✦ The Curriculum

Flipped from the
ground up.

When we first designed the cohort, the curriculum looked pretty straightforward: Learn skills. Attend workshops. Listen to founders. Join AMAs. Build your network. Collect a certificate.

But the more we thought about it, the more we realized something: Skills are easy to learn. Applying them is hard.

So instead of building a curriculum around learning first and doing later, we flipped the entire model. You build on day one. You learn what you need, exactly when you need to deploy it.

01 — The Three Months
Month 01

Learn Through Solving

Participants won't begin with lectures—they'll begin with problems. Every participant will join a team and work on real challenges within Zuup.

MarketingOperationsPartnershipsProductTechnologyDesignContentGrowth

Skills will be taught when they're needed, not months before they're used.

Goal — Learn by solving.
Month 02

Actualize Empirical Praxis

Once you've developed heuristic competencies, you'll transpose them beyond Zuup. Collaborating with NGOs and community initiatives, cohorts will diagnose systemic friction, synthesize solutions, and execute paradigms.

This isn't performative altruism—it's translating epistemic frameworks into empirical praxis where outcomes hold utility.

Goal — Utilize heuristics to engender systemic efficacy.
Month 03

Build Something That Is Yours

The final month is where everything comes together. No predefined roadmap. No assignments. No simulations. Use everything you've learned to build something from scratch.

StartupProductCommunityCampaignSocial InitiativeTechnology

The only requirement is that it didn't exist before.

Goal — Go from problem-solver to builder.
02 — Support

Moving to the
sidelines.

AMAs, mentorship, and workshops aren't disappearing. They're simply moving from the center of the program to the sidelines.

Because the focus of Zuup is no longer listening to people talk about building. It's building.

Founder AMAs

Unfiltered sessions with successful startup creators.

Mentorship

1-on-1 feedback and advice from active industry builders.

Workshops

Focused skill-building sessions when you need them most.

Community Events

Cohorts of students collaborating and growing together.

Networking

Direct access to ambitious peers and professionals.

Industry Exposure

Deep dives into modern technical and creative setups.

✦ Cohort 01 — Summer

Ready to learn
by building?

Cohort applications are reviewed in limited cycles. We care more about curiosity and initiative than polished resumes.

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