FREE FOUNDER CHECKLIST

100 Things to Do When Starting a Business

An actionable checklist for founders. From formation to first customers and beyond.

Built from real founder experience.

100 action items distilled from years of building, coaching, and advising founders across wellness, consumer brands, and creator-led businesses.

INSIDE THE CHECKLIST

7 Categories. 100 Actions.

  • Foundation & Identity

    Define your superpower, name it, protect it, and build everything else around it.

    14 items
  • Legal & Finance

    The boring stuff that saves you. Structure, protection, and financial clarity from day one.

    10 items
  • Digital Setup & Tools

    Your website, your systems, your automations. The infrastructure that compounds.

    11 items
  • Marketing & Growth

    Go-to-market, content, partnerships, and the volume game that creates early traction.

    15 items
  • Customers & Sales

    From your first customer to your first refund. Every touchpoint designed to build loyalty.

    14 items
  • Operations & Strategy

    Org charts, sprint plans, SOPs, and the systems that turn a hustle into a business.

    14 items
  • Founder Mindset & Wellness

    Boundaries, journaling, honest advisors, and defining what 'enough' actually looks like.

    22 items

SNEAK PEEK

A Few From the List

Here are 5 of the 100. The full checklist covers everything from LLC setup to founder wellness.

  • Define your superpower. Build everything around it
  • Get your first customer (family counts)
  • Pick 3 marketing channels and go deep
  • Write your first SOP. Start building a business, not a job
  • Create a 'Kill List' of ideas you won't pursue

Stop Guessing. Start Building.

Stop wondering what to do next. Get the full 100-item checklist and work through it step by step.