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/office-hours

/cs:office-hours <topic> — YC-style 6-question founder interrogation before any advice. Forces clarity on problem, customer, distribution, defensibility, capital, and founder fit. Use when a founder question is too vague to route — e.g. 'should we grow faster?' — or before

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/cs:office-hours <topic> — YC-style 6-question founder interrogation before any advice. Forces clarity on problem, customer, distribution, defensibility, capital, and founder fit. Use when a founder question is too vague to route — e.g. 'should we grow faster?' — or before

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---
name: "office-hours"
description: "/cs:office-hours <topic> — YC-style 6-question founder interrogation before any advice. Forces clarity on problem, customer, distribution, defensibility, capital, and founder fit. Use when a founder question is too vague to route — e.g. 'should we grow faster?' — or before drafting a strategy brief."
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# /cs:office-hours — Six-Question Founder Interrogation

**Command:** `/cs:office-hours <topic>`

Before any advice, the founder must answer six questions. Modeled on YC office hours: no analysis until the founder has done the thinking. This is the cognitive forcing function that prevents drift into solutionism.

## When to Run

- Before starting any major initiative
- Before fundraising
- Before a strategic pivot
- When the founder is excited (excitement is a tell — pressure-test)
- When the answer is "obvious" (the obvious answer is usually wrong)

## The Six Questions

The founder must answer **all six** in writing before any C-role weighs in.

### 1. Problem
**Whose problem is this, and how do they describe it in their own words?**
- Not your framing. Their words.
- If you can't quote a customer, you don't have a problem worth solving.

### 2. Customer
**Who is the ICP? Name one real person who would buy this today.**