Build it from the beginning

Help launch the first Founder Builder cohort.

OMS2 is assembling the founders, mentors, instructors, partners and funding a first free cohort needs. Every one of those is still being recruited.

Founders

Join the interest list to hear when applications open. This is not an application, and applications are not open.

Join the Founder Interest List

Mentors & volunteers

Mentor founders, teach a session, contribute curriculum or help run the program.

Mentor or Volunteer

Partners

Sponsor a cohort, provide space or software, supply instructors or refer founders.

Become a Partner

Donors

Fund curriculum, instructors, software, participant support, venue and evaluation costs.

Support the Pilot

Volunteer and mentor roles

Practical experience becomes practical access.

These are volunteer roles, not employment. Specific schedules, safeguards and expectations are confirmed with each person before a cohort runs.

Mentor or Volunteer

Startup mentors
Advise founders on problem selection, customers, pricing and execution.
Software and AI mentors
Help founders use AI tools, AI-assisted coding and no-code platforms.
Instructors
Teach a curriculum area to a cohort of beginner founders.
Workshop facilitators
Run guided build sessions and keep founders moving week to week.
Curriculum contributors
Help write, review and improve program materials.
Legal and accounting volunteers
Support OMS2 organizational readiness. This is not advice to participants.
Marketing mentors
Coach founders on messaging, channels and early customer acquisition.
Operations volunteers
Support scheduling, communications, logistics and program administration.
Event volunteers
Help produce workshops and the founder showcase.
Corporate partners
Organize employee mentors or a team contribution to a cohort.

Organizations

Help create the operating foundation.

Partners can contribute funding, space, software, services, instructors, mentors or founder referrals. No partnership is claimed publicly until it is confirmed and documented, and OMS2 displays no partner logos today.

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Ways to partner

Provide mentors
Offer experienced people for office hours and cohort mentorship.
Sponsor a cohort
Fund the delivery of a Founder Builder cohort or a major program component.
Provide software credits
Give participating founders access to AI, development or business tools.
Provide meeting space
Host workshops, build sessions or the showcase in donated or discounted space.
Provide instructors
Contribute teaching capacity in a curriculum area.
Refer founders
Connect your community, members or clients to the founder interest list.
Provide startup services
Offer professional services that help early founders operate responsibly.
Support the founder showcase
Help produce, host or sponsor the closing demo event.
Provide grants or philanthropic support
Fund pilot delivery, evaluation and founder access.

Organizations we are looking to work with include universities, community colleges, workforce organizations, libraries, entrepreneurship organizations, technology companies, local companies, chambers of commerce, community organizations, philanthropic foundations, corporate sponsors, mentors, startup service providers.