Our program is tailored for experts, thought leaders, and consultants ready to evolve into product-driven founders. It's more than scaling; it's about crystallizing your core purpose into a venture that harmoniously blends income, freedom, and impact.

Leverage our teams two decades of experience, proven by successful leadership roles in eight-figure ARR companies. We've honed a unique approach, grounded in venture design, that prioritizes the right start and smart scale, focusing on what truly matters.

Does this sound like you?

Relevant Expertise

Do you have a track record of driving outcomes in your space, demonstrating both commitment and expertise?

Driven by Purpose

Is your pursuit of this venture driven by a personal mission or calling beyond financial success?

Scalability Intent

Are you committed to scaling your venture and prepared to adopt strategies for significant expansion?

Strategic Focus

Do you need assistance in prioritizing numerous innovative ideas to maintain a clear strategic focus?

Program Outcomes

Through our program, you'll craft a unique Venture Blueprint—a strategic master plan built to illuminate your path, ensuring each step aligns with your ultimate goals. This blueprint is your streamlined route to success, cutting through the clutter to focus on what truly drives your venture forward.

Clear Direction

Establish your venture's central mission and vision, creating a focused trajectory for success.

Strong Messaging

Develop a memorable brand narrative that resonates and endures in your audience's minds.

User Understanding

Delve into your users' desires and needs, shaping your venture to meet and exceed their expectations.

Product Strategy

Design an intelligent MVP and set insightful long-term product objectives.

Market Validation

Confirm your venture's potential through real-world feedback and user research, ensuring it meets market demands.

Engaged Leads

Cultivate a community of interested prospects through effective concept testing, building a solid base for future conversions.

8 Week Action Plan

Carry on with your entrepreneurial mission with a customized action plan built with you to identify your key goals, and actionable next steps

Better ROI

Get more out of your investments of money, time, and people.

Smart Growth

Expand your business without overreaching. Keep profits steady.

Market Resilience

Adapt to changes without losing your footing.

Team Harmony

Maintain a united, productive, and satisfied team.

"I’ve had a wonderful experience working with Modern Mantra. The team of highly skilled individuals shine in their strategic, creative, and technical product work."

Heather

Co-Founder, CPO, Literacy Solutions Organization

"They are a deeply personal and human vector for abstruse and technical concepts. Web3, crypto, design and dev."

Jolyon

Co-Founder, CEO at Digital Media Agency

"Modern Mantra have a sophisticated, experienced lens on product that I found to be incredibly helpful. They named all of the holes in our plan and process and gave us plenty of implementable guidance."

Kate

Co-Founder, CEO, DEI Tech Startup

“Modern Mantra did a great job walking founders through an exercise where they could get their hands and heads around LLMs and how they might alter their products, internal work processes and the way they business”

Jason

Co-founder, CDO at B2B SaaS Startup

“Eli is one of those people who asks the right questions so you reach your best conclusions. In less than an hour, he deconstructed complex situations and brought new ideas to life. I left the meeting energized to do more and with action items to carry on and improve my work.”

Juliette

Co-Founder, Crypto Startups

Program Curriculum

The Journey Ahead

Clarify

Week 1: Laying the Groundwork

Dive into a comprehensive audit of your business, market, and customer base.
Set immediate and long-term objectives, giving your venture a clear direction.
Unearth and articulate your venture's core purpose that will drive every decision.
Strategically organize leads to prepare for concept testing.

Week 2: Tackling the Core Challenge

Identify and articulate your venture's central design challenge.
Brainstorm feasible solutions and prioritize them, setting the stage for innovation.

Construct

Week 3: Building Your Hypothesis

Transform insights into a testable concept, ready for real-world validation.
Transform insights into a testable concept, ready for real-world validation.

Test

Week 4: Real-World Validation

Directly engage with potential customers, using their feedback to validate or pivot your business hypothesis.

Refine

Week 5: Focusing on What Matters

Analyze customer feedback, highlighting critical insights.
Prioritize product features based on real-world data, focusing on what’s essential.

Week 6: Polishing Your Approach

Analyze customer feedback, highlighting critical insights.
Prioritize product features based on real-world data, focusing on what’s essential.

Activate

Weeks 7 & 8: Guided Launch Preparation

Benefit from personalized coaching sessions, tailored to your venture's unique needs.
Review and refine all aspects of your plan, ensuring you’re launch-ready.
Co-create your 8-week action plan hand-in-hand with your accelerator caches

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What to expect

Embarking on this program, you're signing up for:

Practical Learning Experience

Immerse yourself in hands-on e-learning modules and interactive live workshops, gaining actionable insights that directly apply to fortifying your business foundation.

Direct Access to Experts

No beating around the bush — you get straight answers and personalized guidance from industry veterans during live sessions and dedicated weekly Q&As, ensuring you're supported every step of the way.

Collaborative Work Dynamics

This isn't a solo journey. You'll be in constant collaboration with our experienced team, leveraging collective wisdom to achieve tangible milestones throughout your 8-week journey.

Each element is structured to ensure you're not just a spectator but an active participant in steering your venture's trajectory.

What to expect

Embarking on this program, you're signing up for:

Practical Learning Experience

Immerse yourself in hands-on e-learning modules and interactive live workshops, gaining actionable insights that directly apply to fortifying your business foundation.

Direct Access to Experts

Collaborative Work Dynamics

This isn't a solo journey. You'll be in constant collaboration with our experienced team, leveraging collective wisdom to achieve tangible milestones throughout your 8-week journey.

Each element is structured to ensure you're not just a spectator but an active participant in steering your venture's trajectory.

What is Venture Design?

Venture Design is the strategic fusion of design thinking and business execution, tailored to craft products that genuinely fulfill market demands. It's a philosophy where design infiltrates every facet of your business, from structural architecture to business strategies, ensuring agility and precision in decision-making.

This approach interweaves business acumen, technological insights, and creative design, aligning your venture's objectives with tangible profitability. It's the art of strategic choices, guaranteeing each element of your venture contributes to overall success.

Join us in creating technology to elevate minds, bodies, and souls.

Introduce yourself and we'll set up a call to meet you. If we think you’re a good fit, we’ll give you first access to exciting projects as they come available.

Introduce yourself →

CTO & AI Visionary

Nick Sarafa

I’m a creative technologist exploring the relationship between art, spirituality, and technology. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era where these three fields will converge and create powerful possibilities for humanity, with AI at the forefront.

CTO & AI Visionary

George Whitelaw

I am passionate about harnessing the boundless potential of the Internet as an extension of human cognition, utilising AI to transform our thoughts into tangible, life-enhancing experiences. With over a decade of industry experience, I have been at the forefront of AI-driven image recognition and discovery, pioneering techniques that underpin the technology of industry giants such as Facebook, Amazon, and Google.

cpo & venture designer

Elijah Johnston

I derive my inspiration from Earth's intricate interconnectedness. My biggest strength is converting data into insight, and insight into innovation. I believe we are entering an entirely new paradigm of human creativity and interaction, driven by technological platform shifts.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much time do I need to allocate to attend AI for Founders Masterclass?

We recommend you allocate 10-15 hours per week. Some weeks are more labor intensive than others, and time invested will vary depending on your venture building skill level, as well as, the business venture you choose to pursue.

Do I need any prior experience to join this course?

While prior experience in your domain is helpful, it is not required to join the program. The course is designed to accommodate participants with varying levels of expertise in entrepreneurship and emerging technologies.

Is there any support available if I have questions or need help during the course?

Yes, there is a dedicated Q&A and discussion section inside your dashboard. Members of the teaching team will be happy to answer your questions during the program. Additionally, you can connect with the Modern Mantra team and fellow participants via the exclusive community space for discussion outside of program hours and after the program has finished.

Who is Modern Mantra?

Modern Mantra is a venture design studio co-run by Nick Sarafa and Elijah Johnston. With decades of experience across product, design, and engineering leadership, our expertise lies in helping non-technical, early-stage founders to build and ship their first product.

Productize Your Purpose

An 8-Week Digital Venture Design Program by Modern Mantra

Productize Your Purpose

Our program is tailored for experts, thought leaders, and consultants ready to evolve into product-driven founders. It's more than scaling; it's about crystallizing your core purpose into a venture that harmoniously blends income, freedom, and impact.

Leverage our teams two decades of experience, proven by successful leadership roles in eight-figure ARR companies. We've honed a unique approach, grounded in venture design, that prioritizes the right start and smart scale, focusing on what truly matters.

Does this sound like you?

Does this sound like you?

Relevant Expertise

Driven by Purpose

Scalability Intent

Strategic Focus

Program Outcomes

What You’ll Achieve

Clear Direction

Strong Messaging

User Understanding

Product Strategy

Market Validation

Engaged Leads

8 Week Action Plan

The Real Difference

Better ROI

Smart Growth

Market Resilience

Team Harmony

The Journey Ahead

Week 1: Laying the Groundwork

Week 2: Tackling the Core Challenge

Week 3: Building Your Hypothesis

Week 4: Real-World Validation

Week 5: Focusing on What Matters

Week 6: Polishing Your Approach

Weeks 7 & 8: Guided Launch Preparation

What to expect

Embarking on this program, you're signing up for:

Practical Learning Experience

Direct Access to Experts

Collaborative Work Dynamics

What to expect

Embarking on this program, you're signing up for:

Practical Learning Experience

Direct Access to Experts

Collaborative Work Dynamics

What is Venture Design?

Join us in creating technology to elevate minds, bodies, and souls.

Nick Sarafa

George Whitelaw

Elijah Johnston

Frequently Asked Questions

How much time do I need to allocate to attend AI for Founders Masterclass?

Do I need any prior experience to join this course?

Is there any support available if I have questions or need help during the course?

Who is Modern Mantra?

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