Structured startup incubation from idea validation to paying customers. Students leave the program with companies, not concepts.
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Customer discovery, market sizing, and competitive analysis. Find a real problem before building a solution.
Product strategy and build planning to ship a first version quickly and get it in front of real users.
Sales strategy, outreach coaching, and pricing guidance to get your first paying customers.
Investor-quality deck built for both admissions committees and real startup competitions.
We set clear revenue targets and hold you accountable. Our students have reached $10K–$80K ARR before applying.
A clear process from day one to acceptance.
A structured workshop to identify business ideas aligned with your interests, skills, and available resources.
Customer interviews and market research to validate that a real problem exists — before you build anything.
Define the minimum viable product and build or launch it. We connect you with technical resources if needed.
Coached outreach to acquire your first 10–50 paying or engaged customers. This is the hard part — we don't skip it.
Grow the business and document your journey in ways that make a compelling application story.
Compete in student business competitions while applying to college — two birds, one stone.
| Without Open Admits | With Open Admits | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | Vague interest in entrepreneurship without tangible outcomes | Documented revenue, real customers, and competition wins |
| Skills | Skills implied but not demonstrated with real-world proof | Demonstrated customer discovery, sales, and product thinking |
| Credibility | Another club founder role with limited differentiation | A real business with clear, verifiable outcomes |
| Essays | Generic entrepreneurship narrative | Specific, compelling story with numbers and named customers |
| Application impact | Moderate impact as a common extracurricular activity | Very high impact as a rare, verifiable achievement at this level |
No. Business models don't always require code. We help you find an idea suited to your current skills.
Failing fast and learning from it is part of the program — and it makes for a better application story than a business that never launched.
Expect 5–10 hours per week. It's real work — that's what makes it credible.
Yes — in fact, that's ideal. We take students at any stage from pre-idea to already-launched.
I had $52K ARR before my senior year started. Three Ivies offered merit scholarships. The startup was the entire story.
Spots are limited. We work with a small cohort each cycle to ensure every student gets the attention they deserve.
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