The key to leveling-up to strong product/market fit is not more customers.

It's fewer.

If you're feeling pressure to scale, but don't have a repeatable formula yet, you likely have weak PMF.

There's a common stall out period for most startups between $100k and $10M in revenue. This is by far the hardest stage of the PMF journey — 87% of startups expire before ever reaching $10M ARR.

The first thing you have to do is strengthen PMF. This requires founders to harness their emotional intelligence and make counterintuitive decisions like firing customers, reducing service levels, and niching down before scaling up.

These are unique-to-PMF operating challenges and they are the hardest decisions successful startups ever make.

For climate software founders, this exclusive bootcamp will serve as your personal PMF guru.

-> Connect with a deeper knowing of how PMF happens and walk the path like you've been down it before.

-> Reduce swirl and waste. Confidently move forward.

Achieving strong pmf requires founders to make counterintuitive decisions and tear down parts of the business they just painstakingly built.

This includes firing customers, reducing service levels, and niching down before scaling up — some of the hardest decisions successful founders ever make.

Level-up Your PMF

Our bootcamp helps early stage climate founders hit their next milestones 

-> Progress $0-500k, $500k-3M ARR
-> Increase % customers that truly love your product
-> Patch your leaky bucket (funnel)
-> Right-size your unit economics
-> Raise your next round

Bootcamp Curriculum

Identify and master unique-to-PMF operating challenges

1

Defining PMF

2

De-Risking PMF

3

Ideal Customer Profiles

4

Design Partner Programs

5

Experiment Toolbox

6

Local Maximum Challenge

7

Founder Mindset & Stories

8

Product Creation Mindset

9

Wedge Strategy

10

Product/Sales Led Growth

11

Investment Mix

12

Bonus: PMF State of the Market

What You'll Get

Live Interactive Bootcamp

-> 6 Remote Group Sessions
-> Ongoing access to Alternate Future's digital PMF course
-> Private Slack Channel
-> CZC will invest in bootcamp grads that meet their PMF criteria
-> Request access now

Carbon Zero Capital Investment

Carbon Zero will invest in bootcamp grads that meet their PMF criteria.

Yes, really.

Carbon Zero Capital – accelerating growth for B2B Sustainability SaaS companies solving for Carbon, Climate, ESG, & Impact use cases. We actively partner with entrepreneurs through equity investments and acquisitions to create value, together.

About Peter

Prior to running my own advisory firm, Alternate Future, I spent almost two decades leading product at startups and growth stage companies.

My operational experience ranges from:
-> Pre-Seed to Series E
-> Pre-revenue to $100M in ARR
-> 1 to 1000 in headcount
-> Pre-PMF to Strong PMF

I've been through dozens of PMF attempts — some successful, some not.

My current portfolio of clients is climate-centric as is this bootcamp. I have specific, in the trenches experience with:
-> Carbon Management
-> Scope 3 Supply Chain Engagement
-> Decarbonization
-> Energy Information
-> Climate Risk
-> Carbon Removal & MRV

I've worked across product mediums that include:
-> SaaS
-> Platforms
-> AI/ML
-> Analytics
-> Marketplaces

I help founders with product, gtm, and scaling.

I help climate founders see what's around the next corner.

And now, with this bootcamp, I'm making that more accessible.

See what my partners say about me 👇

“Peter’s approach to PMF cuts right through the BS and has enabled me and my team to maximize our speed of learning. With his help, we established a PMF team, ran a design partner program, and landed our first customers in less than 4 months. He is very deft and has a very soft touch, but is constantly pushing us and nudging us and challenging us. He is our personal PMF coach and knows exactly what we need to hear and when we need to hear it.”

Bruce Falck
Founder & CEO, Halcyon AI
Seed, $10.8M Raised
Energy Information Data Platform

“Peter’s philosophy around startup building helped us think deeply and execute intelligently around our moat and network effects. We were at a PMF crossroads and needed to expand beyond our original core product for the first time. His unique perspective gave us a roadmap through ambiguous moments and helped us create a stickier product, drive network-based revenue, and land strategic investment. The coaching he provides to me and the team is invaluable."

Ben Peddie
Founder & CTO, Emitwise
Series A, $17M Raised
Carbon Mgmt for Supply Chains

"We acquired a startup to build a ‘Kayak for coworking’ alongside our core business. Peter was VP of Product for the acquired company and stayed on to help us figure out how to push past where the business had plateaued pre-acquisition, at about $1.5M in GMV. Peter had a rare combination of informed optimism, clarity of thought, and stick-with-it-ness. He diagnosed what was blocking product/market fit and built our strategy for where we should take the business. He is a methodical decision maker who whittles away at hairy problems — and is also super fun to work with."

Anna Levine
Chief Commercial Officer, Industrious
Series E, $522M Raised
Flexible Workplace Provider

I’ve introduced Peter to many True Portfolio founders and have witnessed the deep value these relationships have fostered in achieving stronger product-market fit. His sound operating guidance straddles the line between philosophy and tactics in a way that really speaks to founders. I’ve received tons of positive feedback from founders that Peter provides unique perspectives throughout the startup journey, especially when there are so many unknowns in where to devote energy. I’d recommend Peter to founders looking to improve their product/market fit, and for so much more.

Priscilla Tyler
VP, True Ventures - Climate Focus
Seed & Series A, $6B AUM

Expert PMF advisory at a fraction of the cost

  • Connect with a deeper knowing of how PMF happens and walk the path like you've been down it before.
  • 6 Live, Remote Group Sessions + Private Slack Channel.
  • Ongoing access to Alternate Future's digital PMF course.
  • CZC will invest in bootcamp grads that meet their criteria.
$3,999
$4,999

TLDR

I'm busy AF, what's the TLDR?

Our bootcamp helps early stage climate founders hit their next milestones.

This might include some or all of the following:
-> Progress $0-500k, $500k-3M ARR
-> Increase % customers that truly love your product
-> Patch your leaky bucket (funnel)
-> Right-size your unit economics
-> Raise your next round

Carbon Zero Capital will invest in bootcamp grads that meets their PMF criteria.

Will Carbon Zero Capital really invest in bootcamp grads
that meet their PMF criteria?

Yes.

What do I get?

-> 6 Live, Remote Group Sessions
-> Ongoing access to Alternate Future's digital PMF course
-> Private Slack Channel
-> CZC will invest in bootcamp grads that meet their criteria
-> Request access now

How can I justify the spend? Do you offer refunds?

This course saves you time, helps you avoid mistakes, and unlocks the full potential of you and your startup. That's invaluable. More literally, experienced consultants charge $250-$750/hr+equity and if you bring one on your spend will quickly exceed the cost of this course.

If you take the course and it's not what you expected let's hop on a call and see if I can make it right. If not, then I would be happy to refund you.

If you have more questions just ping me on LinkedIn

The story

Are we there yet?

You know it. Your board knows it. Your investors know it. The only thing that matters is getting to PMF.

But every founder I talk to says some version of this:

"I'm not sure if we have PMF. I think we have some, but not enough."

PMF can be crazy ambiguous and startups can achieve varying degrees of it. That's a hard thing for founders to live with.

Early revenue is really just the first step in a longer PMF journey.

You have paying customers and positive engagement. Users tell you they'd be disappointed if you took your product away. You're seeing signs of PMF. Congrats, you're way, way ahead of the pack (for real).

You also have signs of weak PMF, such as:

  • Varying levels of engagement and value realization.
  • Incongruent use cases.
  • Muddled and/or numerous ideal customer profiles.
  • A sprawling product roadmap.
  • Leaning too much on service-work for value delivery.
  • Differing contracts and price points.

You're feeling pressure to scale, but don't have a repeatable formula yet.

And you're worried you don't have solid enough metrics for your next raise.

These are all indicators of weak PMF. It is the most challenging stage of the startup journey — you've found initial success but need to level-up to survive.

It's not magic.

Half of the winning PMF formula can be described in only five short steps:

Manually deliver value to customers -> Find patterns -> Automate -> Sell -> Repeat.

And while these tactics are critical, they're nothing without an awareness of where you're at in the PMF journey and a willingness to make counterintuitive decisions to get to the next stage.

Have you ever looked at another founder that is just a couple stages ahead of you and thought "wow they really have the magic touch?" Well, good news. It's not magic.

It's identifying unique-to-PMF operating challenges.

Achieving strong PMF requires you to tear down parts of the business you just painstakingly built. You must reduce your startup's surface area to form a solid foundation to scale on top of.

It's niching down before scaling up.

These are some of the hardest decisions successful founders ever make. Decisions often infused with strong emotions.

This is hard. Really hard. But this is what separates startups.

This is what enables founders to do what only 13% of all founders ever do — reach $10M in revenue.

Everyone needs help with this, and that's why I created this bootcamp.

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For Climate Tech Founders of seed to series b B2B software startups going from $1M to $10M in revenue.

This course will serve as your personal PMF guru

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Connect with a deeper knowing of how PMF happens and walk the path like you've been down it.

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Make strategic decisions with a full-spectrum of data and context. Reduce swirl and waste. Confidently move forward.

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Improve the strength, odds, and speed of raising your next round.

Your personal PMF guru

  • Connect with a deeper knowing of how PMF happens and walk the path like you've been down it before.
  • 6 Live, Remote Group Sessions + Private Slack Channel.
  • Ongoing access to Alternate Future's digital PMF course.
  • CZC will invest in bootcamp grads that meet their criteria.
$3,999
$4,999

Secure your spot

  • Unlimited access for you and your team
  • Videos, assessment & checklists
  • Personalized coaching
  • Course will launch later this summer
  • Limited availability based on personalized coaching schedule
$2,499
$3,499

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