Be confident you're on the right path - from the Start
Go from Testing Your Business Ideas to Getting Your First Customers
In this 3-month structured program with workshops, mentorship, and a community of founders
LIVE INSTRUCTION
Learn key founder skills and frameworks each week in our action-oriented live workshops
ACCOUNTABILITY
Work with a group of motivated founders as you overcome roadblocks and achieve your goals
DIRECTION
We help you stay focused on the important things and provide a roadmap as you grow
FEEDBACK
Get expert feedback from people who know you including mentors, other founders, and our team
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For Idea-Stage Startup Founders Looking for Step-by-Step Mentorship and Guidance
For anyone who identifies as female or gender non-binary.
Aspiring & Idea Stage Founders
Full-Time & Part-Time Founders
Anyone Interested in Testing a Business Idea
Founders Struggling to Get Traction
Our 12-Week Curriculum is Designed to Drive Progress
Select Startup Mentors
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Ryan MacCarrigan Founding Principal, LeanStudio
Tracy Lawrence
Founder & CEO, Chewse
Greg Bennett
Investor, Kapor Capital
Brittany Davis
Investor, Backstage Capital
Example Week Schedule
Our schedule is designed to be convenient for full and part-time founders.
Workshops will be live Tuesdays 4pm-6pm PST, 7-9pm EST. Workshops and Fireside Chats will be recorded. Peer Groups will be scheduled based on founder availability.
See pricing below.
Build Your Founder Skills
✓ Idea Generation
✓ Competitive Analysis
✓ Customer Interviews
✓ Expert Interviews
✓ Pilot Testing
✓ Ad Testing
✓ Landing Page Design
✓ Market Sizing
✓ Prototyping
✓ MVP Roadmap Design
✓ Business Models
✓ Basic Finances
✓ Fundraising Options
✓ Go-To Market Strategy
✓ Customer Retention
✓ Customer Growth
✓ Branding & PR
✓ Vision
✓ Productivity
✓ Finding a Co-Founder
✓ Prioritization
Get Expertise, Structure, and Startup Mentorship from the Beginning
OUR 12-WEEK PROGRAM INCLUDES:
WEEKLY:
2-Hour Live Online Workshops
Peer Accountability Groups
Group Office Hours
1-on-1 Mentor Office Hours
PLUS ACCESS TO:
Additional Workshops
Fireside Chats with Founder & Mentors
Pitch Practice & Storytelling Feedback Sessions
Virtual Co-Working Hours
Complementary Founder Handbook
Slack Community for Support
*Please see pricing details below
Complimentary Founder Handbook
Our blueprint For early-stage entrepreneurs provides supplementary content, exercises, and resources that follows along with our curriculum.
Start Your Founder Journey with Us
PROGRAM TUITION
We do not take equity in your company. If the Startup Program is a good fit for you, you will have the following 3 payment options.
$1,700
One-time Payment
$1,700 Total
19% discount
$700 a month
3 months
$2,100 Total
$200 a month
12 months
$2,400 Total
Divide your tuition over 12 payments
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FAQ’s
I don't have an idea yet. Or, I'm not sure if this is the idea I definitely want to pursue. Is this for me?
Yes! Join one of our Free Workshop Series to learn ideation exercises to help you come up with an initial idea. If you aren’t sure if your current idea is the one you want to pursue in the long run, we’ll help you to evaluate it based on whether it’s fit with you as a founder and its market potential. Moreover, the skills you’ll learn can be applied to any idea that you take on now or in the future!
What stage founder is this for?
Anyone launching a new business, product, or service.
I'm not working on my business full time. Can I still enroll?
Yes, it’s designed to be a minimum time commitment. We focus on delivering the need-to-know information, because we know you’re busy! We’ve worked with many full-time and part-time founders.
Is this just for female founders?
We welcome everyone who identifies as a woman, non-binary, or trans person and anyone who wants to start a business or who has a business.
What type of companies can benefit from this program?
This program is for all types of business across industries. Whether you’re looking to raise venture capital or to bootstrap, the skills we teach will be valuable. We’re less helpful to founders who are looking to build companies that require significant technological or science based research and development.
What is the time commitment?
The commitment is 4 hours a week (2 hour Workshop, 2 hour Peer Group) + 2 optional hours (1 hour Group Office Hour, 1 hour Mentor Office-Hour). Your work outside of these sessions will determine your progress, expect to dedicate 10 hours a week total if you are a part-time founder.
Do you take equity or make an investment?
We do not take equity and we do not make investments in founders who participate in the program. There is a program fee (see below). We feel that this no equity model is aligned with the interests of our founders, given their early stage. Please see pricing for this program at the bottom of this page.
What's the different between this and the FounderPass?
This is a structured program, based on a step-by-step curriculum over the course of ten weeks. The content builds on itself and participants are expected to attend as many Workshops and Peer Groups as possible. FounderPass is intentionally flexible, like a gym membership for founders who want the option to opt into ongoing programming. Founders in the Startup Program will have access to all Founder Pass programming during the 12 weeks.
At the End of the Program, You’ll Be Ready to Grow, Fundraise and Bring On a Team
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