PROGRAMS

Cohort programs
for every stage

Every HatchBridge cohort program runs as small-group, in-person sessions with AI woven throughout. You can join at any stage, based on where your idea or business actually is, not where a syllabus says you should be.

Membership comes first, no application needed there. Each program below has its own short application on top of that.

HatchBridge cohort participants attending an in-person program session

A starting point for new builders

LaunchPad

Turn an idea into evidence.

Start with a business idea. Leave with a clearer customer, a problem statement backed by real conversations, and a business model you can keep testing.

6 weekly sessionsIn personFor new builders

What you will leave with

  • A problem statement shaped by customer evidence
  • One clearly defined customer segment
  • A complete Business Model Canvas, with assumptions and evidence identified
  • About 12 customer interviews
  • A three-minute presentation of what you learned

Plan to attend all six sessions and complete customer conversations between sessions.

Six weeks. A clearer direction.

Learn together. Test in the real world.

  1. WEEK 01

    Ideate

    Frame your idea as a problem to investigate.

  2. WEEK 02

    Discover

    Practice customer conversations and test assumptions.

  3. WEEK 03

    Refine

    Use what you hear to sharpen your customer focus.

  4. WEEK 04

    Validate

    Build the first half of your Business Model Canvas.

  5. WEEK 05

    Iterate

    Complete the model and test its weakest assumptions.

  6. WEEK 06

    Prepare

    Share your evidence and decide what comes next.

Build from where you are

Find your next step.

Choose the stage that fits your business today. Explore the programs and workshops below, and come back as your needs change.

Hover over a card or select Explore to see the details.

Validate

Problem, solution, model. Test your assumptions before your next big commitment.

4 sessions

Validating the problem

Listen to your customers.

Validating the problem

Talk to real people and come back with a sharper problem framing.

4 sessions

Validating the solution

Test what people will pay for.

Validating the solution

Test whether people will actually pay for your specific solution.

4-6 sessions

Validating the business model

See how the pieces fit.

Validating the business model

Stress-test whether the whole business model holds together.

Launch

Stand up the business and build your path to market.

4 sessions

Standing up the business

Put the foundations in place.

Standing up the business

Handle the legal, financial, and operational basics.

4 sessions

Going to market

Build your path to customers.

Going to market

Build a repeatable system for finding, winning, and keeping customers.

Grow

12 standalone workshops. Practitioner-led, 60-90 minutes, no sequencing required. Revisit any workshop whenever it is useful.

60-90 minute workshop

Getting to your first million

Getting to your first million

Explore the priorities and business decisions on the way to your first million in revenue.

60-90 minute workshop

Your first repeatable sale

Your first repeatable sale

Look at how to turn an early sale into a process you can repeat.

60-90 minute workshop

Hiring your first salesperson

Hiring your first salesperson

Explore when to hire, what to look for, and how to support your first sales hire.

60-90 minute workshop

Building a sales team

Building a sales team

Think through the roles, routines, and expectations that help a sales team work.

60-90 minute workshop

Debt vs. equity: capital strategy

Debt vs. equity: capital strategy

Compare debt and equity as options for financing your business.

60-90 minute workshop

Working with a board of advisors

Working with a board of advisors

Explore how to build an advisory board and make the most of its experience.

60-90 minute workshop

Your first key hire beyond sales

Your first key hire beyond sales

Identify the next role your business needs beyond sales.

60-90 minute workshop

When your processes break

When your processes break

Recognize where a process is breaking down and where to improve it.

60-90 minute workshop

From founder to manager

From founder to manager

Explore the shift from doing the work yourself to leading other people.

60-90 minute workshop

Strategic partnerships that work

Strategic partnerships that work

Think through what makes a partnership useful to both businesses.

60-90 minute workshop

AI for marketing and sales automation

AI for marketing and sales automation

Explore practical uses of AI in your marketing and sales workflows.

60-90 minute workshop

Investor relations 101

Investor relations 101

Build your understanding of clear, consistent communication with investors.