Founder commitment · The 90-day load

Show up.
Decide.
Sell.

This is a full-time operating partnership, not a course. Below is the real weekly load, the meetings you cannot miss, and what we need from you for the experiment to work.

01Weekly load

Where the hours go.

Founders in a cohort work roughly a full week, with the majority of time spent building and selling. Studio rituals are kept short and decision-oriented.

Build & product
15–20h

Shipping working software, reviewing user feedback, fixing blockers, and keeping the product in front of the named buyer. This is real engineering or product work, not slide prep.

Sales & buyer conversations
10–15h

Discovery calls, demos, pilot check-ins, and follow-up. You own the buyer relationship and the close. The bench opens the doors; you walk through them.

Studio rituals
4–6h

Weekly ship review, pipeline review, and the written Friday update. These keep the studio aligned to the same evidence you are seeing.

Fundraising & investor prep
2–4h

From Week 9 onward: deck revisions and data-room upkeep, plus reference calls and investor conversations. Front-loaded in the final month.

02Meeting cadence

The five meetings that matter.

Two are live every week. One is async. Two are milestone-driven. Missing the live reviews without notice is treated as a signal that the experiment is not the priority.

Every week
60 minutes
Monday ship review

What shipped last week and what did not. You present the artifact; we pressure-test the decision. Founder must attend.

Every week
45 minutes
Wednesday pipeline review

Live look at the CRM: accounts touched and meetings booked; pilot conversions and churned prospects. Founder and sales-bench lead attend.

Every week
Async, ~15 minutes to read
Friday written update

A short written update to the cap table: one metric, one risk, one decision needed. No live meeting unless the update triggers one.

Weeks 4, 8, and 12
60 minutes
Monthly metrics readout

A deeper review of revenue and pipeline coverage, plus burn and product usage. Used to confirm or reset the Day-90 reading before it happens.

Once, at the end of the cohort
90 minutes
Day-90 reading

Joint call where the company resolves to GO, GROW, PARK, or KILL. The memo is circulated beforehand; the call is for the call itself.

03What we need from you

The founder side of the deal.

The studio brings capital and operators, plus sales and infrastructure. You bring speed and honesty, plus access. These five things are non-negotiable.

Decisions within 24 hours
The cadence moves fast. When we need a product call, a buyer call, or a term-sheet decision, we need an answer within one business day. Slow decisions kill experiments.
Access to your real buyer list
We need the actual target accounts, the names of the buyers, and permission to sequence outbound on the company's behalf. A vague ICP is not enough.
Honest signal, not hype
If a pilot is stalling, say so. If the product is not ready, flag it. The studio is built to respond to evidence, not to perform optimism for investors.
Weekly investor prep from Week 9
Deck practice and reference calls, plus data-room upkeep. We build the package together; you deliver it in the room.
Full-time from Day 1
No other full-time job, no side consulting, no fractional commitments. The experiment is ninety days long and demands full attention.
04What we do not expect

You do not need to be perfect.

The cohort is designed for builders and operators who are serious, not for founders who already have everything figured out.

Not required
Prior sales experience

We bring the sales bench and the playbook. You bring the buyer relationship and the product authority. We train the rest.

Not required
A finished product

Most founders arrive with signal, not a shipped product. The first weeks are for building in front of a real account.

Not required
Fundraising before Day 90

We discourage premature investor conversations. The package opens only once the evidence is credible.

Not required
Giving up the CEO seat

You stay CEO. We take a minority stake and an observer seat. The company is yours to run.

Cohort 01 · Applications open

If this fits your next 90 days, apply.

Read the method and the terms first. The application asks for your real buyer list, your wedge, and your commitment level.