Pre-Pitch Punch List v1 · 2026-05-26

5 personas · 3 buyer lenses · cross-city sweep · design + code audit
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🚨 On fire — do today/tomorrow
🎯 3 Founder decisions to unblock work
  1. Brand-gradient drift (#10) — document bg-gradient-brand-light in DESIGN_STANDARDS as the FAB/chip/small-surface variant, OR sweep all 224 uses → dark Variant C. Decide before fixing any design drift.
  2. WC Hub V2 zinc-900 dark theme (#53) — keep it as an "event surface" exemption, or sweep it to standard.
  3. Compass agent names in mock data (#12) — gut-check the 25+ refs (Emma Chen / Marcus Reyes / Sofía Calderón). Too close to real Compass agents? If yes, swap before any Compass conversation.

Each decision unblocks dependent items. Answer all 3, then go in order.

🟡 Should-fix on demo path
🟡 Off-demo polish (defer if short on time)
🟡 Code + design hygiene (low risk, low cost)
🟢 Nice-to-have (post-pitch)
✨ What's working — lean into these

Buyer-bid convergence

Reffkin
Compass
$8–18M (~$3-5M cash + restricted stock + earnout). Anchors on BeReal ($537M / 40M users) ceiling, The League ($29.9M) closer comp. Sub-$20M without a competitive bid.
Musk
X
$15–35M structured. $80M+ impulse ceiling — only with founder in the room. Letter pitch lands in maybe pile.
Zuck
Meta
$15–40M standalone · $50–80M if Compass is at the table. International scaffolding is the only reason this isn't a Groups feature.
Convergence: a real bidding contest is the entire game. Without it Reffkin closes at $10-15M. Get the lawyer letter, get the meeting, then leak credibly that X and Meta have been contacted.