Building Companies That Actually Solve Problems
We spent eight years watching good ideas fail because founders didn't understand the gap between concept and cashflow. Now we teach the financial architecture that turns startups into sustainable businesses.
Finance Education Built From Real Wreckage
Most venture programs teach you how to pitch. We teach you how to survive your first revenue crisis. Because we've been there—helping companies that ran out of runway at month seven, startups that couldn't explain their burn rate to anxious investors, founders who built beautiful products nobody would pay for.
Our programs start with the uncomfortable stuff: cash forecasting when you have no historical data, unit economics that actually predict profitability, financial models that stress-test your assumptions before the market does. This isn't theory—it's the toolkit we wish we'd had when we started.
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What Venture Building Really Means Here
It's not accelerator jargon. We work with people who want to build companies that can hire employees, pay suppliers on time, and grow without constant fundraising panic.
Financial Foundations That Hold Weight
You learn to build three-statement models that connect your operational decisions to actual cash position. We cover scenario planning for when your biggest client pays 90 days late, how to structure equity so it doesn't paralyze future fundraising, and the metrics investors actually check before writing checks.
Our May 2026 cohort will include case studies from South African ventures that scaled past the Series A valley of death—and ones that didn't, so you can see exactly where the financial discipline broke down.
Learning That Fits Around Actual Building
Programs run evenings and weekends because most founders are juggling product development and customer acquisition at the same time. Sessions are recorded—we know you'll miss some when a client emergency hits.
The curriculum adapts to where your business actually is. Pre-revenue companies focus on investor-ready forecasts. Early-stage ventures work on pricing strategy and margin optimization. Growth-phase teams tackle working capital management and scaling finance operations.
The Finance Skills Nobody Teaches Before You Need Them
Venture programs love talking about vision and disruption. But when you're three months from running out of money, you need to know how to restructure your payment terms, renegotiate your lease, and cut costs without destroying team morale.
We teach the financial decision-making that happens between funding rounds—when you're profitable enough to avoid dying but not profitable enough to feel safe. That's where most companies actually live, and it's where solid finance fundamentals make the difference between surviving and thriving.
Our next program starts September 2026. We cap enrollment because the workshops only work when everyone can share real numbers from their own businesses.
What Students Actually Learn
- Building cash flow projections that survive contact with reality
- Pricing strategies that balance growth and profitability
- Reading financial statements to spot problems early
- Structuring deals with investors, partners, and vendors
- Managing working capital when revenue is lumpy
- Making financial decisions with incomplete information
What Former Students Say About The Work
These perspectives come from people who finished the program and applied it to their own ventures. Results vary depending on business model and market conditions.
The scenario planning exercises changed how I think about growth. We mapped out cash needs for three different revenue trajectories, and when our enterprise sales took longer than expected, I already had the contingency plan ready. Didn't have to panic-cut expenses or take unfavorable terms.
I came in thinking I needed investor pitch training. Turned out I needed to fundamentally rethink my unit economics. The cohort helped me rebuild my pricing model from scratch—uncomfortable process, but now our margins actually support the business we want to build. Still growing, but on much more solid ground.
