Merci Grace's startup templates

Product spec. Go to market. Willingness to pay. Phrases that increase the heart rate of startup founders everywhere, and for good reason — they're the keys to taking your startup from a super great idea to a real business.
After running growth at Slack and investing in early companies at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Merci Grace has helped dozens of startups execute these fundamental processes. But she knows that these can all seem overwhelming to an early founder building from scratch. Her Notion templates walk through each process so you and your team can jump right in and start brainstorming.

1Merci Grace's company spec

Merci Grace is a former Lightspeed Ventures Partner and Slack Head of Growth. If you're thinking about starting a company, her company spec template will help you think through your startup idea from first principles.

This template is just one of Merci's many product development templates, all of which .

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2Merci Grace's landing page

Merci Grace is a former Lightspeed Ventures Partner and Slack Head of Growth. If you're thinking about starting a company, her landing page template will help you experiment with your go-to-market messaging early and often.

This template is just one of Merci's many product development templates, all of which .

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3Merci Grace's product spec

Merci Grace is the former Head of Growth at Slack and Partner at Lightspeed Ventures. Her product spec template will help your team quickly develop new ideas in a structured and consistent way. Each section caters to an important part of the planning process, from defining opportunities or potential problems to creating helpful user stories.

This template is just one of Merci's many product development templates, all of which .

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4Merci Grace's remote brand design sprint

Merci Grace is the former Head of Growth at Slack and Partner at Lightspeed Ventures. Her brand sprint template, inspired by Google Ventures' , turns an intimidating creative process into something collaborative and fun. Kick things off with this sprint and give your remote team the tools you need to start defining your brand.

This template is just one of Merci's many product development templates, all of which .

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5Merci Grace's willingness-to-pay interview

Merci Grace is a former Lightspeed Ventures Partner and Slack Head of Growth. If you're thinking about starting a company, her willingness to pay template will help you conduct interviews with your core customers to figure out your business model and pricing strategy.

This template is just one of Merci's many product development templates, all of which .

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6Merci Grace's zero to one framework

Merci Grace is the former Head of Growth at Slack and Partner at Lightspeed Ventures. By using her zero-to-one you'll learn what it takes to build a sellable product. The template walks you through a series of questions relating to the four product fundamentals — your core product, business model, positioning, and first customers.

This template is just one of Merci's many product development templates, all of which .

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