Welcome to the Built To Succeed Website!
The Built To Succeed Website is dedicated to teaching startup founders the Silicon Valley secrets to building and growing a successful startup. The material taught in this website is the same material taught in the accelerators located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, and by the same instructor, Richard A. MacDonald, Jr. (see Instructor page).
The harsh reality is that 93% of startups fail. Why such a high number? What are the root-cause reasons for these failures? Watch these two short videos to learn more.
What Are The Odds Of Success For A Startup (2 min)
What Are The 8 Root-Cause Reasons Why Startups Fail (2 min)
Besides the eight root-cause reasons why startups fail there is a cognitive factor that significantly contributes to startups failing. Watch this short video to learn what it is and how to combat it.
This website aims to improve a startup's odds of success from 7% to something closer to 97%. The key offering on this website that addresses this need is the FREE Built To Succeed Accelerator. Watch this short video to learn more about what it is and how it can benefit you.
The Thinking System That Significantly Contributes To A Startup's Demise (4 min)
Offerings
About The FREE Built To Succeed Accelerator And How It Can Benefit You (1 min)
Seven offerings are available on this website. A brief description of each is below.
1) Built To Succeed Accelerator -- As mentioned above this is a FREE on-demand streaming startup accelerator that is available to anyone from anywhere at anytime dedicated to improving a startup’s odds of success. To learn more about the Built To Succeed Accelerator go to the About The Built To Succeed Accelerator page.
2) Built To Succeed Frameworks -- These are easy to use downloadable frameworks that enable a founder to expertly apply the Built To Succeed Accelerator learnings to their startup. To learn more about the Built To Succeed Frameworks go to the About The Built To Succeed Frameworks page.
3) Open Classrooms -- These are live Zoom sessions where an instructor is present to take questions from, and give answers to, anyone who joins the session. To Learn more about the Open Classrooms go to the About Open Classrooms page.
4) Founders' Circles -- These are live Zoom sessions with a moderator where founders can meet and discuss any topic and receive advice and guidance from their fellow founders. To learn more about the Founders' Circles go to the About Founders' Circles page.
5) Pitching To Investors Class -- This is a special class on how to pitch to angels and venture capitalists to raise funds which has its own unique downloadable frameworks to assist founders in constructing a highly effective presentation to raise money, as well as its own unique open classrooms to ask questions and get answers. To learn more about the Pitching To Investors Class go to the About Pitching To Investors Class page.
6) Mentoring -- This is a page where founders can book time with a world-class mentor who can help them apply the learnings from the Built To Succeed Accelerator and Pitching To Investors Class to their specific startup. To learn more about the mentoring that is available, or to book a mentoring meeting, go to the About Mentoring / Book A Mentor page.
7) Built To Succeed Book -- This is a book containing all of the material taught in the Built To Succeed Accelerator and the Pitching To Investors Class. It can be used as a primary source for this information, or as a handy quick reference into this material. To learn more about the Built To Succeed book go to the About Book page.
Instructor & Reviews
Instructor -- All the content on this website has been developed over many years by Richard A. MacDonald, Jr. Richard also gives the lectures in the Built To Succeed Accelerator and the Pitching To Investors class. To learn more about Richard go to the About Instructor page.
Built To Succeed Accelerator Reviews -- The Built To Succeed Accelerator is rated 4.9 out of 5 stars. To see what startup founders say about the Built To Succeed Accelerator go to the Built To Succeed Accelerator Reviews page.