Startup project template

Who this startup project template is for

It's for people coming out of the idea stage: founders, early-stage product teams and anyone running a new business with few people. At this stage the risk isn't a lack of tools, it's spending weeks building something nobody asked for. The template puts validation ahead of execution.

It's deliberately lightweight: no sprint, no heavy schedule, just what helps you decide what to do next.

How the project comes set up

When you create your account and choose the Startup template, Tasskee creates the project with five statuses, in this order:

1. Ideas: everything anyone suggested, no commitment;
2. Validation: hypotheses being tested with customers;
3. In execution: what passed validation and is being built;
4. In approval;
5. Completed.

There are two workstreams: Discovery and Product. The table above lists the four sample tasks: define the value proposition and validate the hypothesis with customers are in Discovery; build the MVP and define the key metrics are in Product. The template doesn't create a sprint.

How to adapt it to your team

The sample tasks are a starting point. A few suggestions for adapting it:

• One hypothesis per task. Write the hypothesis in the title ("customers pay for X") and, in the description, how you'll test it and what counts as confirmed.
• Workstreams per bet. If you're testing two segments or two products at the same time, replace the workstreams with a name for each bet.
• Move only with evidence. Agree that an idea only moves from Validation to In execution after a customer conversation recorded on the task.
• Weekly review. Ten minutes a week looking at the board is enough to cut what hasn't moved.

Tasskee features that go well with the template

As the team grows, the Kanban board keeps working and you can add sprints for short delivery cycles. Goals and OKRs tie what the team does to the result that matters, and the OKR template shows how to write objectives and key results. To organize a proposal or scope right at the start, use the project brief.

If the budget is tight, also read the page on free project management: the Free plan supports up to 3 users and 3 projects, which covers a startup at the beginning.

How to get started

The template is chosen at signup, when you create your account: in the onboarding step, choose the Startup template and the project appears already set up. The trial lasts 15 days, with Pro unlocked and no card required; if you don't choose a plan, the account becomes Free and nothing is deleted.