How to run a weekly founder review
What should I actually look at once a week?
Sixty minutes, same slot, same six questions, written down. Money in, money out, what moved, what is stuck and who owns it, what I promised and did not do, and the one thing next week is for. The value is not the hour — it is that decisions stop depending on how you happen to feel that day.
The six questions
- 01What came in this week, and from whom?
- 02What went out, and what renews or locks in next month?
- 03Which single number moved, up or down, and why?
- 04What is blocked, and who is it waiting on?
- 05What did I commit to and not deliver?
- 06If next week produces only one outcome, what is it?
Write the answers, do not think them. A written answer can be compared to last week's; a thought cannot. Three weeks of these pages will show you a pattern you cannot see from inside a Tuesday.
End with owners and dates
Every review produces a small number of items with a name and a date attached, and nothing else. If an item leaves the review without an owner, it did not survive the review.
A recurring review turns a founder's memory into a company's memory.
Do this next
- Put a recurring 60-minute slot in the calendar. Same day, same time.2 minutes
- Answer the six questions in writing this week.60 minutes
- Turn each outcome into a task with an owner and a date.10 minutes
- At the next review, read last week's page first.5 minutes
Avoid
- —Turning the review into a status meeting with other people.
- —Reviewing dashboards instead of answering the questions.
- —Skipping a week because it was busy — busy weeks are what the review is for.
“Prepare my weekly founder review from the company records: money, movement, blockers, unkept commitments.”
Ask Aury thisLast edited 2026-08-18