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This page is the whole program, no mystery: exactly the steps we take to help you take your company from idea to demo day.

How the nine weeks map out: kickoff opens the cohort, then four sprints — Validate, Build, Market, Pitch. Each sprint is one taught week followed by a build week where you apply it to your own company with feedback, and the cohort closes with demo day. Plan for 5–10 focused hours a week. Live sessions run inside Batch0 on U.S. Eastern time. Enrolled students find session links and calendar downloads in Events, and lessons and workbooks in Course.

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Cohort 2
Winter 2026
Dates
Dec 14, 2026 – Feb 12, 2027
Format
live, online · high schoolers 13–18
Tuition
$150.99 · charged only if accepted
Equity taken
none
Applications
Apply by Dec 12, 6:59 PM EST

The live calendar

All times are U.S. Eastern. The calendar accounts for the November change from EDT to EST. Plan for 5–10 hours a week, including sessions and independent work.

Sessions run inside Batch0. Joining links are available to enrolled students in Events.

  1. Winter kickoff: Finding a Problem Worth Building

  2. Week 1 office hours: Finding a Problem Worth Building

  3. Week 2 workshop: Customer Evidence and a Focused Problem

  4. Week 2 office hours: Customer Evidence and a Focused Problem

  5. Week 3 workshop: Experiments and the Build Decision

  6. Week 3 office hours: Experiments and the Build Decision

  7. Week 4 workshop: Ship the Smallest Useful Version

  8. Week 4 office hours: Ship the Smallest Useful Version

  9. Week 5 workshop: User Testing and Sustainable Delivery

  10. Week 5 office hours: User Testing and Sustainable Delivery

  11. Week 6 workshop: Positioning and Your First Distribution Test

  12. Week 6 office hours: Positioning and Your First Distribution Test

  13. Week 7 workshop: Activation, Retention, and a Repeatable Channel

  14. Week 7 office hours: Activation, Retention, and a Repeatable Channel

  15. Week 8 workshop: Tell the Story Your Evidence Supports

  16. Week 8 office hours: Tell the Story Your Evidence Supports

  17. Week 9 workshop: Demo Day and the Next Thirty Days

  18. Week 9 office hours: Demo Day and the Next Thirty Days

  19. Demo Day — student showcase and moderated Q&A

If a session does not fit your schedule, ask us about the catch-up options before enrolling. Course readings and workbooks are available in the student dashboard; recordings are not promised for every session.

Your nine-week path

Each week includes readings, exercises, a workbook, and a concrete outcome. Work on one project throughout; the goal is useful evidence and progress, not finishing a pile of links.

  1. Week 1

    Kickoff

    A project brief, a customer problem, and a realistic weekly work plan.

  2. Week 2

    Validate · learn

    Customer interview questions, observation notes, and a clear problem hypothesis.

  3. Week 3

    Validate · test

    A small demand experiment, an evidence log, and a revised Lean Canvas.

  4. Week 4

    Build · scope

    One essential user journey, an MVP plan, and a testable prototype.

  5. Week 5

    Build · ship

    A usable first version, user-test findings, and a pricing and cost model.

  6. Week 6

    Market · position

    A specific audience, a competitive comparison, and a clear product message.

  7. Week 7

    Market · distribute

    A small distribution experiment, a measured funnel, and a plan for the next users.

  8. Week 8

    Pitch · prepare

    An evidence-based deck, a concise pitch, and a reliable demo.

  9. Week 9

    Pitch · demonstrate

    A prepared demo or narrated deck, an honest retrospective, and a 30-day plan.

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Step by Step

  1. Step 1

    Validate

    ships: Validated Lean Canvas

    Lean Canvas, problem-solution fit, and customer interviews with strangers. End the week with a hypothesis you've tested in the wild.

    • Write a Lean Canvas for your idea (or use the discovery exercises to find one)
    • Run structured customer interviews with strangers
    • Kill or confirm your riskiest assumption before you build anything

  2. Step 2

    Build

    ships: MVP + business model

    Ship a v1: landing page, no-code MVP, or working prototype. Business model, pricing, and unit economics that hold up to a sharp question.

    • Ship a v1: landing page, no-code MVP, or working prototype
    • Set pricing and draft unit economics that survive a sharp question
    • Get live feedback on what you shipped, then fix the top issue

  3. Step 3

    Market

    ships: GTM plan + brand

    Go-to-market plan, competitive landscape, positioning. Find your first hundred users and the distribution wedge that gets you there.

    • Map the competitive landscape and pick your positioning
    • Design one distribution wedge you can actually execute this month
    • Plan the concrete path to your first hundred users

  4. Step 4

    Pitch

    ships: Demo and evidence-based deck

    Prepare a demo or narrated deck, rehearse it, and share it in the staff-hosted showcase with moderated written Q&A.

    • Write the deck: problem, product, traction, model, ask
    • Rehearse with the batch0 team until the delivery holds
    • Submit a demo or narrated deck for the staff-hosted showcase

Demo day

The cohort closes with a staff-hosted showcase. Students submit a short demo recording or a pitch deck with written narration; staff presents the work and moderates written questions. Students do not use a live microphone or share their screens, and appearing on camera is optional. No outside guests, funding or prizes are promised. Every student keeps ownership of their work.

If you read this far, you're the kind of person who finishes things.

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