Zach Smith

Lead Guide @alpha_founders in NYC
Creating teen millionaires.

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

Shout out to our students for crushing the weekend fundraising challenge!

141% of our initial fundraising goal… perhaps we need to move the goalposts 👀

@alpha_founders @TheKccf

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@CharlotteK747 Just getting started!!

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

Awesome video @jacercooks!!

[Jace Rowe @jacercooks]

91,250 children die from cancer annually (about 250 per day).

We were given a challenge at @alpha_founders: raise at least $200 to help kids with cancer.

Even $10 could help. If you can’t donate, the least you could do is repost this for someone who can. https://t.co/6Xy5Cm9PJo

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

Genuinely a concern for our students while they’re at the gym.

[Tomasz Kolodziejak 🌁 @TomaszKol]

Gym etiquette, 2026 edition 😂
Spotted on LinkedIn, and I feel personally attacked

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@CharlotteK747 Accusation audit can help with this!

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@HSTwiggs001 Let’s get it!!

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@BriannaSavage0 Caution to anyone who thinks it’s a good idea to bet against Brianna.

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@BriannaSavage0 @HenryKennedy737 @CharlotteK747 @ArianaRihanek NYC’s best and brightest!!

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

$3k in a weekend??

Our students kicked off their fundraising challenge for our November community service event.

They’re raising money for @TheKccf, and we’ll be helping pack some gift bags for children battling cancer next weekend.

The catch: we gave them 72 hours to raise the funds. A few of them already hit their fundraising goal by midday today!

Turns out teaching teens sales skills translates to them being pretty good at collecting $$$

If you see them on your feed posting about it, consider donating. It’s for a great cause!

Oh, and to the students: here’s another carrot. If you each raise over $1k, Sam and I will shave our heads.

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

The best way to build an audience (and as a result, a business) is to give insane value away for free.

Literally a step by step guide to make $10k before christmas.

[Founders School @alpha_founders]

If you want to make your first $10,000 with AI starting from scratch, with no audience, skills, or customers, this is how to do it.

It's the same plan a lot of our students at Founders School are running right now.

There are four steps to doing that. https://t.co/dmIfVXJDId

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@theehtna @gloccnim Pasta sauce mogs white tshirts

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@0xdanielk This is super sick

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@NoahFreeWork @CameronSorsby @alpha_founders Let’s go!!

[Austin Way @Austin_Way]

As an @Alphaschool student for the past 7 years, I’d love to clear up some misconceptions:

“Alpha kids spend hours on screens every day.”

Alpha School: ~2 hours a day learning on screens.
Average public school: ~98 minutes a day on screens.

The numbers are close, so screen time isn’t really a fair criticism of Alpha specifically.

“Replacing teachers with AI is what no parent wants.”

Alpha doesn’t use AI chatbots to teach. In fact, they are banned during academic time!!!

The lessons are designed by learning scientists, and AI mostly works in the background.

Teachers become guides, which gives them more time to build relationships with students and coach each one individually.

Arguably, Alpha is more human than other schools.

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@MINHxDYNASTY Correct, and our students are well on their way to their goals.

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@ElijahGerson10 stocks are on sale!

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

@mattragland @Jayyanginspires @alpha_founders Hahahaha insane

[Zach Smith @founderguideNYC]

Matt came by and ran a terrific workshop on email tactics for the students.

So awesome having deeply tactical experts in front of our students to help them level up. There will never be a college-level textbook that can provide the same level of value.

Thanks for the session @mattragland!

[Matt Ragland @mattragland]

Great time teaching the kids at @alpha_founders today!