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Life, the Universe, and Fusion42 #020

Hello Hello,
I hope you all had a fantastic week and are making great moves. It was an up and down week here at Fusion-42. Here’s the 😇 Good, 😈 Bad and the 🤢 Ugly »> Why today vs tomorrow haunts every founder.

😇 The Good

Now that was a week that was.
Despite the buzz, the day-to-day still demands massive focus. With a week off calls, I’ve been deep in management mode—building our Mission Control Centre: a real-time command hub that ties together projects, milestones, OKRs, KPIs, SOPs, team workloads, key metrics and automated alerts. EXECUTION BABY!…With so many moving parts and only so many hours (and brain cells) in the day, it ensures we spot issues, reallocate resources and pivot instantly—so nothing ever slips through the cracks.

These are like the most exciting times ever….

🚀 Fusion42 Founder Co-Pilot: Phase 1 Agent Set is under way 🚀

🎯 Goal

Deliver core AI agents aligned to founder needs across the startup journey, as shaped by the Fusion42 knowledge and structure.
Here is a brief overview of them and their main goals.

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🧠 1. Clarity Agent meet Trillian

User Need:
"I need help figuring out where I am, what’s holding me back, and what to focus on next."

Outcomes:

• Diagnostic snapshot of founder stage, status and blockers

• Problem clarity using structured thinking

• Personalised roadmap to the next actionable milestone

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🧪 2. Validation Agent meet Ford Prefect

User Need:
"I want to know if my startup idea actually solves a real problem for real people."

Primary Outcomes:

• Clear ICP and customer problem definition

• Validated (or invalidated) assumptions with supporting evidence

• Decision guidance: proceed, pivot, or test further
  

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📢 3. GTM Agent meet Zaphod Beeblebrox

User Need:
"I need to get my first customers and generate real traction without wasting time."

Primary Outcomes:

• Defined GTM plan aligned to the ICP

• First campaign assets (e.g. cold outreach, landing page, posts)

• Basic traction goals and metrics to track progress
  

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💸 4. Fundraising Agent meet Slartibartfast

User Need:
“I need to know if I’m investor-ready and get the pitch materials to prove it.”

Outcomes:

• Readiness Score: Automated rating (0–100) on traction, clarity & model, with top-3 gap analysis.

• Pitch Assets: AI-crafted elevator pitch, one-page tear sheet & FAQ prep.

• Deck Review: Slide-by-slide scoring & targeted feedback per Fusion42 criteria.
  

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Your AI advantage starts 2 July—Join free intro session

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🎬 Free AI Launchpad Intro
When: 2 July 2025, 19:00–20:45 GMT+4
Who: Executives & founders
What: 45-minute live kick-off to our four-week AI sprint

Why attend?

• Leverage insights from our AI experts

• See the full week-by-week roadmap

• Walk away with real takeaways—no strings attached

Bonus: Register for the full programme and get ChatGPT: The Starter Playbook.

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😈 The Bad (and how we deal with it)

Your internal tools and tech stack

Way too many SaaS subscriptions and tiers slow you down—learning interfaces, hunting data, then wondering where it lives. Keep it stupid simple: build a flat, lean tech stack (especially early on, when you need to know your business inside out). Resist shoe-horning every “all-in-one” platform into your workflow. Choose only the handful of tools you genuinely need, centralise all data in one golden source of truth (your database or CMS), and minimise integrations. Refine only when you’ve truly outgrown a tool—and you’ll slash maintenance, avoid lock-in and stay focused on your customers, not wrestling with one-size-fits-all solutions. Don’t get trapped in walled gardens.

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🤢 The Ugly

Just scroll through the BS headlines—nothing highlights the ugly quite like the current sensationalist news. I’m tuning it out and retreating to my happy place.

Oh yes—I do have something. I’ve always loved writing and vowed to one day pen a non-fiction, slightly philosophical manifesto on humankind: the good, the bad and the ugly. On a recent eight-hour flight, I sketched a rough outline and since then I’ve dedicated 30 minutes each day to journalling my thoughts, lessons and discoveries.

But here’s the ugly: I’ve never written a full-length book—no formal training, precious little time—and now I realise I need to dive into “How to Write a Book for Dummies “ (me being the dummy) just to learn the basics. The one bright spot? True to founder form, I’ve already nailed a killer title. 😂

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Well that’s it from me, I am so excited and pumped for what’s to come over the next days, weeks, months. Thanks to all for being part of this journey.

For the ❤️ of startups

Enjoy and hope to see you soon.

Derek, Henrik and Kurt

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