Every subject. One curriculum. A whole company.

Turn a napkin sketch into a parametric, manufacturable 3D part you can hand to a machine shop.

1. From brief to form — requirement capture, mood boards, AI concept renders, sketch-to-3D
2. Parametric modeling — sketches & constraints, feature trees, design intent, AI-driven edits
3. Assemblies & mates — joints, mechanisms, interference checks, motion study
4. Design for ergonomics & aesthetics — grip & reach, surfacing, fillets, materials & finishes
5. Tolerancing & GD&T — fits & clearances, datum schemes, AI tolerance stack-up
6. Drawings & handoff — dimensioned views, BOMs, STEP/STL export, supplier package

Capstone: a fully parametric product part, tolerance-checked, exported as a STEP file with a complete drawing pack.

Tutor: Cad

Take a CAD model to finished metal: generate toolpaths, post G-code, and cut a real part.

1. Machining fundamentals — milling vs turning, feeds & speeds, work-holding, coordinate systems
2. Toolpath strategies — roughing, finishing, contour, pocket, AI-suggested paths
3. Tool library & setup — endmills, holders, stock setup, fixturing plans
4. Simulation & collision check — verify cuts, gouge detection, cycle-time estimate
5. Post-processing & G-code — post selection, M/G codes, machine handshake
6. On-machine workflow — zeroing, probing, first-article inspection, surface finish tuning
7. Multi-axis & production — 4/5-axis basics, nesting, batch runs, cost-per-part

Capstone: a machined aluminum part cut from your own verified G-code, measured against drawing tolerances.

Tutor: Cad

Design parts that only additive can make, then print functional prototypes that actually work.

1. Additive processes — FDM, SLA, SLS, MJF, choosing the right one
2. Design for additive — wall thickness, overhangs, supports, self-supporting angles
3. Slicing & print prep — orientation, infill, layer height, AI profile tuning
4. Materials & properties — PLA/PETG/nylon/resin, anisotropy, post-cure
5. Lightweighting & lattices — topology optimization, generative design, infill lattices
6. Post-processing & QC — support removal, finishing, dimensional checks, fit testing

Capstone: a functional printed prototype with a generatively-optimized geometry, validated against a real load.

Tutor: Cad

Predict whether a part survives before you build it, and redesign it to be cheaper to make.

1. Simulation basics — loads & constraints, meshing, boundary conditions, convergence
2. Structural FEA — stress & strain, safety factors, deflection, fatigue life
3. Thermal & motion — heat transfer, thermal expansion, dynamic loads, AI result reading
4. Design iteration — ribs & gussets, material swaps, parametric optimization
5. Design for manufacture — draft angles, undercuts, moldability, cost drivers
6. Design for assembly — part-count reduction, poka-yoke, fastening strategy
7. Validation reporting — sim vs test, design review, sign-off package

Capstone: an FEA-validated, DFM-optimized part redesign with a before/after cost and safety-factor report.

Tutor: Cad

Design a control panel and program a PLC to run a real automated machine.

1. Electrical fundamentals — voltage/current, AC/DC, safety, grounding & bonding
2. Schematics & panel design — wiring diagrams, component selection, panel layout, AI BOM
3. Sensors & actuators — switches, encoders, relays, motors, solenoids, VFDs
4. PLC programming — ladder logic, I/O mapping, timers & counters, state machines
5. HMI & SCADA — operator screens, alarms, data logging, remote monitoring
6. Safety & standards — E-stops, interlocks, risk assessment, CE/UL basics
7. Commissioning — wiring checks, I/O test, tuning, fault diagnosis

Capstone: a working control panel with a PLC program and HMI that automates a multi-step machine sequence.

Tutor: Volt

Ship a connected device: write the firmware, wire the sensors, and stream data to the cloud.

1. Microcontroller basics — GPIO, pinouts, power, flashing the ESP32
2. Reading the physical world — analog/digital sensors, I2C/SPI, ADC, debouncing
3. Firmware in C/MicroPython — main loop vs interrupts, AI-assisted drivers, debugging
4. Connectivity — Wi-Fi, BLE, MQTT, REST, OTA updates
5. Cloud & dashboards — telemetry pipelines, time-series storage, live dashboards
6. Power & reliability — sleep modes, battery budgeting, watchdogs, field hardening
7. Security — secure boot, encrypted transport, credential handling

Capstone: a battery-powered ESP32 device streaming live sensor data to a cloud dashboard with OTA updates.

Tutor: Volt

Produce the manuals, exploded diagrams, and spare-parts catalogs that ship with a real product.

1. From CAD to illustration — model import, exploded assemblies, callouts, balloons
2. Assembly instructions — step sequencing, AI-drafted copy, safety notes, iconography
3. Parts catalogs & BOMs — item numbering, spare-parts lists, ERP linking
4. Visual standards — line art, rendering, annotation, brand consistency
5. Multi-format publishing — print PDF, interactive web, QR-linked docs, translations
6. Maintenance & service docs — troubleshooting trees, service intervals, version control

Capstone: a complete product manual with exploded views, an illustrated assembly guide, and a linked spare-parts catalog.

Tutor: Cad

Use AI to go from idea — typed, photographed, or spoken — to a finished, rendered 3D part, all in the browser. Each lesson opens a guided walkthrough inside cycleCAD itself.

1. Model the First Part — base solid → real pocket cut → fillet — every feature lands on the live history timeline
2. Components & bodies — Fusion-style components with their own origin and bodies; read the nested browser
3. Build an assembly — two components, a rigid joint, an exploded view — captured as a replayable recipe
4. The history timeline — suppress features, roll the timeline back, undo/redo — straight from the bottom bar
5. Text-to-CAD — describe a part in plain words and watch it model itself; refine by re-prompting
6. Image-to-CAD — turn a photo or hand sketch into an editable, parametric 3D body
7. CAD with prompting — drive the feature tree by conversation: holes, fillets, patterns, edits
8. Voice-to-CAD — model hands-free; speak the part and the copilot builds it
9. AI rendering & exploded views — photoreal renders and exploded assembly views straight from the model

Capstone: a part created end-to-end from a single prompt, refined by voice, and presented as a photoreal render with an exploded view.

Tutor: Cad

Program, simulate and migrate the PLC and HMI systems that run real factories.

1. Automation foundations — sensors, actuators, control loops, safety
2. PLC programming — ladder logic, I/O, timers, state machines
3. HMI & SCADA — operator screens, alarms, data logging
4. In-browser simulation — build & test on CyclePanel's PLC simulator
5. Vendor migration — move legacy logic across platforms with AI assist
6. Commissioning — I/O tests, tuning, fault diagnosis

Capstone: a working PLC + HMI program for a multi-step machine, simulated end to end on CyclePanel.

Tutor: Volt

Build and connect a real industrial machine — from control logic to live cloud telemetry.

1. Machine architecture — the cycleWASH system, modules, control flow
2. Sequence control — step chains (Schrittkette), interlocks, GOT screens
3. Connect it — ESP32, Modbus/RS485, VFDs, MQTT to the cloud
4. Live dashboards — telemetry, payments, remote monitoring via SPIRIT
5. Service & uptime — diagnostics, OTA updates, predictive maintenance
6. Productize it — turn a machine into a connected, sellable product

Capstone: a connected machine streaming live data to a dashboard, with a remote-control + payment flow.

Tutor: Volt

Make things move precisely — motors, axes, and robotic sequences you program and tune.

1. Motion fundamentals — steppers, servos, drivers, kinematics basics
2. Control — PID, feedback, encoders, closed-loop tuning
3. Programming motion — paths, sequences, coordinated axes
4. Robotic cells — pick-and-place, safety zones, cycle design
5. AI in the loop — vision, adaptive control, AI-tuned parameters
6. Integration — wire motion into a PLC/IoT system end to end

Capstone: a programmed multi-axis motion sequence (real or simulated) with tuned closed-loop control.

Tutor: Volt

Ship a fast, polished, on-brand web frontend you can change with confidence.

1. Anatomy of a page — HTML structure, semantic tags, read the DOM
2. Theming the kaern.org stack — design tokens, theme variables, dark/light
3. Layout that holds up — flexbox, grid, responsive breakpoints
4. Components with AI — prompt for a component, edit the output, reuse it
5. State & data binding — props, fetch data, render lists
6. Performance & accessibility — Lighthouse audit, image sizing, alt text, contrast
7. Ship & iterate — preview, get feedback, push a change live

Capstone: your company's live landing page on a custom kaern.org theme, scoring 90+ on Lighthouse.

Tutor: Ada

Make a page that feels alive — motion that guides the eye, never distracts.

1. Motion principles — easing, timing, when not to animate
2. Transitions & micro-interactions — hover states, button feedback, loading states
3. Scroll-cinema basics — scroll triggers, reveal-on-scroll, pinned sections
4. Storytelling down the page — scene sequencing, parallax, sticky narrative
5. Directing AI motion — describe the feel, tune the curve, cut the excess
6. Performance budget — GPU-friendly transforms, reduced-motion, 60fps check

Capstone: a scroll-driven product story page that tells your founding narrative in one scroll.

Tutor: Ada

Stand up a real backend with auth, data, and live updates — without drowning in plumbing.

1. How backends work — requests, responses, servers, the database
2. Data modeling on SPIRIT — tables, relations, schema design
3. APIs & endpoints — REST routes, CRUD, status codes
4. Auth & permissions — sign-in, sessions, role-based access
5. Real-time — subscriptions, live data, websockets
6. Reliability — error handling, validation, logging
7. Directing AI on the backend — spec an endpoint, review the code, test it

Capstone: a deployed SPIRIT backend powering your app with live auth and real-time data.

Tutor: Ada

Build and ship a real mobile app to a phone — and an app store.

1. Mobile mindset — native vs web, screens, navigation, touch
2. Screens & flows on SPIRIT app — layouts, tabs, stacks
3. Device features — camera, location, notifications, storage
4. Wiring to your backend — fetch data, sync, offline state
5. Polish & feel — gestures, transitions, native components
6. Ship it — build, TestFlight/Play, store listing

Capstone: your company's app running on a real device and submitted to a store.

Tutor: Ada

Work on code without fear — branch, review, merge, and never lose work.

1. Why version control — commits, history, time travel
2. Daily git — clone, branch, commit, push, pull
3. Branches & merges — feature branches, merge conflicts, resolving them
4. Pull requests — open a PR, request review, address feedback
5. Collaborating with AI — review AI commits, read diffs, approve or push back
6. Workflow & CI — branch protection, automated checks, releases

Capstone: a clean GitHub repo with branch protection, a reviewed-and-merged PR, and passing CI.

Tutor: Ada

Find the holes before attackers do — and keep customer data safe and legal.

1. Threat thinking — attacker mindset, attack surface, OWASP Top 10
2. Auth done right — passwords, MFA, sessions, secrets management
3. Common vulnerabilities — injection, XSS, CSRF, broken access control
4. Data protection & GDPR — encryption, PII, consent, retention
5. AI security review — scan with AI, triage findings, patch the real ones
6. Incident response — detection, logging, breach plan

Capstone: a security audit of your own product with vulnerabilities found, fixed, and documented.

Tutor: Ada

Build AI agents that do real work — connected to your tools and running on their own.

1. What an agent is — tools, loops, the action space
2. MCP & tool wiring — connect APIs, define tools, the cycleCAD API
3. Prompting & directing — system prompts, guardrails, making the calls
4. Multi-step automation — chains, triggers, scheduled runs
5. Autonomy & safety — permissions, human-in-the-loop, kill switches
6. Evals & reliability — test the agent, measure success, fix failures
7. Ship an agent — deploy, monitor, iterate

Capstone: a deployed autonomous agent that runs a real workflow in your company end to end.

Tutor: Ada

Launch a live site and online store that takes real orders and real money.

1. Site in a day — pages, navigation, content blocks
2. Brand & design system — fonts, colors, logo, consistency
3. Store setup — products, variants, pricing, inventory
4. Checkout & payments — cart, Stripe, taxes, shipping
5. SEO & analytics — metadata, sitemap, tracking, search ranking
6. Launch & grow — domain, go live, conversion tweaks

Capstone: your company's live website and store, processing a real first order.

Tutor: Ada

You'll launch a live storefront that takes real orders the day it opens.

1. Store foundations — pick a niche, register Shopify, theme setup, brand basics
2. Products that sell — listings, variants, pricing, AI product copy, photos
3. Storefront design — homepage layout, collections, mobile-first, fast load
4. Checkout & cart — cart flow, abandoned-cart recovery, upsells, trust badges
5. Shipping & fulfillment — rates, zones, suppliers, order tracking, returns
6. Apps & automation — reviews, email capture, AI chat, inventory sync
7. Launch & iterate — pre-launch checklist, soft launch, fix funnel leaks

Capstone: a live Shopify store that processes a real paid order from a real customer.

Tutor: Mara

You'll accept money from anyone, anywhere, by any method, with fees you understand.

1. How money moves — issuers, acquirers, networks, settlement, the fee stack
2. Card acceptance — gateway setup, checkout integration, 3-D Secure, receipts
3. Wallets & one-tap — Apple Pay, Google Pay, tokenization, mobile conversion
4. Bitcoin & Lightning — wallets, invoices, instant settlement, custody choices
5. Fraud & disputes — risk signals, chargebacks, refunds, dispute evidence
6. Compliance & payouts — PCI basics, KYC, payout schedules, reconciliation
7. Global money — multi-currency, FX, local methods, tax at checkout

Capstone: a checkout that accepts a card, a wallet tap, and a Lightning payment — all reconciled to one ledger.

Tutor: Fin

You'll run your company off one screen that tells you what to do next.

1. Metrics that matter — revenue, CAC, LTV, margin, cash, north-star metric
2. Data plumbing — sources, events, tracking plan, clean naming, single source of truth
3. Build the dashboard — KPIs, charts, time ranges, segments, drill-downs
4. Funnels & cohorts — conversion steps, retention curves, leak detection
5. Alerts & the control room — thresholds, anomaly flags, daily standup view
6. From data to decision — reading signals, A/B reads, weekly review ritual
7. Forecasting — trends, runway, scenario models, target-setting

Capstone: a live control-room dashboard pulling real company data that drives one decision you actually make.

Tutor: Ada

You'll own a domain and ship a secure, fast website live on the internet.

1. Domains & DNS — buy on Gandi, registrars, A/CNAME/MX records, nameservers
2. Hosting choices — static vs dynamic, GitHub Pages, CDNs, edge basics
3. Deploy from GitHub — repos, Pages setup, build pipeline, custom domain
4. HTTPS & certificates — TLS, Let's Encrypt, auto-renewal, mixed-content fixes
5. Email & subdomains — MX/SPF/DKIM, shop. and app. subdomains, redirects
6. Performance & uptime — caching, CDN tuning, monitoring, downtime alerts

Capstone: a custom domain serving your site over HTTPS, deployed from GitHub, with working email.

Tutor: Ada

Ship a coherent brand and a real website in a weekend, not a quarter.

1. Positioning before pixels — one-line promise, who-it's-for, why-you-win
2. Naming & identity — name tests, domain checks, AI logo rounds, picking the keeper
3. Design systems with Stitch — color & type tokens, components, generating variants
4. Site that converts — hero, proof, CTA hierarchy, mobile-first layout
5. Reading the design numbers — bounce rate, scroll depth, A/B reads, when to trust them
6. Voice & assets at scale — brand voice prompt, social kit, image consistency
7. Launch on kaern.org — publish, instrument, first-impression test

Capstone: a live, branded site for your company on kaern.org with analytics wired in.

Tutor: Mara

Get found by both Google and the AI answer engines your customers now ask.

1. Demand vs. capture — funnel map, intent stages, channel fit
2. Keyword & topic strategy — AI cluster research, search volume, difficulty calls
3. On-page & technical SEO — titles, schema, site speed, crawlability checks
4. Answer-Engine Optimization — citations, structured facts, getting quoted by LLMs
5. Campaigns in OutreachPro — segments, sequences, UTM tracking
6. Reading the funnel with CNC — CAC, conversion rates, attribution sanity checks
7. Compounding content engine — calendar, refresh cadence, what to kill

Capstone: a live campaign driving tracked traffic, with a one-page CAC and AEO-visibility report.

Tutor: Mara

Build a pipeline you can forecast and a sales motion that closes.

1. The motion that fits — self-serve vs. sales-led, deal size, cycle length
2. Pipeline in OutreachPro — stages, fields, hygiene, AI note capture
3. Discovery & qualification — pain mapping, BANT/MEDDIC, disqualifying fast
4. Demo & objection handling — value framing, role-play reps, common stalls
5. Closing & negotiation — pricing talk, terms, mutual close plans
6. Reading the pipeline — win rate, velocity, forecast confidence, where deals die
7. Renewals & expansion — onboarding, NRR, upsell triggers

Capstone: a working CRM pipeline with real opps and a defensible 90-day forecast.

Tutor: Mara

Fill the top of funnel with a clean, targeted list you built yourself.

1. Ideal customer profile — firmographics, triggers, lookalike logic
2. Sourcing with Apify — actors, selectors, pagination, rate limits
3. Enrichment & verification — emails, dedupe, AI-cleaned data, bounce risk
4. Compliant outreach — GDPR basis, opt-out, deliverability hygiene
5. Sequences in OutreachPro — personalization at scale, cadence, A/B subject lines
6. Reading the top of funnel — reply rate, positive-reply rate, list quality scoring

Capstone: a verified 500-lead list feeding a live, compliant outreach sequence with reply tracking.

Tutor: Mara

Run a content engine that earns trust and ranks while you sleep.

1. Content strategy — audience, pillars, business-goal mapping
2. AI-assisted drafting — briefs, outlines, voice prompts, keeping it human
3. Editing for credibility — fact-checks, sources, originality, the human pass
4. Publishing on the OutreachPro blog — formatting, SEO fields, internal links
5. Distribution — repurposing, newsletter, social cut-downs
6. Reading content performance — traffic, dwell, assisted conversions, refresh signals

Capstone: a published 6-piece content series with a distribution plan and a performance dashboard.

Tutor: Mara

Read your own financials and own your cap table without a CFO.

1. The three statements — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, how they link
2. Bookkeeping that scales — chart of accounts, AI categorization, monthly close
3. Cash is king — runway, burn, the 13-week cash forecast
4. Modeling the business — AI-built model, assumptions, scenario toggles
5. Cap tables & dilution — options pool, SAFEs, dilution math, founder splits
6. Reading the numbers — margin trends, anomalies, what your accountant won't catch
7. Taxes & compliance basics — entity choice, filings, what to delegate

Capstone: a clean monthly model, live cap table, and a runway memo for your own company.

Tutor: Fin

Price with confidence and prove every dollar in earns more than a dollar back.

1. Unit economics core — contribution margin, CAC, LTV, payback period
2. Pricing strategy — value-based, tiers, anchoring, willingness-to-pay tests
3. Cost structure — fixed vs. variable, break-even, marginal thinking
4. Market & competition — TAM/SAM/SOM, elasticity, competitive pricing reads
5. Modeling with AI — pricing scenarios, sensitivity tables, the call you make
6. Reading the economics — LTV:CAC, cohort decay, when a unit is actually broken

Capstone: a defended pricing page plus a unit-economics model proving payback and LTV:CAC.

Tutor: Fin

Run the machine: deliver reliably, cheaply, and without firefighting.

1. Process design — mapping, bottlenecks, SOPs, what to automate
2. Supply chain basics — sourcing, lead times, supplier risk, dual-sourcing
3. Inventory & fulfillment — reorder points, safety stock, AI demand forecasting
4. Quality & service levels — SLAs, defects, root-cause discipline
5. Vendor & cost management — negotiation, terms, total cost of ownership
6. Reading ops metrics — throughput, cycle time, on-time rate, cost-per-unit
7. Scaling without breaking — capacity planning, where automation pays off

Capstone: a documented core process with SLAs, a demand forecast, and an ops dashboard.

Tutor: Fin

Stay legal and audit-ready without drowning in lawyer fees.

1. Entity & contracts — structure, founder agreements, key clauses to never miss
2. GDPR in practice — lawful basis, consent, data map, DPA, breach drill
3. German consumer law (§356) — withdrawal rights, consent boxes, e-commerce duties
4. Drafting with SPIRIT — AI-generated policies, terms, redlines, when to call counsel
5. IP & protection — trademarks, NDAs, licensing basics
6. Reading the risk — compliance checklist via CNC, exposure scoring, audit prep

Capstone: a compliant policy pack (privacy, terms, §356 consent) and a risk register for your company.

Tutor: Fin

Tell a fundable story and walk into the room knowing your numbers cold.

1. Should you even raise — bootstrap vs. VC, dilution math, the real trade-offs
2. The narrative — problem, insight, why-now, why-you
3. The deck, AI-built — 10-slide arc, design, the numbers slide
4. The financial ask — use of funds, milestones, valuation logic
5. Investor process — list-building, warm intros, the data room, term sheets
6. Reading the room — handling hard questions, what a no really means, follow-ups
7. Live pitch reps — demo-day rehearsal, timing, Q&A under fire

Capstone: a polished investor deck, data room, and a recorded pitch that survives investor Q&A.

Tutor: Sol

Pick a defensible position and build a moat that compounds as you grow.

1. Strategy foundations — value creation, positioning, trade-offs
2. Industry analysis — five forces, value chains, profit pools
3. The seven moats — scale, network effects, switching costs, brand
4. Worked example — moat teardown — dissect a winner, map its defenses
5. AI & durability — what AI commoditizes, what it deepens
6. Worked example — moat blueprint — score options, pick the wedge
7. Strategy as a system — coherent activities, fit, reinforcement

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — a one-page strategy & moat thesis with a 3-move plan to widen it.

Tutor: Sol

Find a hair-on-fire problem and prove people will pay before you build.

1. Discovery foundations — jobs-to-be-done, hypotheses, riskiest assumptions
2. The interview craft — open questions, past behavior, no pitching
3. Worked example — interview teardown — score a transcript, extract signal
4. Segmentation & ICP — beachhead, early adopters, willingness-to-pay
5. Measuring fit — Sean Ellis test, retention curves, leading signals
6. Worked example — outreach sprint — build a list, run a campaign in OutreachPro
7. Pivot or persevere — evidence thresholds, decision rules

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — 15 logged interviews, an ICP, and a fit verdict with evidence.

Tutor: Mara

Walk into any deal with leverage and walk out with value created on both sides.

1. Negotiation foundations — interests vs positions, BATNA, ZOPA
2. Preparation systems — research, anchors, concession plans
3. Value creation — trades, logrolling, expanding the pie
4. Worked example — term sheet — negotiate a contract clause by clause
5. Tactics & tells — framing, silence, dealing with hardball
6. Worked example — AI war-gaming — simulate counterparties, rehearse moves
7. Closing & commitment — drafting, follow-through, relationship equity

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — a negotiated supplier deal with a prep memo & outcome analysis.

Tutor: Mara

Engineer self-reinforcing loops that acquire, keep, and compound customers.

1. Growth foundations — funnels vs loops, the growth equation
2. Acquisition channels — fit, CAC, channel-product match
3. Retention & cohorts — churn math, habit, the retention curve
4. Worked example — cohort teardown — read a cohort table, find the leak
5. Loyalty & referral loops — incentives, viral coefficient, network value
6. Worked example — loop build — wire a referral loop in OutreachPro · CNC
7. Experiment engine — prioritization, A/B rigor, scaling wins

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — one live growth loop with a measured lift and a scale-up plan.

Tutor: Mara

Build a team and an org that does its best work without you in the room.

1. Leadership foundations — vision, trust, decision rights
2. Hiring systems — scorecards, structured interviews, references
3. Worked example — interview loop — design a loop, debias a debrief
4. Org design — spans, layers, teams, ownership
5. Culture & performance — values in practice, feedback, accountability
6. Worked example — org redesign — restructure a stalling 30-person team
7. Leading through AI — augmented teams, new roles, delegation

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — an org chart, two hire scorecards, and a 90-day leadership plan.

Tutor: Sol

Source, structure, and run partnerships that move real revenue.

1. BD foundations — partner types, fit, build-buy-partner
2. Sourcing & outreach — targeting, warm paths, the first email
3. Worked example — outreach campaign — build a partner pipeline in OutreachPro
4. Structuring deals — economics, exclusivity, incentives, terms
5. Co-selling & enablement — joint motion, assets, shared goals
6. Worked example — partnership P&L — model a channel deal's economics
7. Managing the portfolio — QBRs, scorecards, when to exit

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — a partnership proposal with a sourced pipeline & economics.

Tutor: Mara

Build a driver-based model you trust and stress-test it across futures.

1. Modeling foundations — three statements, drivers, assumptions
2. Revenue & cost models — unit economics, build-up, cohorts
3. Worked example — model build — wire a startup model end to end
4. Cash, runway & capital — burn, fundraising, dilution
5. Scenario & sensitivity — base-bull-bear, drivers, breakpoints
6. Worked example — scenario stress test — run shocks, find the cliff
7. Telling the story — dashboards, the narrative, what to defend

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — a 3-statement model with three scenarios and a runway verdict.

Tutor: Fin

See the threats early, harden the business, and lead calmly when it breaks.

1. Risk foundations — taxonomy, likelihood × impact, appetite
2. Risk registers — identification, scoring, ownership
3. Worked example — risk register — build and prioritize a live register
4. Resilience by design — redundancy, buffers, antifragility
5. Crisis playbooks — incident command, comms, decision speed
6. Worked example — crisis simulation — run a breach drill minute by minute
7. Recovery & learning — postmortems, continuity, rebuilding trust

Capstone: apply it on your simulation company (the Championship) — a top-10 risk register, one playbook, and a tabletop crisis after-action.

Tutor: Fin

You'll run a multi-agent operation that ships real work while you steer instead of type.

1. From operator to orchestrator — your role shift, leverage math, what to delegate vs hold
2. Writing briefs agents can't misread — clear objectives, acceptance criteria, scoping context
3. Single-agent mastery — task loops, tool permissions, plan-then-execute, course-correcting mid-run
4. Parallel fleets — fan-out work, isolated worktrees, dependency graphs, merging outputs
5. Quality gates — verification loops, adversarial review, catching the self-grading trap
6. Cost & model routing — Haiku vs Sonnet vs Opus, budget caps, when speed beats depth
7. Standing operations — scheduled agents, recurring loops, monitoring, escalation rules

Capstone: a live agent fleet that ships one end-to-end company deliverable on a schedule with human-in-the-loop sign-off.

Tutor: Sol

You'll build a living, agent-readable knowledge base that compounds every decision your company makes.

1. Knowledge as an asset — owned memory vs rented tools, why context is the moat
2. Structuring the repo — domains over types, small files, naming conventions, the index
3. Capturing what you know — decisions, playbooks, terms, people, processes as living docs
4. Memory agents read — context files, retrieval patterns, keeping docs agent-legible
5. Keeping it true — freshness checks, versioning, pruning stale knowledge, single source of truth
6. Privacy & ownership — secrets hygiene, access boundaries, what never leaves the repo
7. Compounding loops — auto-capture from sessions, distilling patterns into reusable skills

Capstone: a private knowledge repo your agents query daily, with auto-capture wired into your workflow.

Tutor: Sol

You'll think like the operator of a company, not the doer of tasks — holding the whole system in view.

1. The leverage shift — trading hours-for-output, your time as the scarcest input
2. Systems over tasks — mapping your company as flows, finding the real bottleneck
3. Deciding under uncertainty — reversible vs one-way doors, betting size, when to wait
4. What only you can do — vision, taste, relationships, the irreducible human core
5. Reading the whole board — customers, cash, capability, compounding over quarters
6. Designing your week — focus blocks, review rhythms, what you check vs ignore
7. The compounding founder — building loops that make next year easier than this one

Capstone: a one-page operating system for your company — bottleneck map, decision rules, and weekly rhythm you actually run.

Tutor: Sol