Famous Founders
Startup Terms
Your Colleagues
Microsoft Jargon
Founders Hub Club
100

This founder famously asked Pepsi CEO, John Sculley, “Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?"

Who is Steve Jobs?

100

This refers to the rate at which your company spends money, typically expressed as dollars per month.

What is "burn rate?"

100

This engineer got married in October.

Who is Paul Armstrong?

100

MCAP is an acronym for what organization at Microsoft?

What is the Microsoft Customer and Partner Organizatiion?
100

While technically owned by Microsoft, this offering recently became available via Founders Hub

What is LinkedIn (sales and marketing skus)?

200

This deceased founder owned both an NBA and an NFL team.

Who is Paul Allen?

200

This refers to how long your business can sustain itself before running out of money and is based on your income and expenses.

What is "Run Way?"

200

This individual surfed over 200 days last year.

Who is Hans Yang?

200

This is the first day of Microsoft Fiscal Year 2023 Q2.

What is October 26 2023?

200

On this day, Founders Hub MVP launched.

What is October 18th 2021?

300

Tope Awotona founded this company which went on to become a $3B business. 

What is Calendly?

300

This is a high-net-worth-individual who provides funds for early-stage startups, usually in exchange for equity.

Who is an "angel investor?"

300

This person most recently had a child.

Who is Bakari Brock?

300

This event which happens every May is geared to developers targeting the Microsoft platform.

What is Microsoft Build?

300

This is the maximum number of Azure credits a founder could conceivably receive over time.  

What is $150K?

400

This Australian female founder's company was recently valuated at $26B.

Who is Melanie Perkins of Canva?

400

This describes the stage at which startups are refining their products, business strategies, and teams.

What is "growth stage?"

400

This former founder sold his Italian startup to Microsoft.

Who is Tom Davis?

400

This is the official brand font for Microsoft. 

What is Segoe UI?
400

This is the latest visible feature change to Founders Hub.

What is "contact email change in application?"

500

What was Elon Musk's first company? 

What was Zip2 (acquired by Compaq)?

500

This refers to an estimate of the total cost of acquiring a new customer, taking into account things like advertising, marketing, and customer service costs.

What is "Customer Acquistion Cost?"

500

This person was a contestant on the UK version of Jeopardy.

Who is Daniel Sevvit?

500

This is the current version number of the Surface line of PCs.

What is Surface Pro 9?

500

This country is the 2nd largest country in terms of in-program startups.

What is India?

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