[StartupOasis / Founders] 🚀 The 10-Step Journey: #3 - Problem Definition

We’re continuing our ongoing Startup Oasis / Founders Community series: 🚀 The 10-Step Founder Journey (Zero → Seed Stage) — designed to guide early-stage founders from idea to funding with clarity, confidence, and community.

In this third session of the series, we’re getting laser-focused on the one thing that can make or break your startup: how well you define the problem.

Great startups don’t start with a solution—they start with a painfully clear problem statement in the customer’s own words. This session will help you cut through the noise, get specific, and anchor your startup around a real, well-scoped pain point.

What to Expect:
🧩 Craft a Problem Statement – Learn how to turn messy insights into a clear, concise, and emotionally resonant problem worth solving.
🗣️ Use Customer Language – Translate your findings from interviews into the actual words your users use (and care about).
🎯 Narrow the Scope – Avoid the feature trap. Focus your energy on solving one meaningful problem really well.
💬 Feedback Loops – Workshop your draft problem statements with the community and refine them on the spot.
📌 Clarity That Drives Everything Else – Use your refined problem definition to guide product development, messaging, and even fundraising.

🎙️ Speakers
- Dan Marques – A serial entrepreneur, community builder, and executive coach with 16 startups under his belt. From France to Spain to the U.S., Dan has held roles from CEO to CTO and thrives at the intersection of innovation and execution.
- Ivan Suhinin – An AI and fintech veteran who’s worked with Tesla, Adyen, and early-stage startups alike. Ivan specializes in startup “firefighting,” turning chaos into clarity. From engineering teams to investor decks, he’s done it all—and lived to tell the tale.

🍕 Vibes: Laid-back, high-value, and founder-first

Whether you’re just toying with an idea or deep in the grind, this event will help you zoom out, reconnect with your “why,” and step into your founder role with purpose.

🔗 RSVP now and help us launch this founder-powered journey—together.