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THE START ACCELERATOR · ONE COHORT · TWO TRACKS

The Solopreneur Era is here.
What does that mean for your corporate job?

One-person businesses are the fastest-growing entity type in the world. AI just collapsed the cost of building software AND the math of selling expertise. The 9-to-5 isn't the only path anymore — and increasingly, it isn't even the safest one. This program is for the corporate professional who sees what's coming and wants to build the runway before they need it.

12
Weeks · live cohort
€3K
Paid 6× or 12×
20
Founders per cohort
5–8h
Per week · evenings
The Solopreneur Era

Why the next decade looks nothing like the last.

AI has collapsed the cost of building software by an order of magnitude — what used to require a team and a year now takes a solo builder weeks. At the same time, Big Tech and the major banks have been running rolling layoffs since 2022. The 9-to-5 isn't the only path anymore — and it isn't the safest one either. The math behind the corporate trade-off has shifted. The question isn't whether the work is changing. It's whether you're going to lead the shift or watch it pass you by.

AI collapsed the cost of building and selling

What took a team of 10 and a year three years ago, a solo operator with AI can ship — or productize — in weeks. The unit cost of software dropped by an order of magnitude. The unit cost of packaging expertise dropped right alongside it.

Big Tech stopped being a safe harbor

FAANG and the major banks have been running waves of layoffs since 2022. The 9-to-5 stopped being the safest path. Promotions don't compound — runway does.

Non-employer firms are exploding

One-person businesses are the fastest-growing entity type globally. The infrastructure for going solo (payment, distribution, AI ops) finally caught up with the ambition.

Solo founders are reaching real revenue

With no employees. With AI doing what teams used to. The proof is public — and growing every month. The category is real, and it's coming for the corporate org chart next.

The decision window is closing

Five years from now everyone will know the math flipped. The advantage belongs to the people who saw it first. The Start Accelerator is for those people.

The Problem

You want out. The options were never good enough.

Every path felt wrong. None of them were designed for people like you.

Quit and figure it out

Mortgage doesn't pause, kids don't wait, savings disappear faster than you think.

Full-time accelerator

Great if you're 24 with no commitments. You're not.

Find a co-founder

You've been looking for 3 years. They don't exist or want equity you're not ready to give.

Hire developers

€50K minimum, 6 months, 70% chance it fails — and you still manage people who know more than you.

Do nothing

Wake up in 5 years having done nothing. Again.

Experienced. Employed. Ready — but not reckless. Until now.

The Shift

Everything changed. You just haven't updated your options.

Your corporate job isn't a trap. It's runway. Your domain expertise isn't a CV line. It's a moat. Your evenings and weekends aren't wasted time. They're your founding period.

// Old reality
€50K to get started

Hire developers, agencies, consultants. Burn savings before validation.

// New reality
€200/month in AI tools

Same output. Fraction of the cost. You direct. AI builds.

// What it means
You're not late. You're early.

The next wave of founders look like you: employed, experienced, building in the margins.

// Old reality
Quit everything

Risk it all on faith. No income. No safety net. Burn through savings hoping it works.

// New reality
1–2 hours a day

Build in the margins. Evenings, weekends, lunch breaks. Your pace.

// What it means
Validate before you leap

Real customers. Real revenue. Real data. Then you decide.

The Program

Build with AI. Ship something real.

12 weeks · 20 limited seats · €3,000. Designed to be paid in 6× or 12× installments so you can fund it with your salary while you build — without burning savings.

// THE START ACCELERATOR · BUILD METHODOLOGY · 0 → PMF

For anyone starting a business as one person

You have an idea that won't leave you alone. Maybe it's been in a notes app for 2 years. Maybe it came from a problem you've watched your industry fail to solve for a decade. AI just removed every excuse. The Start Accelerator runs on the BUILD methodology — using AI as your technical co-founder to ship a real digital product. You don't need to code. You need to think clearly about problems, customers, and solutions — then ship.

  • Validate your idea in weeks, not months
  • Build with AI — no coding required
  • Get your first 10 paying customers
  • Decide: leap, stay and grow, or pivot — by the numbers
// COHORT FACTS
Methodology
BUILD
Duration
12 weeks
Commitment
5–8 hours / week
Cohort size
20 founders
Investment
€3,000 · 6× or 12×
Format
Online · borderless
Outcome
First 10 paying customers
Week by Week

12 weeks. One cohort. Real outcomes.

One linear path through the BUILD curriculum. Live cohort sessions every week. Recorded if you miss one.

W1
Foundations & problem validation

Cohort kickoff + sharpening the problem your product will solve.

W2
AI-native building 101

The tools, patterns and builder mindset. Building with AI — no coding required.

W3
Your first prototype

Ship a working MVP. Real, deployed, clickable — not a Figma file.

W4
Customer discovery

Talk to real users before falling in love with your solution.

W5
Iterate & ship

Tight feedback loops. Sharper product. Faster releases.

W6
Go-to-market basics

Positioning, pricing, and the first acquisition channel that fits your product.

W7
Your first paying customers

Close revenue, not just signups. Real users with money on the line.

W8
Demo Day

Cohort-wide demos + community milestone. Show what you shipped.

W9
Scale the build

What breaks at 10× usage. Growth experiments, analytics that matter, and the data that tells you what's working.

W10
Decision framework

Leap, stay and grow, or pivot — by the numbers.

W11
Your next 90 days

Personal roadmap from the cohort to launch.

W12
Graduation

Alumni network + what comes next.

You Leave With

Real outcomes. Not theory.

01

A live, deployed product

Real, working — not a slide deck. A deployed app with real users you can show anyone, anywhere, anytime.

02

At least one paying customer

Validation that someone with money decided your thing is worth more than not having it.

03

Skills to keep building with AI

Tools, patterns, prompts, workflows. You don't graduate dependent — you graduate equipped.

04

Data to decide whether to leap or stay

Real customer revenue, real engagement, real retention. The numbers tell you.

05

A community of founders who started where you did

The magic is in the room. Same stage, same struggles. Network for life.

06

A 90-day post-cohort roadmap

Personal action plan from the cohort to your launch — or to your decision to keep your job.

The Format

12 weeks. Your schedule. Not ours.

Weekly · 90 min

Weekly Live Session

The full cohort meets live every week. 12 weeks, one linear path. Recorded if you miss it.

Weekly · 4–5 people

Peer Groups

Small groups at similar stages. Meet weekly. Push each other.

Throughout

Expert Sessions

Founders, investors, operators who've done it. Real stories, not theory.

Always-on

Async Community

Questions answered, work reviewed, wins celebrated between sessions.

Week 8

Demo Day

Present what you built to the cohort + invited guests. Your first real founder milestone.

For working adults

Built for you

Built for people with jobs, families, and mortgages. Not for people with nothing to lose.

Who This Is For

You're ready if…

// THIS IS FOR YOU

  • You're a corporate professional 35–50 with a product idea — and you want to validate it before you quit
  • You're already independent (freelance, consulting, between things) and ready to ship a real product
  • You have a product idea or deep expertise — but not a co-founder, and that's fine
  • You can commit 5–8 hours per week for 12 weeks
  • You want peer accountability, not just video content
  • You're done waiting for the perfect moment that never comes

// THIS IS NOT FOR YOU

  • You want to raise VC funding and build a unicorn (look at The Scale Accelerator)
  • You're looking for a get-rich-quick scheme
  • You can't commit the time consistently
  • You're not actually ready to do the work

Your exit starts here.

Register your interest for the next cohort. We'll reach out personally when applications open. No commitment required — you're simply letting us know you're interested.

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