Founding Federation · on campus with Neek and Spencer · Mon–Thu 9:00 AM PT
Founding Federation is a three-week cycle for people building their own work. Everyone starts in the same room for Week 0, where you compute what you need to earn and scope what could earn it, because price is the constraint that turns a blank page into a solvable problem. On Thursday of that week you commit to one of two branches, and they run side by side for a fortnight: Go To Market if the work is getting known, Make and Do if the thing still has to be built. Mondays through Thursdays, 90 minutes, with a break in the middle and time to actually do the work. Fridays are off, we run a four-day week for founders.
We offer scholarships. Just ask. We say yes.
Three weeks, then again
Week 0 · everyone
Everyone together. Work out what you need to earn, scope what could earn it, and commit to a branch by Thursday.
With Spencer
Weeks 1–2, if the thing exists and nobody knows about it yet: sell it, fund it, or get hired for it.
With Neek
Twelve classes that take one project of yours from idea to release. Each class is one idea and a short exercise you apply to your project, then 3 to 4 hours a day building in public with the cohort. On Day 12 you put it out into the world.
Between cohorts
No class. Rest, clean up, and decide what you bring into the next cohort.
Everyone together
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
NowWeeks 1–2 · both at the same time · pick one
With Spencer
With Neek
Week 1
Monday
Tuesday Today
Wednesday
Thursday
Week 2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Between cohorts
No class. Rest, clean up, and decide what you bring into the next cohort.
Go To Market. Weeks 1–2, if the thing exists and nobody knows about it yet: sell it, fund it, or get hired for it.
Make and Do. Twelve classes that take one project of yours from idea to release. Each class is one idea and a short exercise you apply to your project, then 3 to 4 hours a day building in public with the cohort. On Day 12 you put it out into the world.
↻ Then Refactor Week, and everyone starts again at Week 0 on Monday Nov 16.
Session by session
What you get
Mon–Thu, 9–10:30am Pacific · everyone together
Work out what your life actually costs, what the business has to clear, and how much of your week is really billable. Then scope what could cover it, a service, a product, a project, or a job. Nothing is sold this week. On Thursday you commit to a branch.
Weeks 1–2 · Mon–Thu, 9–10:30am Pacific
You have something, and the problem is that nobody knows about it. Pricing, positioning, outbound, marketing and the money conversation, run as three motions on the same mechanics: sell it, fund it (a campaign, pre-orders, a waitlist), or get hired for it. Job hunting belongs here: a resume is a flyer for a contract.
Weeks 1–2 · Mon–Thu, 9–10:30am Pacific
The thing that would cover your costs doesn't exist yet, so the fortnight goes into building it. Scope it down, kill the riskiest assumption early, get an end-to-end version running, and put it in a stranger's hands twice. You leave with a working prototype and a timeline you measured instead of guessed.
Pay what you can
Pay what you can
Learn to Code on Campus. AI tutors that remember you, a community to build alongside, and the Founding Federation cycle, Week 0 to work out what you need to earn, Make and Do to build it, Go To Market to sell it.
JoinPay what you can
Watch every class and workshop on your own schedule. All video archives included.
Get VideoPay what you can
All-you-can-attend. Every live class, workshop, and course the school runs.
Get MembershipWe offer scholarships. Just ask. We say yes.