Prove

Showcase your verified portfolio

What you get

  1. 1. Get checked soonerYour proof moves up the line.
  2. 2. Bonus helpExtra guides and practice on some steps.
  3. 3. A Trophy Case to showOne link with all your checked work.

How it works

  1. 1. Pick a challenge.
  2. 2. Do it. Upload your proof.
  3. 3. A real person checks it.
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IntermediateFREE

Zero to Founder

From idea to $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue. Verified at every outcome.

Entrepreneur
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BeginnerFREE

From Idea to First Launch

The pre-revenue founder playbook. Validate, build, and ship to strangers — before you worry about revenue.

Entrepreneur
2 required + 5 opt24w
AdvancedFREE

Scale — $10K to $1M ARR

From early traction to a real business. Two revenue milestones required; the scaling strategy is yours to choose.

Entrepreneur
2 required + 8 opt104w
IntermediateFREE

Go-to-Market Playbook

Five GTM capabilities that compound. Pick the ones your business needs now — each stands alone.

Entrepreneur
0 required + 6 opt36w
IntermediateFREE

Business Model Mastery

Eight business models, each with a different proof standard. Build the one that fits your market — then prove you built it.

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Grow Startup

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Document a real business's starting revenue or user count and attribution method, then grow it over 6 months with results attributable to real channels.

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Get Your First 10 Paying Customers

3 milestones · 8 weeks

Sign 10 real customers who pay for your product or service.

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Validate a Business Idea

3 milestones · 6 weeks

Run experiments to confirm real demand before building.

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Launch on Product Hunt

3 milestones · 6 weeks

Execute a top-20 Product Hunt launch day.

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Build an E-Commerce Store

3 milestones · 10 weeks

Launch a Shopify store to $5,000 in first-month revenue.

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Close a Consulting Contract

3 milestones · 8 weeks

Land your first $5,000+ consulting engagement.

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Launch a Marketplace

3 milestones · 16 weeks

Build a two-sided marketplace with 10 suppliers and 50 buyers.

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Make Your First Hire

3 milestones · 10 weeks

Define the role, recruit, and onboard your first employee.

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Raise a Pre-Seed Round

3 milestones · 16 weeks

Raise $250k–$1M from angels or a pre-seed fund.

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Build a Content-Led Business

3 milestones · 16 weeks

Grow a business where content drives 80%+ of customer acquisition.

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Launch a Freelance Agency

3 milestones · 12 weeks

Build a service business with 3+ clients and a repeatable delivery model.

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Launch a Micro-SaaS

3 milestones · 8 weeks

Build and ship a focused tool that solves one problem for one audience.

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Build a Subscription Business

3 milestones · 12 weeks

Launch a subscription model reaching 100 active subscribers.

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Reach $100k MRR

3 milestones · 52 weeks

Grow a product to $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

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Grow Your Product to 1,000 Users

4 milestones · 16 weeks

Scale from 25 strangers to 1,000 core-action completions — entirely through distribution, not feature-building. Every milestone requires measuring completions of the core action, not signups or page views.

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Raise a Seed Round

3 milestones · 20 weeks

Raise $1M–$5M from institutional seed investors.

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Get Into an Accelerator

3 milestones · 12 weeks

Get accepted into YC, Techstars, or a top-tier accelerator program.

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File a Patent

3 milestones · 16 weeks

File a provisional or utility patent application for your invention.

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Get Your First Press Coverage

3 milestones · 8 weeks

Land a feature in a publication your target customers read.

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Find Product-Market Fit

3 milestones · 20 weeks

Reach a 40%+ 'very disappointed' score on Sean Ellis test with real users.

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Build and Exit

3 milestones · 104 weeks

Build a product to a point of acquisition and complete a successful exit.

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Launch Your First Product Publicly

5 milestones · 8 weeks

Ship your product to strangers — people who find it without being personally invited — define a specific success metric before building, and publish a public retrospective with real numbers.

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Lead a Company Through a Pivot

0 milestones · 24 weeks

Facilitate and execute a strategic pivot — documented with before/after strategy, team communication, and outcome metrics.

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Build a Board Presentation Cadence

0 milestones · 36 weeks

Design and run 3 consecutive quarterly board presentations with documented board feedback and action items resolved.

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