Founder Labs
Two-hour sessions with your small cohort, built around the decisions your venture needs next.
Founding cohort · January–March 2027
Your idea.
Your next 90 days.
A 12-week accelerator that combines guided business education, practical support and community to help you turn a starting idea into a business or project that’s live and operating.
With faith at the center, I’ll guide you from thinking about it to building it.
Apply for the founding cohortA small, intimate cohort · $1,200 USD
Build with faith, thoughtful guidance and a community beside you.
0→1
An idea you care about.
A community to help you begin.
Who it’s for
What has God
called you to build?
You don’t need a fully formed idea to begin. Bring a problem you want to solve, something you feel called to create, or a business you’re ready to start.
I’ll guide you through refining your idea, understanding your customers, shaping your offer, building your first version and bringing it into the world.
Bring a starting idea, openness to faith-based principles and a willingness to do the work.
The experience
Structure to move.
Support to keep going.
You’ll learn, try things out and return every two weeks to share your progress and work through what comes next.
Group office hours
90-minute sessions to work through questions, obstacles and lessons from execution.
Days of community
Peer accountability, structured feedback, templates, recordings and practical resources.
21 hours of potential live access. Office hours may be shared with a second cohort. Private coaching and unlimited direct messaging are not included.
What you’ll work through
Six Labs. From idea to launch.
Each Lab moves you toward a working business or project: a clear offer, a first version launched at a realistic scope, a way to reach customers and the foundations to keep operating beyond these 90 days.
01Clarity & venture thesis
Together, we’ll clarify what you’re building, who it serves and the problem it solves. You’ll leave with a focused venture thesis that connects your idea, strengths and convictions to a practical starting point.
Faith themes: Calling · ambition · stewardship
02Customer discovery & validation
We’ll prepare customer conversations and simple experiments to test whether your idea meets a real need. You’ll use what you learn to sharpen your direction and decide what’s worth building.
Faith themes: Humility · truth · discernment
03Offer, business model & MVP
We’ll shape your offer, pricing and business model, then define a first version you can realistically build. You’ll begin creating it with practical tools, including AI where useful, so you have something concrete to put in front of customers.
Faith themes: Excellence · simplicity · resources
04Go-to-market & first customers
We’ll work on how you explain your offer, where to reach potential customers and how to invite them to take action. You’ll leave with a focused plan for outreach, sales or partnerships—and begin putting it into practice.
Faith themes: Courage · visibility · integrity
05Money, iteration & decisions
We’ll examine your costs, revenue potential and funding options alongside what you’re learning from customers. You’ll identify what needs to change and make informed decisions about how to sustain the business as it begins operating.
Faith themes: Provision · perseverance · attachment
06Launch & your next 90 days
We’ll bring your first version into the world, share what you’ve built and review what you’ve learned. You’ll leave with a launch at a realistic scope and a clear plan for the next 90 days of operating and improving it.
Faith themes: Faithfulness · sustainable ambition
Meet your guide
Oladoyin Oladapo
Founder of Founding Faith · Entrepreneur · Stanford MBA
I’m a technology founder, entrepreneur and Stanford MBA with more than a decade of experience building products and advising founders across validation, strategy, fundraising, go-to-market and AI.
Through it all, I’ve kept asking what it means to build faithfully, with God at the center. Founding Faith exists to help builders pursue meaningful work without leaving God behind.
My approach sits at the intersection of faith and strategy: asking the right questions, discerning wisely and turning conviction into courageous, practical action.
A deliberate investment
A place to build.
A commitment to grow.
The founding cohort runs for 12 weeks, approximately January–March 2027. Exact dates and live-session times will be confirmed before enrollment.
Share your availability and realistic weekly commitment in the application.
Founding cohort
$1,200 USD
Full program investment
Proposed installment option:
3 payments of $425 USD
$1,275 total · subject to confirmation
No payment is collected when you apply. Accepted applicants receive the schedule, enrollment terms, cancellation and refund arrangements before paying.
Scholarship consideration
At least one scholarship place is planned. Indicate interest if cost would be a barrier. Award details will be confirmed before offers; consideration does not guarantee an award.
Before you apply.
How many people will be in the cohort?
I’m aiming for 12–15 participants. The final size will reflect the applicants whose ideas, readiness and availability are a good fit, while keeping the experience intimate and personal.
Do I need a finished business?
No. Bring a starting idea or a problem you want to solve. I’ll guide you through shaping it, building a practical first version and launching. You do not need an existing product or paying customers.
Can I participate while employed full-time?
Yes, provided you can attend the agreed live sessions and protect time for practical work between them. Include your realistic availability in your application.
How is faith integrated?
I bring stewardship, humility, discernment, courage and integrity into the practical work of building a business. The investment pays for curriculum, entrepreneurial expertise, coaching, feedback and program delivery. There are no promises of divine direction or business success.
What happens after I apply?
I review your application for fit and readiness. Selected applicants receive an acceptance message with the confirmed calendar, payment instructions, enrollment terms and a deadline. Your seat is confirmed after payment or an agreed first installment.
Is one-to-one coaching included?
No. The core experience includes cohort Labs, group office hours and structured feedback. A separate private strategy intensive may be offered.
Are scholarships available?
At least one scholarship place is planned, subject to the defined budget and eligibility process. Indicate interest in the application; it does not guarantee an award.
Will sessions be recorded?
Recordings and resources are included. Recording arrangements will be explained before enrollment so participants understand how their contributions are handled.
Your first step
Tell us about your idea.
Apply for the founding cohort. I review fit, readiness and availability. Applying is free and creates no payment obligation.
Application privacy notice
Founding Faith, led by Oladoyin Oladapo, uses your name, contact details and application responses to assess your application, plan the cohort and communicate about admissions. Please do not include sensitive personal information or confidential business material. Application details are stored with our website hosting provider and are not displayed publicly. Access is limited to those administering admissions. Unsuccessful applications will be retained for up to 12 months after the admissions cycle, then deleted unless a longer retention is required. Enrollment records are handled separately if you join.
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