Very Good Story ← Back

Leave with your company in one sentence a stranger can repeat.

Story Strategy Call · 30 minutes · free

Payton Minzenmayer

With Payton Minzenmayer, founder story editor

Two founding spots open this fall

A few quick questions, then pick a time

About two minutes. It means we spend the call on your story, not on background.

Add your name.

Add a working email. Your invite and write-up go here.

What's your role at the company?

Pick one.

Add your company’s website, like yourcompany.com.

Give me one full sentence (at least 15 characters).

Who isn’t getting it right now? Pick all that apply.

Pick at least one.

What stage is the company at?

Pick one.

If the call shows a clear fix, are you ready to pay to get it done in the next 60 days?

Pick one.

Next, you pick a 30-minute slot.

What you’ll walk away with

  1. Your company in one sentence. A draft line a stranger can hear once and repeat back. Use it, change it, or toss it.
  2. What a stranger hears today. An honest read on how your company lands with investors and hires outside your market.
  3. Where your story loses people. The exact spots where someone new stops following, and why.
  4. The first fix. The one change worth making before anything else, so you know where to start.
  5. The fixes, in writing. A short write-up within an hour after we talk, so nothing lives only in your notes.

Yours to keep, whether or not we work together.