Nat Eliason

Creating teen millionaires at (part of @alphaschool). Come build with us:

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Founders School launches this fall.

We’re looking for the most ambitious teenagers in the world, ready to prove they can build a million dollar business by the time they graduate.

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Today I sit down with @nateliason - founder, writer, and now launching @AlphaSchoolATX, a new entrepreneur high school in New York City.

Tuition is $150K a year. The promise: every student hits a million dollars in gross profit by graduation, or the family gets their tuition refunded. The first class is around 20 freshmen. The day is split between AI-driven academics in the morning and business building the rest of the day.

This is also the Nat who in his spare time built Felix - an AI agent he gave a Stripe account, an email, and an X handle, then told to launch a business overnight. Felix has done $60+K in sales since. Nat has not touched the code.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.

05:55 What Alpha Does Differently From Conventional Schools
11:48 Playing the Fake Game of School
21:46 How Nat Masters New Domains
32:18 Open Claw Deep Dive
43:50 Building the Alpha Entrepreneurship Program
51:43 Freshman Year Structure at Alpha School
1:00:23 How Students Can Pitch for Equity or Debt Funding
1:04:08 Why Establish a New York Location for Year One
1:11:15 Nat’s 10-Year Vision
1:15:11 AI as a Force Multiplier for Teenage Founders
1:16:15 How Alpha Students Quickly Reverse-Engineered a Workaround After Open Claw Went Down
1:24:13 Teen-Parent Conflict as a Symptom of Infantilization

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@MatznerJon I just need a haircut

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Starting them early

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@dennishegstad Founders Weekend -> Funds Weekend

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@ALTARAKS Thank you!

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Over 50 students made their first $ through entrepreneurship this weekend.

Over 250 have across the 6 Founders Weekends this summer.

The only reason you don’t think teenagers can be millionaires is that no one has seriously given them the opportunity.

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@akiffpremjee @benln @bot Need someone at Founders School to do this

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@mrramibanna @Alphaschool One of the California middle schools is doing a half Ironman over two days

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The fun part about designing workshops for @Alphaschool students is you have to think of something that 90% of parents would think is impossible...

Then push it until even you aren't sure it's possible.

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At one point in Austin we owned 8 car seats.

3 in one car, 2 in the other, two for travel, one spare.

Worth it!

[Bryant @SullyBusiness]

My biggest parenting tip:

Just buy more car seats.

You don’t need to be moving car seats back and forth between cars.

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@Seema_Osborne87 @Alphaschool 👀

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Now that I know what I know about learning science from being at @Alphaschool

It is SHOCKING how awful the curricula created by even the top AI models is.

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@joshgonsalves_ how dare you. you wouldn't yoto a car.

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Once upon a time musicians sold CDs.

Then we thought analog was dead for 10-20 years.

Now they sell YOTO cards.

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@cynthiamcgillis We bought the official one, another favorite!

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@mnt_rushmore Do it

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@LifeByThunder No I did not have three kids when I was 10

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Red seems like the obvious choice, but it means abandoning your current marriage, kids, friends, etc.

If I were forced into this game, I’d press green even if it COST $2m

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Green button = You instantly receive $2 million (tax free).

Red button = You go back in time and restart your life at 10 years of age, with all the knowledge you have today.

You can press just once. Which do you press?

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@sweatystartup You need more weights for your deadlifts

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@awlevin @Alphaschool Best starting point is to read the math academy way

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My 4yo brought this home from school today.

Honestly I’m shocked.

I thought I was safe at home.

But the @UseCorgi marketing team is operating on another level.

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@zachpogrob Modern day Tom