School S21 · F04

Startup Engineering

The full-stack founder-engineer.

For founding engineers — hiring, fundraising, GTM, ops — as well as the code. Every student builds a real startup.

Learning outcomes

What graduates can do.

  • 01Ship a live product with paying users
  • 02Raise pre-seed capital or reach ramen profitability
  • 03Hire the first 3 people
  • 04Set up the operating stack of a modern startup

Curriculum

8 courses.

Delivered as a portfolio-based sequence. Every course culminates in shipped work reviewed by working practitioners.

  1. 01The Founding-Engineer Playbook
  2. 02Company Formation & Cap Tables
  3. 03Fundraising 101 (Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed)
  4. 04Hiring the First 5
  5. 05GTM for Engineers
  6. 06Startup Legal & Compliance
  7. 07Operating a Remote Company
  8. 08Capstone: Launch a Startup

Tools & technologies

Stripe AtlasMercuryDeelNotionLinear

Career tracks

  • Founding Engineer
  • Solo Founder
  • Technical Co-Founder