You do not need
- a registered company
- a technical background
- a perfect startup idea
- a pitch deck
- all the answers
THE PROGRAMME
Build your startup through 16 weeks of real founder work.
LaunchPad combines workshops, customer conversations, building, experiments, mentor feedback and founder accountability around your own venture.
Is LaunchPad for you?
LaunchPad is a practical, execution-led programme for Primarily ages 15–25. It is not a general idea-discovery course, not classroom-only entrepreneurship, and not a generic accelerator.
You do need
- something worth testing
- willingness to talk to customers
- willingness to build
- commitment for 16 weeks
LaunchPad is not passive classroom learning.
Your startup is the project.
LaunchPad is about evidence and founder artefacts — not classroom-only learning. Depending on your starting point and how you execute, you may produce some or all of the following across the 16 weeks:
Discover
- Founder thesis and problem statement
- Customer interview evidence
- Validation report and go/modify/pivot decision
- Market and competitor map
Design & Build
- Business model and value proposition
- User journey and wireframes
- MVP or structured proof of concept
- Responsible AI workflow
Find the Market
- Brand positioning and founder story
- Marketing experiment
- Sales process and early pipeline
- CRM, retention and referral foundations
Become Venture-Ready
- Unit-economics and cash-flow model
- Legal and IP readiness checklist
- Investor narrative and pitch deck
- Demo Day presentation
- Post-programme 90-day action plan
Not every participant reaches the same venture stage by Demo Day. Outputs depend on your starting point, the evidence you gather and how consistently you execute.
Learn → Test → Build → Review → Decide
- LearnOne focused working session and a practical workshop.
- TestCustomer or market fieldwork that produces evidence.
- BuildA build assignment that moves your venture forward.
- ReviewMentor review plus peer feedback and accountability.
- DecideProgress tracking, founder reflection, and a next-week commitment.
You build. We help you keep moving.
You are not building alone — but we are honest about what support includes. This is structured programme facilitation and feedback, not unlimited private mentoring.
Programme guidance
Keeps the cohort on rhythm, connects themes across modules and holds the venture-building arc together.
Specialist mentors
Subject-matter guidance on discovery, product, market, finance and pitch — structured, not unlimited one-to-one.
Structured feedback
Assignments and milestones reviewed against clear expectations so you know what to improve next.
Founder cohort
Young founders learning alongside you — sharing progress, questions and accountability.
- Progress reviews. Periodic check-ins on evidence, artefacts and momentum so you stay oriented toward Demo Day.
- Demo Day preparation. Structured rehearsal and feedback on your evidence-backed story and presentation.
- Founder-Being community connection. Connection to the wider Founder-Being ecosystem only where approved and relevant for your stage — distinct from LaunchPad itself.
How admission works
Submitting the Initial Founder Assessment is free — no payment is collected at this stage. Completing it is acknowledgement-only.
- Submit
- Review
- If shortlisted, next steps
- Selection
- Cohort
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- Submit the free Initial Founder Assessment
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
- If you progress, we contact you with next steps — which may include the Starter Kit and Intake Assessment
- Complete any invited Intake Assessment
- Programme team reviews invited assessment work
- Shortlisted candidates may be invited to a founder conversation
- Receive a selection outcome
- Selected candidates receive the formal offer
- Complete consent, guardian requirements where applicable, and payment after offer acceptance
- Complete onboarding
- Begin the 16-week programme
- Present at Demo Day and leave with a 90-day action plan
Fee and inclusions
The Initial Founder Assessment is free. The later Intake Assessment is also free at this stage. Payment is requested only after you receive and accept a formal selection offer.
₹30,000 per participant
Weekly learning sessions, assignments, mentor support, progress tracking, and Demo Day preparation.
Tax: Applicable taxes, if any, will be disclosed before payment.
Payment: Payment is requested only after a candidate is selected and accepts an offer.
Complete payment terms, including any refund policy, will be supplied before payment is requested.
COHORT 2 · APPLICATIONS OPEN
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Share who you are, your founder stage, and short judgment scenarios.
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If approved, you’ll receive secure Starter Kit access. The Intake Assessment follows separately when invited.