Business And Startup
Validate ideas, raise capital and run growth sprints!
Why this cohort rocks?
🛠️ Idea → MVP
Run a 8-sprint build that ships a demo customers can click.
📊 Break-even Math
Model cash burn & break-even like a YC finance associate.
🎤 Build Startup Narrative
Craft a 90-second pitch that passes an investor mock panel.
Overview
You’ll cold-call customers, slice their pain points into a no-code MVP, and sprint-launch it to your first 100 users, before mid-terms hit. Operators who’ve raised seed rounds shadow every step: they slash fluff in your deck, drill you on Delaware C-corps vs. LLPs, and run red-flag checks on co-founder fit and equity splits. Week 5 flips the table, you sit in the investor chair to review classmates’ term-sheets, then defend your own in a mock demo day. By the finish line you won’t just “talk entrepreneurship”; you’ll walk into interviews with a validated problem, live traction stats, clean cap-table, and a pitch that’s already survived the hot seat.
Who is the program for?
- Student-founders with 100 ideas and 0 users
- Biz-ops nerd who lives in Google Sheets and wants real CAC : LTV numbers
- Hackathon duo hunting for a co-founder agreement before “it gets awkward.”
- Must be enrolled in either a university/bootcamp
Training Pipeline
Time Commitment: two meetings/week for 8-weeks
Duration: 2 hrs/meeting
Format: Online Live and Recorded
Guest: Weekly Networking with Industry Software Professionals
Where you land after 8-weeks!
You leave the training being a super-intern and experienced with:
⚡️ Launch a revenue-ready MVP Get first 50 users and convert to Stripe receipts
🔄 Show growth math CAC-vs-LTV dashboard and cold-DM conversion stats
🛠️ Pitch with a 10-slide deck One-page memo investors skim in 2 min
✅ Credible Proof Mentor endorsements, finance and legal drills to prove you can execute on day one
The Training
Your will be challenging your skills intensely with the real world projects in five phases, each with an increasing challenge!
Train With Seasoned Pros!
Aakash Dave
2x Founder, Ex-Viber, Consumer and AI
Founder @Colab and Spotmi, an AI Social platform. Focused on building profitable businesses - from Scratch!
The Fellows Love us ❤️
Raghav Katta
UT Austin
“It's been really helpful and I think a very real experience into being an entrepreneur rather than just learning theory. It definitely is something I'm very passionate about and I'm glad to get the chance to be taken seriously and get personal help.”
Deepak Dinesh
WPU
“Joining Colab I didn't expect to receive the amount of support that I do now. The value provided with resources, connections, mixers, and more has exceeded my expectations.”
Devan Choksi
Texam A&M
“I learned some very valuable information with the Startups session. I learned important financial and corporation terms, but I think the biggest thing I took out of Colab was how to build and advertise a website and appeal to a consumer. ”
Gaurav Upadhye
Santa Clara Universiry
“Enjoyed the fellowship, coming from a different background, I learnt alot not just about business but other technical aspects about it as well. Always happy to be associated with it.”
Ready to get “Industry Experience” in building a real Business?
Pass the screen, join the cohort, and spend eight weeks shipping an MVP and defending it in front of real founders—not just talking business in a classroom.
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