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DIY Strategic tools for founders who think before they scale
A focused set of signal-based frameworks, audits, and toolkits for founders who want to build smarter — not louder. These aren’t templates. They’re thinking systems to help you realign your strategy and move forward with clarity.
Signal OS—the Operating System for aligned founders
Most startup playbooks start with metrics.
Signal OS starts with you.
Signal OS is a strategic self-assessment and alignment tool for founders. It helps you diagnose what’s off in your startup — not based on KPIs or investor expectations, but on the signals that actually matter:
Vision. Value. System. Market. Momentum.
It’s a founder operating system built to prevent hidden misalignment from turning into failure.
The strategic signal starter pack
✅ Founder–Investor Alignment Checklist
Avoid silent misalignment before or after the term sheet.
✅ Misalignment Casebook
A punchy, pattern-based guide for spotting what could go wrong before it does.
✅ Pre-Raise Signal Prep Sheet
This diagnostic helps you find the signal gaps that could kill your round before it starts. Fast, honest, and founder-focused.
✅ Strategic Signal Audit Lite
A self-guided workbook built around the 5 Signals™ model: Vision, Value, System, Market, and Momentum.
✅ The Strategic Signal Playbook (for Investors)
Use this guide to assess, support, and realign founders — before and after the check.
The 5 Signals™ that determine whether you scale—or stall
Most startups don’t fail because they lack growth. They fail because the wrong signals are being amplified, and the right ones are misaligned, ignored, or lost in noise.
The 5 Signals™ is a strategic diagnostic used to uncover where your system is strong—and where it could break under pressure.
The founder–investor misalignment diagnostic toolkit
Uncover the signal gaps that silently kill trust, traction, and funding.
This practical PDF workbook helps you assess and realign your strategic signals before they stall your momentum or break your raise.
It includes real misalignment patterns, founder profiles, self-diagnostic questions, and a signal-based clarity framework you can use today.
✅ 5 Signals™ breakdown
✅ Real-world vignettes
✅ Interactive self-diagnostic workbook
✅ Strategic reframe prompts
Who it’s for: Founders preparing to raise, teams in post-funding realignment, operators seeking internal clarity.
© 2025 Vitaly Solten, Solten Ventures LLC