Colab | 8-Week Sprint To Build Goals

Work with real teams
in weeks!

Work on real tasks assigned with managers, execute as a real engineer, business or marketing professional, and build your portfolio.
Not a Bootcamp. Not a resume polish. Not a Discord - this is execution!

  • 8-week
  • Live
  • Your Goals
  • Our Direction
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How this works

You translate painpoints into power.

You set one goal engineering, growth, business or whatever you need nailed down.

We turn that into output people can’t ignore:

  • shipped code in a live codebase
  • first users with real metrics
  • outreach that actually gets answered

“This stopped being just theory. I finally felt taken seriously.” — Raghav

We don’t “mentor”. As teammates, you get exact direction:

  • “Send this message to this person.”
  • “Ship this feature, not that one.”
  • “Say this to an investor. Don’t say that.”

Not a course. Pressure and correction.

“It was all about shifting the engineer's mindset, you unlock a different skillset” — Cody

You are introduced to leaders in the industry, but you need to deliver. Colab hosted:

  • “Head of Engineering, Amazon”
  • “Ex-Dir. of Engineering, Google”
  • “YC Founders, Operators,”

And many more...Your network becomes networth!

“Colab goes an extra mile, weather its connecting us or providing solutions” — Deepak

You set one goal engineering, growth, business or whatever you need nailed down.

We turn that into output people can’t ignore:

  • shipped code in a live codebase
  • first users with real metrics
  • outreach that actually gets answered

“This stopped being just theory. I finally felt taken seriously.” — Raghav

We don’t “mentor.” We tell you exactly what to do next:

  • “Send this message to this person.”
  • “Ship this feature, not that one.”
  • “Say this to an investor. Don’t say that.”

Not a course. Pressure and correction.

“It was all about shifting the engineer's mindset, you unlock a different skillset” — Cody

You are introduced to leaders in the industry, but you need to deliver. Colab hosted:

  • “Head of Engineering, Amazon”
  • “Ex-Dir. of Engineering, Google”
  • “YC Founders, Operators,”

And many more...Your network becomes networth!

“Colab goes an extra mile, weather its connecting us or providing solutions” — Deepak

Where fellows are interning now

Not placements. Not guarantees. Just proof that compounds.

Community & access

You get rooms with people who’ve done it.

Not “networking tips.” Real builders, operators, and founders who show up, review work, and raise your bar.

Mentor 1 Mentor 2 Mentor 3 Mentor 4 Mentor 4 Mentor 4 Mentor 4

Who you’ll meet

Person
Ex-Director of Engineering
Google · Infra/Teams
execution
Converts your “ideas” into a weekly system: outputs, metrics, accountability.
Person
Head of Engineering
Amazon LEO· Backend/Infra
execution
Functing as an engineer, working in teams and shipping successfully.
Person
Sebastian Keras
YC / VC · Operations + Hiring
taste
What actually matters in hiring + product + business. Not theory. Signals and proof.

How access works

1
Show work in the room (PRs, metrics, outreach drafts).
2
Get corrected live - direction, not vibes.
3
Earn intros after proof (not cold DMs).
FAANG engineers growth operators startup founders review + referrals

“I stopped guessing. I finally had people who’ve shipped guiding my next move.”

What you leave with

After 8 weeks you don’t leave with “potential.”
You leave with proof people respect.

Before Colab
  • “I’ve done some projects and LeetCode.”
  • “I’m looking for experience.”
After 8 Weeks
feature.js Merged ‱ main ✅ 
+ add auth check for /admin
+ write tests for createSession()
+ fix race condition in worker
31 PRs merged
Production Status: Live
Feature shipped with tests. Used in prod, not homework.
“Finally experienced the complete SDLC” - Alif
Before Colab
  • “I’m working on an idea.”
  • “How do I get validation for my product”
  • “How to hack the growth”
After 8 Weeks
50 users
MVP live
8.1% clickthrough on first campaign
"Loved stripping apart a company into Technical, Financial, and business aspects" - Stephania
“hey this is actually sick, when can I try it?”
“i sent this to 3 friends already”
Real users
Before Colab
  • “I barely get responses.”
  • “I've got what it takes, need solid direction, someone to take me seriously.”
After 8 Weeks
Cold DM we write with you:
“Shipped X last week, already got 50 users. I’d love 10 mins to ask one onboarding question. Totally fine if not.”
We wrote this with you
Reply from founder / investor:
“this is impressive — let's talk tomorrow 2pm.”
Reply secured
Proof this works

You don't need permission. You need receipts.

Raghav
Raghav Katta
Business Track

“I stopped getting ‘theory.’ I started getting treated like a real founder — with intros, direction, and someone who actually moves.”

Shipped Products
real pilots
Got early adopters and not just testers.
Onboarded businesses
Closed clients
MVP live. Screenshots of real people asking to try it.
Meeting secured
warm intro
Meetigns with operators in their space instead of ignoring.
Akash
Alif Abdullah
SWE Track

“Incredible! I've learned so much about the software development cycle, as well as the MERN stack. I can confidently build full scale apps.”

3 PRs merged
real codebase
Shipped a complete marketplace with complex integrations.
Cracked Storyboarding
user experience
Knows what the user wants and engineer a product accordinly.
Internship secured
warm intro
Got a internship via Colab recommendation.
Akash
Akash Savitala
SWE Track

“I've been able to work with MongoDB, Compass, etc., and widen the stack I'm actually comfortable shipping with.”

Shipped AI Apps
real codebase
Engineered scalable systems literally from scratch.
Built PM Boards
SDLC Experience
Managed the whole project End-to-End along with JIRA boards
Internship Secured
Community
Got hired from within the Colab community.
Deepak
Deepak Dinesh
Business Track

“Colab has been great so far. I've learned a lot in terms of starting my own business.”

Onboarded Users
real insights
Converted from visitors to potential client
Mastered outreach
high clickthrough
MVP live. Screenshots of real people asking to try it.
Replies secured
warm intros
Built connections with leaders in the industry

Stop asking to be taken seriously.
Start making it impossible to ignore you.

If you’re actually trying to get proof for an internship offer, shipped product, first users, investor reply or whatever — we’ll work with you!

Pick Your Track
You’ll be asked what you’re trying to prove.
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