Founder's Sparring Partner™
High-stakes decision making, Judgment-free problem solving.
You're Not Stuck.
You’re Making High-Stakes Decisions Without Enough Signal or Resource.
Decision Isolation
There’s no neutral, experienced counterpart to pressure-test your thinking. Advisors have incentives. Teams have context gaps.
Asymmetric Risk
Each choice compounds—capital, people, timing. Reversibility is limited, and the margin for error narrows as you scale.
Cognitive Load
You’re holding strategy, execution, and second-order consequences simultaneously—with no structured space to think clearly.
Objectivity on Demand.
We provide the missing layer of strategic support that sits between your board, your executive team, and your own intuition.
A Distinct Operating Relationship
This is NOT:
- Prescriptive advice or fixed frameworks
- Time-bound engagements with defined outputs
- Incentive-linked perspectives
- Emphasis on recommendations and reports
This IS:
- Live, adaptive sparring based on pattern recognition
- Ongoing access aligned to decision cadence
- Neutral, independent judgment
- Emphasis on decision quality and execution readiness
This is a fit if you are...
Operating beyond the idea stage, with a live product or service
Running a revenue-generating business or P&L
Leading a company through growth-stage: scale, transition, or complexity
Seeking an independent strategic counterpart
Expecting discretion as a baseline, not a feature. A confidant.
Sector-agnostic. Globally relevant.
Grounded in Capital and Company-Building
FSP is led by a seasoned investor and professional with over 15 years across finance, private equity and venture capital, advising and investing through multiple market cycles.
The work spans direct involvement with 30+ companies and exposure to over 3,000 founder pitches—building deep pattern recognition across strategy, capital, governance, and execution.
FSP's approach is deliberately non-prescriptive. It operates as an independent thinking partner—focused on decision quality, second-order effects, and long-term outcomes rather than short-term validation.
Engagements are grounded in discretion, context, and judgment—designed for founders and leaders operating at scale and under real constraints.
What Founders Say
"Sipika helped me gain confidence in my fundraising approach and better understand how the VC world works. If you're navigating early capital conversations, I highly recommend working with her."
"Super helpful for talking through the foundational building blocks at the beginning of the journey—go-to-market strategy, co-founder relationships, and the critical decisions you need to make early on."
"In just a few hours, Sipika helped me gain clarity that saved months of trial and error. She cut through the confusion and gave me actionable steps on where to focus our limited energy and time."
"Sipika highlighted the risk of depending on one sector and one client base. The clarity she provided allowed me to completely revise my business strategy and diversify in a way that protects our future."