INOVERS 01 · PROGRAM SPECIFICATION

12 weeks, specified to the day.

Five phases with explicit objectives, weekly milestones, and deliverables. The structure is fixed; what you build inside it is yours.

SPECPHASE-BY-PHASE

PHASE 01

Destroy assumptions

WEEKS 1–2

OBJECTIVES & DELIVERABLES

  • 01Founder diagnostic
  • 02Problem validation
  • 03Customer interviews
  • 04Market mapping
  • 05Competitor analysis
  • 06Founder–market fit
  • 07Define measurable 12-week outcomes

PHASE 02

Build what people need

WEEKS 3–5

OBJECTIVES & DELIVERABLES

  • 01MVP architecture
  • 02Rapid prototyping
  • 03AI-enabled development
  • 04Product design
  • 05User testing
  • 06Analytics
  • 07Weekly shipping cadence

PHASE 03

Find the signal

WEEKS 6–8

OBJECTIVES & DELIVERABLES

  • 01Acquire first users
  • 02Customer feedback loops
  • 03Pricing experiments
  • 04Distribution
  • 05Sales systems
  • 06Retention
  • 07Unit economics
  • 08Growth experiments

PHASE 04

Become a company

WEEKS 9–10

OBJECTIVES & DELIVERABLES

  • 01Company structure
  • 02Finance
  • 03Compliance
  • 04Hiring strategy
  • 05Cap table
  • 06Governance
  • 07Metrics
  • 08Data room

PHASE 05

Prepare to raise

WEEKS 11–12

OBJECTIVES & DELIVERABLES

  • 01Fundraising strategy
  • 02Investor narrative
  • 03Pitch deck
  • 04Financial model
  • 05Due diligence preparation
  • 06Pitch practice
  • 07Investor meetings where appropriate
  • 08Demo Day preparation
§ 06A WEEK INSIDE INOVERS

The unit of progress is what you ship.

No attendance certificates.

No motivational workshops.

No startup theatre.

The unit of progress is what founders build, ship, learn, sell, and improve — every single week.

MONDAYMetrics review + founder accountability
TUESDAYBuild sprint + product office hours
WEDNESDAYCustomers + sales + distribution
THURSDAYMentor sessions + specialist clinics
FRIDAYShip day + weekly demo
SATURDAYFounder sessions / fireside conversations / community
SUNDAYOptional reset + independent building
TERMSEXPECTATIONS ↔ SUPPORT

What we expect from founders

  • 01Full-time commitment for all 12 weeks
  • 02Weekly measurable outcomes, reviewed every Monday
  • 03Ship something real every Friday
  • 04Talk to customers every single week
  • 05Radical honesty in metrics — no vanity numbers
  • 06Show up for the cohort: peer reviews and founder sessions

What founders get from Inovers

MENTORS
Thursday mentor sessions and specialist clinics: product, growth, legal, finance, hiring.
OFFICE HOURS
Product and technology office hours every build sprint; investor office hours in later phases.
PRODUCT
Architecture reviews, AI-enabled development infrastructure, design critique, analytics setup.
CUSTOMERS
Interview systems, discovery scripts, early-adopter sourcing, pricing experiments.
GTM
Distribution strategy, sales systems, retention loops, unit economics.
FUNDRAISING
Narrative, deck, financial model, data room, diligence prep, pitch practice.

WEEK 12 — DEMO DAY

Selected companies present progress to invited investors, operators, and partners. Funding afterwards is never promised — a strong case, honestly made, is.

WEEK 13 → FOREVER

The lifetime Inovers network: your cohort, alumni, mentors, and the wider community. A downloadable program calendar will be published with confirmed dates before the cohort begins.