The Absolute Bootcamp
Stop pitching like everyone else.
Absolute Positioning is a free, 1-week program designed to separate you from every other startup looking to raise. Every day you'll submit answers to a comprehensive set of questions designed to uncover areas that need attention. Every day we'll meet to go over results, and at the end you'll get a full report identifying strengths, gaps, and how you can improve.
01
Product
A rigorous deconstruction of what you actually build. We isolate your core mechanism from superficial marketing fluff to prove structural utility.
02
Finances
Hard truth about your actual runway, unit economics, historic efficiency, and true capital requirement. No stylized hockey-stick projections allowed.
03
Brand
Defining your point of view. Why your existence is inevitable, and why customers refuse to use legacy alternatives. True commercial authority.
04
Market
Your beachhead, true total addressable map, and the objective threat vectors from competitors you currently pretend don't exist.
05
Team
Isolating the unique unfair insights, technical capacity, and extreme obsession markers that make your team mathematically backed to win.
Get raise-ready.
We work with anyone that shows up with real information and genuine engagement. We turn away people who are cagey or clearly not ready. Send us your email, and we'll be in touch with what we need to get started.
Who We Are
Built by founders who've helped dozens of startups raise faster.
Neil McBean
Positioning, Brand and Design
20 years of launch campaigns with global brands including Nike, Samsung, Adobe, Puma, and Genentech. Fractional design direction for startups like Purse, UmYum, Daiya, and more.
James Moran
Financials and GTM
CEO of LinkedIntros and LinkedVC. Has helped dozens of startups target the right VCs and take time-to-raise from spinning tires to deals in under 3 months.