Teen-to-CEO
Teen-to-CEO
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Module 1: The Founder Foundation— What You’re Actually Signing Up For
Lesson 1.1 — Founder vs. Hustler: The Distinction That Changes Everything
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Lesson 1.2 — The 7 Stages of Teen-to-CEO — Your Roadmap for the Next 90 Days
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Lesson 1.3 — Why Most Teen Businesses Die Before They Start (And How Not to Be One of Them)
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Lesson 1.4 — Write Your Founder Statement
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Lesson 1.5 — Meet Your Cohort: The Founder's Circle
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Module 2: Choose Your Path
Lesson 2.1 — The Founder Fit Audit: Interests, Time, and Skills
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Lesson 2.2 — The 10 Pre-Validated Business Paths — Deep Dive
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Lesson 2.3 — Score Your Top 3 Using the Path Fit Rubric
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Lesson 2.4 — Commit to One: The Public Declaration
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Module 3: Validate Before You Build— The Conversation That Saves You 2 Months
Lesson 3.1 — Why Validation Is the Skill That Separates Founders from Hobbyists
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Lesson 3.2 — Identify Your 5 Real Potential Customers
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Lesson 3.3 — The 10-Minute Validation Conversation Framework
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Lesson 3.4 — Run Your 5 Real Conversations This Week
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Lesson 3.5 — Write Your Validation Report: Proceed, Pivot, or Reshape
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Module 4: Ship in 7 Days
Lesson 4.1 — The Minimum Viable Offer: What Actually Needs to Exist
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Lesson 4.2 — The AI-Accelerated Build Stack
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Lesson 4.3 — Build Sprint: 7 Days to Live
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Lesson 4.4 — The Public Launch Post
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Module 5: Be Findable— Building Your Public Founder Presence
Lesson 5.1 — Positioning: Who You Help and What You Do in One Sentence
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Lesson 5.2 — Your 3 Content Pillars: What to Post About for the Next 12 Months
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Lesson 5.3 — The AI Content Engine: Produce a Week in 2 Hours
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Lesson 5.4 — Publish 7 Pieces This Week
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Module 6: Reach Real Customers
Lesson 6.1 — Why Outreach Is the Highest-Leverage Skill You'll Learn
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Lesson 6.2 — Build Your List of 50
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Lesson 6.3 — The Pitch That Gets Replies: Templates and Principles
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Lesson 6.4 — Send 20 This Week: The Outreach Sprint
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Lesson 6.5 — Book Your First Real Conversation
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Module 7: Price Without Flinching— What to Charge and Why
Lesson 7.1 — Why Teen Founders Underprice (And How It Kills Their Business)
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Lesson 7.2 — The 3 Pricing Frameworks: Cost-Plus, Value-Based, Tiered
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Lesson 7.3 — Say It Out Loud Without Shaking: The Pricing Practice
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Lesson 7.4 — Handle the 3 Most Common Objections
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Module 8: Close the First Customer
Lesson 8.1 — The Path from Interest to Payment: What Happens Between
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Lesson 8.2 — Proposals, Invoices, and DMs That Close
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Lesson 8.3 — The Closing Conversation: Handling the Moment of Truth
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Lesson 8.4 — Close Your First Customer This Week
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Lesson 8.5 — Document Your Close: The First Sale Case Study
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Module 9: Deliver Work That Creates Referrals
Lesson 9.1 — The Delivery Mindset: Why Your First Customer Is Worth More Than the Money
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Lesson 9.2 — The Delivery Checklist for Your Business Type
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Lesson 9.3 — Execute the Delivery
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Lesson 9.4 — The Testimonial and Referral Ask
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Module 10: The Money System
Lesson 10.1 — Payment Systems for Teen Founders
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Lesson 10.2 — The Simple Income and Expense Tracker
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Lesson 10.3 — Legal and Tax Basics for a Minor Founder
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Lesson 10.4 — The 5 Money Mistakes That Wreck Teen Businesses
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Module 11: Break the Plateau
Lesson 11.1 — The 7-Metric Business Health Check
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Lesson 11.2 — The 3 Plateau Patterns and How to Diagnose Yours
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Lesson 11.3 — The Unsticking Frameworks
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Lesson 11.4 — Your 30-Day Iteration Plan
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MODULE 12: Sustain and Scale — Demo Day and the Next 12 Months
Lesson 12.1 — Design Your Sustainable 5-Hour Week
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Lesson 12.2 — The Exam-Season Pause Protocol
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Lesson 12.3 — The 12-Month Roadmap
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Lesson 12.4 — Build Your Demo Day Presentation
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Lesson 12.5 — Demo Day
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Students take their top 3 ranked paths and score each against their Founder Fit Audit using a provided rubric covering fit with interests, fit with available time, fit with existing skills, market demand, and 12-month growth potential. Action: produce scored rubric and identify the winner.

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