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Business and Startups

Startup Track

Get users, sharpen the narrative, and build proof people take seriously.

An 8-week live sprint for people who are done “working on an idea” and ready to turn it into something real: users, traction, sharper founder signal, and work that holds up under pressure.

Accepting Interviews for Cohort 3 Interviews Closed Screening Interview →
✦ What you leave with

You do not leave with startup theory. You leave with signal.

⚡

Users, not just ideas

A live MVP, real feedback, and early traction people can react to.

📈

Growth math you can defend

CAC, conversion, experiments, and a clearer sense of what is actually working.

🎤

A sharper founder story

A startup narrative, pitch, and proof that survives real questions.

🧠

Founder-facing access

Better rooms, better conversations, and exposure to founders, operators, and startup-minded people through real work, not random networking.

◎ Self selection

Know if this room is for you fast.

This is for you if...
  • you have ideas, but no real users yet
  • you are tired of talking startup without building one
  • you want pressure, accountability, and better feedback
  • you want something founders, operators, or investors can actually react to
  • you are ready to move every week, not just brainstorm
This is not for you if...
  • you want passive content
  • you want to “learn startup” without shipping anything
  • you are looking for generic motivation
  • you are not ready to talk to users, test ideas, and get corrected
  • you want startup aesthetics without startup pressure
↺ Sprint structure

What the sprint actually looks like

You start with a rough idea, weak signal, or scattered ambition. The sprint forces that into something tighter: a problem worth solving, a product people can touch, and a story you can defend.

Talk to real people, map the pain clearly, and stop building from assumption.
Build V0.1, test demand early, and get honest about what deserves more time.
Run growth experiments, track what is moving, and understand the numbers behind the story.
Tighten the pitch, sharpen the deck, and learn how to explain the business without fluff.
Show the product, defend the decisions, and leave with proof that the work is real.
⌁ What this is built to do

This track is built for people who want to stop sounding early.

You will talk to users, build fast, get challenged on your assumptions, and tighten the parts that usually stay vague: customer pain, product scope, growth signal, co-founder judgment, founder communication, and how you present the business in serious rooms.

By the end, you should not be saying “I’m exploring an idea.” You should be able to say:

  • this is the problem
  • this is what we built
  • this is how people reacted
  • this is what we learned
  • this is where it goes next
◷ Training rhythm

Simple structure. Serious movement.

Commitment
Two live sessions per week for 8 weeks
Session length
2 hours
Format
Live online
Environment
Feedback, pressure, review, and working sessions
★ Coach

Train with people who’ve actually built.

Your Coach
Aakash Dave

Aakash Dave

2x Founder, Ex Viber, Consumer and AI

Founder of Colab and Spotmi. Focused on building real businesses from scratch, tightening signal, and helping people move from idea-talk to execution.

✦ Fellow proof

Not “I learned a lot.” Real people, after real pressure.

Raghav Katta

Raghav Katta

UT Austin

“Very real exposure to entrepreneurship, not just theory. I got taken seriously and got real help.”

Deepak Dinesh

Deepak Dinesh

WPU

“The support exceeded my expectations. Resources, connections, mixers, and actual momentum.”

Devan Choksi

Devan Choksi

Texas A&M

“I learned not just business language, but how to build and position something people could respond to.”

Gaurav Upadhye

Gaurav Upadhye

Santa Clara University

“I came from a different background and still got a lot out of it. Business, technical thinking, and real execution.”

Ready to build something people can actually react to?

Pass the screen, join the sprint, and spend 8 weeks getting out of idea-mode and into real founder work.

Accepting Interviews for Cohort 3 Interviews Closed Screening Interview →

No proof. No respect.

Make something people can’t ignore and walk in with credibility, not potential!

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