Founder University

A 10-week pre-accelerator to build an MVP and get your first users. We invest $25k or $125k into the top graduates. Apply 👉

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Founder University Cohort 11 applications are now open for Q1 2026!

Learn the foundations to build a venture-scale business with a community of founders for shared accountability.

@LAUNCH invests $25K to $125K into the fastest-moving founders in each cohort.

Apply above!

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LAUNCH Accelerator 36 Public Demo Day https://t.co/Y9qw1j2Wv4

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@KabirDhillon6 Credibility isn't built by quoting a $500B market; it's built by showing the path forward.

Want to dive deeper into your TAM? 👀

Apply to Founder University 👉 https://t.co/ip00vooPeF

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Your TAM slide is probably killing your pitch This week at Founder University, we broke down why citing a McKinsey market size undermines your credibility and how to build a bottom-up TAM that investors actually trust👇

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@KabirDhillon6 3. Translate that TAM into how many customers you need to hit $10M and $100M ARR

4. Frame those customer counts as a % of your market ("just 3% of our ICP gets us to $100M") to make the journey feel reachable, not delusional

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@goodwinlaw Thanks Andrew Sparks and the @goodwinlaw team for the masterclass 🙏

Want to dive deeper into startup legal, fundraising, and everything in between? Apply to Founder University: https://t.co/ip00vooPeF

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Poor legal hygiene can kill startups before they ever take off!

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Here is Andrew’s Legal 101 for startups:

• File your 83(b) election within 30 days of getting your stock, or face tax penalties!
• QSBS (Section 1202) can make your first $15M of gain federally tax-free, with the right structuring
• Put vesting on founder shares from day one (4 years, 1-year cliff), it protects founder and investor equity.
• Watch for "dead equity" a departed founder holding 20–30% can block your next round

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3. Build a modular tech stack to avoid lock-in to one provider
4. Separate compute from storage. Egress fees are the silent killer.
5. Treat credits like cash.

Thanks to @JamesLeaverton (@backblaze) for the candid breakdown 🤝

Want to dig deeper on infrastructure, scaling, and avoiding the credit cliff? Apply to Founder University: https://t.co/Xh1eRIuBki

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Most early-stage teams obsess over one runway: cash.

But there’s a second clock ticking in the background: your credit runway. ⏰

And when it hits zero, reality hits fast.

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At Founder University, @JamesLeaverton from @backblaze broke down where founders get caught off guard:

1. You're running two runways (cash and credits). Ignore either one and you’re exposed.
2. Credits don't eliminate cost. They delay it. Credit providers are trying to lock you in.

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@JamesLeaverton Thanks to @JamesLeaverton (@backblaze) for the candid breakdown 🤝

Want to dig deeper on infrastructure, scaling, and avoiding the credit cliff? Apply to Founder University: https://t.co/PvyXfDkYHu

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@JamesLeaverton 3. Build a modular tech stack to avoid lock-in to one provider
4. Separate compute from storage. Egress fees are the silent killer.
5. Treat credits like cash.

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@msavino @mercury Thanks Anand and @msavino, for this masterclass 🙏

Want to dive deeper into accounting, financial diligence, and fundraising? Apply to Founder University: https://t.co/ip00vooPeF

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The least glamorous part of your startup might be killing your fundraising.

This week at Founder University, we tackled accounting hygiene steps to take before fundraising (or tax season 🤕).

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@msavino Anand (@mercury) on fundraising 💰

• Map out your ideal cap table of investors and advisors before asking for money
• $10K from the right investor > $100K from a stranger
• Investors are not philanthropists; show them how money gets made

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The uncanny valley in voice has been passed.

I cloned my voice with @ElevenLabs and used it in the intro of this video. Most people can't tell the difference.

Instant clone, professional clone, and the new v3 model with emotion tags. I tested all three so you don't have to!

Full breakdown below