What are your startup’s real chances?

SKIN Pulse™ is a founder-built diagnostic that pressure-tests your startup against the fundamentals that determine execution, decision-making and survival

Built on systems, not sentiment

A structured diagnostic for your startup

A structured diagnostic for your startup

A proprietary framework across 7 dimensions, grounded in real execution signals.

Reviewed by experienced founders to pressure-test assumptions and surface tradeoffs.

A proprietary framework across 7 dimensions, grounded in real execution signals.

Reviewed by experienced founders to pressure-test assumptions and surface tradeoffs.

SKIN Score

A composite execution score designed to separate signal from noise and reveal where your company is strong, fragile or exposed.

SKIN Score

TM

84

Current Mode

LIFT-OFF

The company is directionally correct and positioned to scale, but repeatability in sales and proof of financial impact must now be formalized.

The company is directionally correct and positioned to scale, but repeatability in sales and proof of financial impact must now be formalized.

SKIN Score

TM

84

Current Mode

LIFT-OFF

The company is directionally correct and positioned to scale, but repeatability in sales and proof of financial impact must now be formalized.

The company is directionally correct and positioned to scale, but repeatability in sales and proof of financial impact must now be formalized.

Market

90

/ 100

STRENGTHS

  • Rising industrial energy costs

  • Regulatory pressure toward efficiency accelerate adoption

Constraints

Market

90

/ 100

STRENGTHS

  • Rising industrial energy costs

  • Regulatory pressure toward efficiency accelerate adoption

Constraints

7 Dimensions

Get clear visibility into strengths, gaps and hidden risks.

Team · Product · Brand · Market · Go-to-Market · Investor Readiness · Financials

Execution recommendations

Three prioritized actions based on what matters most right now and where impact is highest.

0/3

Pilot to multi-site expansion pathway

Procurement standardisation per vertical

ROI calculator integrated into sales process

Pilot to multi-site expansion

≥ 50%

Decrease sales cycle

≤ 120 days

Deals closed without founder

60%

KPIs

A focused set of execution metrics that prevent false progress and eliminate vanity momentum.

SNAPSHOT

GET A CLEAR FIRST READ

GET A CLEAR FIRST READ

A free score snapshot across 7 execution-critical dimensions

A free score snapshot across 7 execution-critical dimensions

Released in limited batches

Benefits

Clarity you can act on

Clarity you can act on

Better Decisions

Make decisions based on signals, not noise or self-deception

Better Decisions

Make decisions based on signals, not noise or self-deception

Focus on Impact

Prioritize the few actions that actually move the business

Focus on Impact

Prioritize the few actions that actually move the business

Move with Conviction

Act decisively with clarity on tradeoffs and risk

Move with Conviction

Act decisively with clarity on tradeoffs and risk

Test Assumptions

Surface weak or hidden assumptions before they shape strategy

Test Assumptions

Surface weak or hidden assumptions before they shape strategy

Catch costly mistakes

Identify execution drift before it wastes time or capital

Catch costly mistakes

Identify execution drift before it wastes time or capital

Outside Perspective

Step outside the day-to-day and get an external operator’s perspective

Outside Perspective

Step outside the day-to-day and get an external operator’s perspective

Better Decisions

Make decisions based on signals, not noise or self-deception

Focus on Impact

Prioritize the few actions that actually move the business

Move with Conviction

Act decisively with clarity on tradeoffs and risk

Test Assumptions

Surface weak or hidden assumptions before they shape strategy

Catch costly mistakes

Identify execution drift before it wastes time or capital

Outside Perspective

Step outside the day-to-day and get an external operator’s perspective

How it works

Simple and fast

Simple and fast

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Delivery

1 – Purchase

One-time $99. No subscription.

2 – Intake

Upload your deck and key materials.
Takes 1–3 minutes. Reviewed under NDA.

Upload your deck and key materials. Takes 1–3 minutes. Reviewed under NDA.

3 – Review

Assessed with SKIN’s proprietary framework
and reviewed by experienced founders.

Assessed with SKIN’s proprietary framework and reviewed by experienced founders.

4 – Delivery

Delivered within 2 working days.
Clear analysis, prioritized actions and KPIs.

About us

Built by founders. For founders.

SKIN Pulse™ is part of SKIN STUDIOS, a strategy and venture studio built by operators who’ve spent decades building, scaling and exiting startups.

Across multiple ventures and cycles, we’ve learned one thing: founders don’t fail from lack of effort, but from lack of clarity on what actually matters.

Dominik Pantelides

Founding Partner

Dominik Pantelides

Founding Partner

Vigen Amirkhanyan

Founding Partner

Sungjee Yoo

Founding Partner

Kaito Kurosaki

Founding Partner

Sungjee Yoo

Founding Partner

Kaito Kurosaki

Founding Partner

We got skin in the game

Fractional Founder Program

We work with a select number of startups we believe in.


We step in as a strategic co-founder or execution partner, bringing senior leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Not coaching.
Not advisory.
Shared accountability.

Typical
Involvement

  • Fundraising strategy, materials and round execution

  • Go-to-market architecture and growth sequencing

  • Product strategy and roadmap direction

  • Brand positioning and narrative clarity

  • Fractional CMO, CPO, or founder-level execution support

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