Founders Dojo Start Up Program

The Dojo connects capital, talent & wisdom to accomplish the amazing.

Since 2007 hundreds of founders, projects, initiatives and movements have come through the Dojo. The Founders Dojo Start up program is the iteration and culmination of those experiences. The Dojo is a tool box, Dojians are the crafters.

In The Beginning and

The Dojo Start up program is unique for each project and is generally broken into two key phases - formation and growth. 

Everyone is a super hero and everyone has super powers. The Dojo’s goal is to match the Super Heros and super powers to achieve synergy towards a shared vision.

The formation phase starts with a vision - how the world should change. A hypothesis - if we do this, that will happen, and experimentation to adjust the vector towards the vision.

The experimentation tests the hypothesis with the minimial work and expense. The MVP  (minimal viable product) is he MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the start up stack. Going from vision to reality is a fulfilling journey we have traveled many times.

Dojo is a toolbox of entrepenurial wisdom and experience. When you avoid the mistakes from the hundreds that have come before you, you go straighter, faster and smoother towards your vision.

Dojo’s growth philosophy is the same, achieve clarity, map out the simplest path to the next objective, then proceed straight, fast and frictionless. The Dojo’s focus and commitment to results with a high rate of success and a low rate of pain.

Start up and life must be fun, enjoyable and lucrative to be dojo. At each stage we work to be the toolbox of wisdom, talent and capital to achieve the vision.

"It's a collaborative, start-up community and home to superstars who do amazing things"

— Ryan Hoover, Founder of Product Hunt