Pitch Accelerator · Cohort 03
Two two-week sprints with Demo Day in the middle. Class on Tuesday, coaching Thursday and Friday, real reps in between. The first sprint puts you on stage November 12; the second turns the pitch into a fundraise.
October 27 – December 4, 2026 · All times Pacific
The structure repeats so the work compounds. Class introduces, coaching personalizes, the weekend ships — and the cycle resets on Tuesday.
Released before each week. You arrive at class with raw material ready.
Cohort, two hours, 6–8 PM. The week’s framework — taught live, with group exercises and peer feedback.
One 45-minute 1-on-1. The class material lands on your company, your targets, your gaps.
The week’s deliverable ships by Sunday. Real reps fill every gap in between.
Before the first class: Foundations, as prework on the learn platform. Written lessons and homework open after payment. Finish the five Foundations lines and core-why paragraph by October 26. Compressed Pitch opens in class on October 27.
Compress your story. Then build it for the stage.
Elevator Lab, live. Then the stage pitch: storytelling, narrative structure, the script outline, and the stage deck.
Your script outline and deck skeleton, applied to your company.
Full script, up to 450 words, and stage deck v1, ready for the crucible.
Perform under real pressure. Transform permanently.
Full standing run-throughs: 3-minute pitch, deck, live Q&A. No restarts.
Verbal pressure-test (scored), final polish, stage craft, Q&A bridges.
Full script and deck locked; finalized language captured.
Rehearsal call Nov 9–11 — one per founder, before you step on stage.
One 30-minute rehearsal per founder. Deck locked, top-five Q&A prepared.
BLANKSPACES Venice. In-person participation is required and included in Cohort 03 tuition.
Thursday, November 12, 2026 · Los Angeles
You pitch. Investors attend. The main event.
The Pitch Sprint ends on stage. The Fundraising Sprint starts the next week with what the room told you: the deck you send, and the asks that follow it.
Fuse your story into the deck you actually send.
Narrative craft, investment thesis as deck content, the email-deck build — with what the Demo Day room told you.
Deck-narrative review and a send-readiness pass on your own draft.
Email deck shipped.
No class Thanksgiving week (Nov 24). Revisions continue async.
Make clear, bold, powerful requests — to real investors.
Desired Outcomes, the Five Levels of Asking, strategic asks. You build your Launch Sequence in the room.
Target curation, ask drafting, and real Level-4 asks made during the week.
A 90-day goal, a milestone chain, and at least one real ask on the record.
Cohort 03 runs October 27 through December 4. Applications are rolling until October 23; when the seats fill, the cohort closes.
Apply for Cohort 03