We coach you to get your first Customers before you quit your job

FounderDojo was rated the #1 startup training program in the world by UP Global

83% Success Rate

Traditionally, startups have a very high failure rate. The failure rate at Y-Combinator (YC), who many believe is the most successful accelerator in the world, has a 0.4% application-to-exit rate.

In our pilot group, we took six teams through our Founder Transformation process and helped them apply our methodology to their startup idea. 10 years later, five out of six teams (83%) created profitable businesses that were still running and two teams generated exits (33%). Based on these early results, our startup success rate was 207x higher than YC.

What do you do?

We help educated professionals go from employees to successful entrepreneurs so they can become more resilient, self-reliant and financially independent by teaching them how to get traction with Customers and build profitable businesses from scratch with very little capital.

How Do You Do It?

There is only one way to learn how to be an entrepreneur.

Build a startup from scratch!

You will learn my doing and transform yourself in the process.

Transformation Process

Think like an entrepreneur

We teach you how to think like an entrepreneur. This empowers you to find a great business model to turn your idea into an awesome business.

Business Model Validation

Learn how to test your idea and validate your business model using a proven, step-by-step process. Learn how to find product-market fit and a scalable, repeatable business model for your startup.

Feel like an entrepreneur

We teach you how to feel like an entrepreneur by tapping into your deeper, strongly-held beliefs and remove the ones that don’t belong to you.

Resilience Psychology

Cultivating a resilient mindset is mission critical for every entrepreneur. We teach you how to align your thoughts, beliefs, emotions and actions so you can create your successful startup effortlessly and without struggle.

Act like an entrepreneur

We teach you a process for separating what is essential and what is noise so you can focus on what matters.

Live Group Zoom Support

All of our programs are experiential where you apply the principles to your startup. We help you put the lessons into practice to build a real business. Our deeply experienced Founders provide personalized, hands-on support and guide you to success.

What Are The Benefits?

Improve Your Odds Of Startup Success

FounderDojo courses and live mentor support teach you a proven method for finding product-market fit (PMF) and a scalable, repeatable business model for your startup. Founders who have applied this method have improved their odds of startup success when compared with Founders who didn’t participate in the program or joined a startup accelerator.

In an internal cohort study, Founders that participated in FounderDojo achieved a 83% startup success rate. Startups were considered successful if they generated an exit or were profitable and still running 10 years after the conclusion of the program. Compared to leading accelerators, FounderDojo’s success rate was 11x to 207x higher. Case study

Get Traction With Customers

FounderDojo teaches you how to determine exactly what problem you are solving and who the early adopters are. You will learn how to build an MVP and how to get your first Customers. Once you’ve found product-market fit, you will learn how to develop a repeatable process for acquiring Customers and achieving profitability.

Transform Yourself Into A Successful Entrepreneur

Building a startup from scratch is a high-risk, high-reward activity. 90%+ of startups fail. While there are many reasons for startup failure, the most salient reason is that the founders didn’t have the necessary skills and experience to make their business work.

FounderDojo courses and live support are a transformational, experiential learning program. Founders learn the principles and apply them to your specific startup situation. What you learn will change how you think, what you do and who you are.

Your Instructor

Hi. I’m David Linhardt. 10x Founder. Ex-Amazon, Ex-P&G.

I started my career working for big companies. I was successful but I never really felt at home in the corporate hierarchy. I kept moving to smaller and smaller companies and I eventually figured out I should be doing my own thing.

I struggled transitioning from a corporate environment with a lot of resources to a business I started in my house with just $5K. I quickly figured out that a startup is NOT a smaller version of a big company. It’s fundamentally different.

Now I’m a successful entrepreneur and I can’t imaging doing anything else. I’ve created eight startups so far. I’m running a startup studio that is building 150 startups using a proven method for finding product-market fit, the same process we teach in this course. I’ve been through the transition from employee to entrepreneur and I’m living a more fulfilling life. Now I teach others how to build successful startups from scratch so they can follow their passion and create the life they want.

- David Linhardt, Founder, About Me


Why Are You Teaching Others?

The Founders and mentors at FounderDojo are experienced, serial entrepreneurs. We’ve learned a lot through our many startup successes and failures. We wish to share what we’ve learned with other entrepreneurs who are starting their journey so they can fail less and succeed more. Watch the video below to learn why I created FounderDojo.

Hear What Students Are Saying

The video below highlights feedback we received from students that took our course and participated in live mentor support.

“FounderDojo helps you block out the noise. It helps you focus on what really matters to make your startup successful.”

Valentin Saportas, Founder & CEO, Mortgage Hippo

“I owe 100% of my success to FounderDojo. Whatever else you are thinking about doing, stop and signup for the Basic Training course. It will save years of your life.”

Jamie Johnson, Founder & CEO, Verde

“FouderDojo taught me how to listen to Customers. Now I know how to get insight from Customers and use it to improve my business.”

Sheila Guo, Founder & CEO, Peckish

Founder Transformation Coaching:

A Trusted Guide To Help You Transform Into A Successful Entrepreneur

The entrepreneur’s journey is a perilous one. There are many challenges and many pitfalls. Not everyone will make it. Starting a business from scratch is perhaps the most difficult of all business challenges. If you find success or failure, the path is transformative.

FounderDojo is your trusted guide. We know where the pitfalls are and how to get around and through them. We can teach you the skills you need to go from an idea to a successful startup. If you bring the heart, we can teach you the skills. Together, we improve the odds of startup success.

Included Modules In The FounderDojo Transformational Course & Mentor Program

 FAQs

  • The coaching program is for $100K professionals that want to escape the 9to5 grind and build their own business.

    The program transforms employees into Founders by coaching them as they build their first startup.

  • The program includes six months of content, live group coaching and access to the community.

  • Once you signup for the program, we will provide you with access to a website that contains all of the course content and the community features where you can interact with your coach and other community members. In addition, we will provide you with access to the live zoom calls where you can ask the coach questions about your specific situation.

  • No. You do not have to give up equity to enroll in the program.

  • No. Selected Founders may be invited to participate in our accelerator program which includes funding and other benefits.

  • No problem. Feel free to send us a message and we will get back to you shortly. Go to https://founderdojo.com/about and tap on the Contact Us button. Someone from our team will get back to you shortly.

Every journey starts with a single step

Apply Now & Invest In Your Transformation From Employee To Entrepreneur!

Enrollment fee:
$8,479

What you get:

  • Access to powerful, proven, instructional content to learn the entire Insight-Driven Iteration methodology for testing and validating your startup idea. Includes problem validation, solution validation and path-to-Customers modules to guide you through the process of getting traction with your first Customers, finding product-market fit and a scalable, repeatable business model.

  • Live weekly coaching sessions in a group zoom format. Coaching sessions include an opportunity to ask questions and get 1-on-1 coaching from David Linhardt, Founder of FounderDojo. We focus specifically on how to apply the methodology to each student’s specific startup situation.

  • Access to online community group of focused Founders to collaborate with. These Founders are in the same situation as you are. They are engaged in Customer discovery, product development and sales and marketing activity to acquire Customers and transform their idea into a successful startup.

For perspective, exit valuations at Techstars, a leading accelerator, range from $10 million to $3 billion with an average of $20.7 million at a 34% exit rate. While we cannot guarantee a specific outcome, you will get to the truth of your business idea and transform yourself into a successful entrepreneur if you learn and apply our validation process.

Not everyone will qualify for this program. We want to make sure you are a fit and will get value out of the program before accepting the enrollment fee. To be considered, please apply using the button below. We will review your background and someone from our team will get back to you over email on the next steps.