87%
Hit a meaningful traction milestone
First customer, first 1,000 subscribers, or validated proof of concept — by week 12.
Cohort VI — Applications Open
The 12 weeks that
change everything
about how you build.
Cohort is an intensely curated 12-week accelerator for ambitious creators and early-stage founders. You'll ship faster, think clearer, and build alongside 18 people who are exactly where you are.
The Cohort Journey
A structured path
through twelve weeks
Each phase builds on the last. You don't drift — you progress through a designed arc with your cohort beside you every step.
Weeks 1–2
Foundation & Clarity
You arrive with your idea, your assumptions, and your noise. We help you separate the signal. Deep-dive workshopping on your core problem, your actual audience, and the first version of your positioning.
Deliverable: A single-page positioning brief you'll use for the rest of the program.
Weeks 3–5
Build in the Open
Stop hiding your work. This phase is about velocity, public progress, and the uncomfortable discipline of shipping. Weekly critique circles. Expert guest: distribution-first product thinking.
Deliverable: A working v0 or content series with a real audience seeing it.
Weeks 6–8
First Traction
Revenue, subscribers, users — pick your traction metric and pursue it deliberately. Learn the conversations, the offers, the objections. Expert guest: early monetization and pricing psychology.
Deliverable: Your first paying customer, subscriber milestone, or validated hypothesis.
Weeks 9–11
Systems & Scale
What got you here won't get you there. This phase is about designing repeatable processes — content systems, outreach cadences, onboarding, the unsexy infrastructure of growth.
Deliverable: A documented growth system running without you for 48 hours.
Week 12
Demo & Integration
A final presentation to the full cohort and an invited external audience. Not a pitch — a proof. Then a structured retrospective to wire in what you learned before you leave.
Deliverable: A public case study and your 90-day roadmap post-cohort.
Outcomes
What actually
happens in 12 weeks
Across five cohorts and 92 founders, here is what the data shows.
3.4×
Faster to first revenue
Cohort alumni hit revenue 3.4× faster than founders who built in isolation.
92%
Still active 12 months later
The peer network creates accountability that outlasts the program itself.
18
Seats per cohort — always
We will never scale past 18. The intimacy is the product. Your cohort knows you.
$2.1M
Raised or earned within 6 months
Aggregate across alumni who exited with VC, bootstrapped revenue, or creator income.
5
Cohorts run, 0 refunds
We have a 100% satisfaction record. We're also selective — we turn away 8 in 10 applications.
From the Alumni
Voices from
past cohorts
"I came in with an idea and left with a waitlist of 600 people and $14K in pre-orders. But the bigger shift was internal — I stopped waiting for permission to build what I actually believed in."
"The peer group alone was worth 10× the investment. I still talk to three cohort members every week."
"Cohort gave me the structure I couldn't give myself. I'm 11 months post-program and still using the systems we built in week 9."
Program Details
Everything you
need to know
Format
- 2× live group sessions per week (90 min each)
- Every Tuesday + Thursday, 12:00–1:30 PM ET
- All sessions recorded in HD for async review
- Weekly written accountability check-in (Slack)
- Peer pairs meet independently 1× per week
Who This Is For
- Founders pre-revenue or at early traction ($0–$10K MRR)
- Creators building a content-led business
- Operators leaving corporate to go independent
- You have a real thing — not just an idea about having an idea
- You can commit 8–10 hours per week for 12 weeks
Expert Guests (Cohort VI)
- Distribution strategy (Week 4): Lena Park, fmr. Head of Growth, Notion
- Pricing psychology (Week 7): Dan Vo, author of Charge What It's Worth
- Fundraising paths (Week 9): Isabel Chen, Partner, Seedcamp
Logistics
- Starts September 8, 2026 · Ends November 28, 2026
- Investment: $4,800 (3-month payment plan available)
- Application deadline: August 15, 2026
- Rolling decisions — apply early for best odds
- Full refund available up to 7 days after start
Apply for Cohort VI
Tell us
about your
work
Applications take about 8 minutes. We read every one personally. Decisions within 5 business days. No pitch deck required — we care about the person, not the polished narrative.