Founders School pitch day: Trilogy founder Joe Liemandt critiques student startups
nateliason · x · 2026-10-04
- Alpha School's Founders School released its first-week pitch day: students had five days to prepare business ideas for principal Joe Liemandt, Trilogy founder.
- Pitches included a $50,000 beach-rescue drone system and a $20/developer/month data-protection tool — Joe argued both underpriced.
- He shares lessons from building Trilogy: solving customers' biggest problems, becoming an expert, and building an audience pre-product; students ask about pricing, margins, and market selection. Full chapter timeline included.
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