The next generation offounders starts here
A six-month founder dojo for ages 13 to 17. Real product, real users, your first dollar. A working founder beside you every week.
Fall 2026 · 25 spots per cohort · One mentor per team
Why now
AI just collapsed the cost of building.
Ship in a weekend
A 14 year old can now build what took a funded team a year.
Learned by doing
Spotting problems, talking to strangers, shipping under pressure. No classroom teaches this.
Starting younger
The next wave of founders is already here. The tools are finally in their hands.
The Mindset
Schools lag the market.
We train value creators.
School was built for an economy that no longer exists. The market today rewards people who notice what is missing, build something that did not exist, and put it in front of other people. We call them value creators. Our 25-session program is a practical apprenticeship in becoming one.
By the end of the program, this is not an idea. It is a habit.
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Mentored by founders who've actually shipped.
Every month a working founder joins the cohort live. Operators who've built, sold, and scaled real companies, not coaches with slides.
The Program
Learn the framework.
Apply it to your own business.
Six months of curriculum applied to your own startup, week by week, with a working founder as your 1:1 mentor.
The framework
Six phases, applied to your own business idea each week.
Week 1 to 4
Team & Business
Form a team. Run a weekend business.
Week 5 to 7
Talk First
Interview real strangers. Behavior over opinion.
Week 8 to 11
Build It
Paper first. Ship with AI tools.
Month 3 to 4
Launch
Your first user is a stranger.
Month 4 to 5
Grow
First sale. Retention before reach.
Month 5 to 6
Demo Day
Pitch live. Honest story on the line.
Week 1 to 4
Team & Business
Form a team. Run a weekend business.
Week 5 to 7
Talk First
Interview real strangers. Behavior over opinion.
Week 8 to 11
Build It
Paper first. Ship with AI tools.
Month 3 to 4
Launch
Your first user is a stranger.
Month 4 to 5
Grow
First sale. Retention before reach.
Month 5 to 6
Demo Day
Pitch live. Honest story on the line.
How it runs
Weekly online lessons
Concept session plus hands-on exercises. Frameworks applied to your own business idea.
Weekly 1:1 mentorship
One hour with a working founder. Focused on your idea and what to build next.
Monthly Toronto meetups
Guest founder speaks. Cohort meets in person. Network builds face to face.
5 to 7 hrs / week
Building your business alongside a community of other founders.
Skills that compound
Six things the program teaches that founders use for the rest of their career.
Talk to customers
Real interviews from week 5. Behavior over opinion.
Ship with AI tools
Paper sketch first, then the modern AI builder stack.
Ask for money
The first dollar is the validation signal.
Iterate or pivot
The hardest call in building. Evidence over ego.
Tell the real story
What you believed, what changed, what you built.
Build alongside founders
Cohort, mentors, a network that compounds.
What they walk away with
Tangible outcomes. Things they built and earned.
A real product
Shipped. Used by a real stranger.
A real money attempt
One ask. Often a first paying customer.
An evidence wall
Your interviews, decisions, pivots.
Founder judgment
Thinking that transfers to every problem next.
Cohort applications closed · Waitlist open
The path into the Fall 2026 cohort.
Applications are open, reviewed on a rolling basis. Ages 13 to 17, solo or a team of up to four. 25 spots per cohort, one mentor per team. When it fills, it fills.
Apply
Individuals or Teams
Tell us what you want to build and how you think. Ten minutes, solo or with a team of up to four.
Interview
Short 20-min call
A 20 minute call. We want to hear how you think, not what you can recite.
Acceptance
Cohort confirmed
Accepted founders receive their cohort details, team assignments, and first session date.
Kick Off
Day one
The journey begins. Meet your team, meet your mentors, and start building.
Still deciding? Talk to a founder.
A free 15-minute call with one of our founders. No pitch. Just a conversation.
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