anchor dilemmas. Click to preview or request the full build.
Your beta customer (no paid commitment yet) wants three custom features built before signing a contract. Build them (delays everything else), say no clearly, or steer the conversation toward a paid pilot?
An accelerator offers free office space + £30k equity-free grant. Strings attached: monthly mentorship sessions and brand attribution in their marketing. Accept, negotiate the attribution clause, or stay independent?
£2.4M at £9M pre-money — but 2x participating liquidation and super-pro-rata. Your only firm offer. 9 months of runway. Take it?
Bridge round at flat valuation, 40% headcount cut, or acquihire at £4.2M. The wrong-trading clock is ticking. Director duties first.
Three years in, no vesting. Your CMO went part-time months ago but still holds 33%. The lead investor wants the cap table sorted before Series A.
Your CTO demos an adjacent product — customers say they'd pay 5x for it. Pivot fully, run both, or double down on the original thesis?
Internal AE, senior external, or stay founder-led? VP Sales has the highest failure rate in startups. Which call protects the company?
The FCA proposes mandatory explainability + annual audits on AI credit decisions. Compliance = £800k upfront. Build now, lobby, or wait for final rules?
Also available as a Standard Sim
Multi-team Entrepreneurship simulation in development. Register interest for the pilot cohort.
Industry settings
Industry context
The decision categories and vocabulary used in our Entrepreneurship & Founder Decisions dilemmas are informed by the kinds of topics widely covered in these frameworks. Students preparing for chartership or apprenticeship pathways often find the format useful as independent practice material.
Note: MyEdMentor is independent simulation content. We are not endorsed by, accredited by, or affiliated with any of the named bodies. Their names are referenced here to describe content overlap only.
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Detective
Caught every wrong advisor.
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Sage
Strong rationales for every decision.
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Strategist
All decisions correct.
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