Founding cohort · ten seats
The Founding Ten
Our first ten clients get founding pricing — roughly half the standard rates — in exchange for something we need more than fees right now: proof. Real engagements, real numbers, published.
The deal, stated plainly
A new firm asking for trust needs evidence. We'd rather buy that evidence with discounts than manufacture it with fake testimonials — an approach that is illegal, common in this space, and the exact thing our Academy teaches people to spot. So: ten founding clients receive the pricing below, and in exchange their engagement becomes a case study with real figures — what was spent, what happened, how long it took, including whatever didn't go to plan.
Founding pricing
Ten seats, then never again
| Engagement | Standard | Founding Ten |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation (LLC + EIN + ITIN + US bank + credit initiation) | $3,500 | $1,995 |
| Credit Engine (12–18 month milestone program) | $7,500 | $3,995 |
| Acquisition mandate (retainer; success fee unchanged at 5%) | $15,000 | $7,500 |
| Scale retainer (monthly, 6-month minimum) | $3,500/mo | $1,995/mo |
Founding pricing applies to the first engagement of each type per client. Acquisition success fee is fixed at 5% for founding clients regardless of deal size ($25,000 minimum unchanged). All standard terms — written agreement, risk disclosure, refund terms — apply identically.
Eligibility
The discount is significant, so the bar is real. To take one of the ten seats you need:
- A valid passport and a verifiable source of funds (KYC onboarding is mandatory for every client).
- Either an operating business today, or an acquisition budget of $100,000 or more.
- Willingness to appear in a numbers-public case study — your results, good and bad, published with real figures.
- Two short video interviews during the engagement, and one honest third-party review at the end.