Model the Outliers

Top 1% startups are not incrementally better. They’re fundamentally different.

They ask different questions, track different metrics, work from different assumptions and mental models, and run a different processes.

If you want to understand their approach, read our newsletter. If you're ready to adopt it, check out our programme.

Our programme: Develop rigour around growth. Work side-by-side with our team of coaches to develop and execute your growth playbook and transform your team. In our 10-week virtual accelerator, you'll zoom out and figure out where to focus, and move faster with a metrics-driven process of rapid experimentation.”

You’re not the first person to try this startup thing. We can help.

Teams we’ve been fortunate enough to work with

0% Snakeoil

Second Nature

100x

100X

70X

so-sure

50X

Popsa

40X

Storemaven

30X

Mina

20X

Zenjob

17X

Thriva

12X

Simply Cook

12X

Houst

Ooni

Ferly

3.5X

SO-SURE

2,000%

1,000%

Our Path

600%

Get Agent

600%

KEKO (MOVIVO)

500%

Zen Job

500%

Storemaven

Airsorted

300%

900%

POPSA

550%

Qunomedical

300%

Settled

Thriva

300%

CODEC

"They helped us shift our employee’s mindsets from perfectionism into a more entrepreneurial/hacky approach, so everyone behaves much more like founders. In an 8 person team that is priceless!"

Billie Quinlan

Co-Founder and CEO, Ferly

Revenue +3.5X in 3 months after our programme

Who Are We?

After watching hundreds of startups waste investors’ money on bad marketing hires and expensive non-scalable tactics, we founded Startup Core Strengths to help startups learn the foundational mindset and habits to drive sustainable growth.

After 20 years as Silicon Valley operators and investors, our mission is to enable early-stage startups to get much much better at customer acquisition. We know it’s not only possible but repeatable. And, We’ve seen that it’s not only repeatable but also teachable.

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