Every cohort ends with twelve founders further along than they started. These are a few of the stories from the first three cohorts.
Lena Okoro
Harbor Threads · Consumer / E-commerce
I came in with a sketchbook and 200 Instagram followers. The weekly sessions forced me to sell before I felt ready — the first 50 orders came from conversations, not ads.
Before
An idea and 200 followers
After
$41K MRR, two employees
Daniel Reyes
Northline HVAC · Home services (acquisition)
The cohort rewired how I think about risk. Twelve weeks later I had an LOI on a 22-year-old HVAC company with seller financing — the exact structure we worked through in week eight.
Before
W-2 engineer, zero deals
After
Owner-operator, 14 employees
Sarah Whitfield
Clarity Bookkeeping · Professional services
Chris made me price the outcome instead of my hours. That one shift took me from $4K a month to a real firm with a waitlist. The peer group kept me honest every single week.
Before
3 clients, $4K a month
After
38 retainers, $52K a month
Marcus Adeyemi
Kindred Coffee Co. · Food & beverage
I had one café that broke even and no idea how to grow it. The financial intelligence sessions showed me the numbers that actually mattered — and Ocean Crest backed the second location.
Before
One café, break-even
After
Two locations, 22 staff
Jasmine Park
Studio Nine · Media / creator business
Eighty thousand followers and no revenue is a common story. The cohort turned my audience into a product roadmap. The brand module alone was worth the twelve weeks.
Before
80K followers, no revenue
After
$180K first-year product revenue
Tomás Herrera
FieldNote · B2B SaaS
I was polishing a prototype nobody had paid for. Week three's assignment was to charge someone by Friday. I did, and I never went back to building in the dark.
Before
Prototype, zero customers
After
210 customers, $19K MRR
Your story could be next.
Applications for the next cohort are open. Twelve seats, reviewed individually.