Tech Founder Accelerator: 8-Week Funding & Traction Lab

Get ready for an 8-Week Funding & Traction Lab designed just for tech founders. This is an amazing in-person experience where you’ll connect, learn, and boost your startup’s growth. Dive into workshops, mentorship, and real-world strategies to level up your funding game and traction. Don’t miss out on this chance to turn your ideas into success.

STOP PLAYING STARTUP. START BUILDING A COMPANY.

Build your MVP, secure government grants, and land your first B2B pilot customer. An 8-week operator-led accelerator for serious founders.

Most founders waste 12 months building a product nobody wants. In this 8-Week Intensive Accelerator, we flip the script.

Mario Pochat is the CEO of VANAS (Canada's first accredited online digital school) and a Harvard University Master's Candidate in AI. He teaches practical, "no-fluff" frameworks to help founders build profitable companies, not just slide decks.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariopochat/

Led by Mario Pochat (Harvard Alum, 14-year Tech CEO, & SR&ED Expert), this is not a theory class. This is an Execution Lab. You will walk in with an idea and walk out with a deployed AI-product, a signed customer, and a data room ready for investment.

This course pays for itself.

In Week 2, we structure your technical project to qualify for SR&ED grants. A typical solo founder claim is $15,000+ in cash back. If you execute the coursework, the government pays for your tuition 5x over.

PHASE 1: THE "SHADOW" BUILD (Weeks 1-4)

We don't guess features. We find a partner and solve their problem.

• Week 1: The Pilot Pitch. How to secure a "Design Partner" (a real company) and get a Letter of Intent (LOI) before you build.
• Week 2: Workflow Mining & Grants. identifying the manual bottleneck to automate. Plus: Documenting your "Technical Uncertainty" now so the CRA pays for your dev time later.
• Week 3: The AI Build Sprint. Rapid prototyping using AI agents and LLMs. We architect the solution to be scalable from Day 1.
• Week 4: The Deployment. Moving from localhost to live production. Your product goes into the hands of your Pilot Customer.

PHASE 2: THE SCALE & SALE (Weeks 5-8)

Turn one user into a business.

• Week 5: The "Mom Test" for UX. If your user needs an instruction manual, your product is broken. We fix usability bottlenecks live.
• Week 6: The "Lookalike" Campaign. Monetize your pilot success. How to write a Case Study and find 50 "Clone Customers."
• Week 7: Pricing & Unit Economics. Moving from Free Pilot to Paid Contracts. We build your financial model (CAC vs LTV) to prove the business is viable.
• Week 8: Sales & Marketing. We refine your sales and marketing funnels.

• When: 8 Consecutive Wednesdays.
• Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST.
• Format: Onsite in Vancouver/Burnaby/Metrotown.
• Requirement: Laptop (Mac/PC) and a commitment to execute.

• Corporate Professionals building a SaaS tool on the side who want to quit their job safely.
• Technical Founders who need to learn the "Business & Sales" side of the equation.
• Non-Technical Founders willing to learn AI tools to build their own MVP.

• Super Early Bird: $1,495 CAD (Limited Seats)
• Standard Tuition: $2,995 CAD
• Note: This program is eligible for corporate training budgets and SR&ED inclusion.

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