No, and don’t wait. About 40% of founders who go through programs like ours are at the idea stage with zero revenue. The Startup Gurukul is built for exactly this moment, before you’ve over-engineered something the market never asked for. The earlier you get rigorous, real-world input, the less you waste.

How to go from an idea to something real, with people who’ve done it watching over your shoulder. Over 4 weeks, you’ll work through the decisions every early-stage founder actually faces: sharpening your problem, validating it with real users, building a first version, finding your distribution edge, and pitching it to people who write cheques. No theory dumped on you. Every session ends with something you’ve built or decided for your own startup.

No equity. ₹1 Lakh per seat for the 30-day cohort. You keep 100% of your cap table. At the idea and early-validation stage, equity is the most precious thing you own. We don’t touch it.

MBAs teach you theory. Online courses teach you frameworks. We put you in the room with founders, CXOs, and VCs who have done the thing, built distribution, raised capital, navigated co-founder conflicts, survived runway crises. Every session is built around a real decision a founder faces. You leave each week with one actionable output, not just notes.

Founders who have built and scaled. CXOs who have managed real P&Ls. Investors who write actual checks. No academics. No “ecosystem enablers.” Speaker sessions are followed by founder circles so the learning goes deeper than a talk. The goal: by day 30, you have 5-7 practitioners who know your specific context, not just their business card.

Yes, if you’re working a full-time job but know you want to build something of your own. The one non-negotiable: you’ve already left the employee mindset behind, even if you haven’t yet left the job. The cohort is in-person and immersive, be honest about the overlap on your strategy ca

We don’t promise funding, and you should distrust any program that does. What we do promise: by day 30, you’ll have a sharper problem statement, early validation signals, and a pitch that’s been stress-tested by operators and investors. The program builds the conditions for funding. The funding is earned by you.

You keep lifetime access to the TSG alumni and founder community, including past mentors and operators for follow-up conversations and co-founder matching. You also leave with real deliverables already in motion, like a GTM draft or a booked call, so the work continues past day 30.

The 2026 cohort is in-person in Gurgaon. Non-negotiable. The conversations after the session, the late-night working sessions with fellow founders, the unplanned collision with a speaker in the hallway, that’s where the real value lives. A screen can deliver information. In-person builds trust. And trust is what founders actually need from each other.

Yes, select founders are eligible for up to 30% off the ₹85,000 fee, based on your stage, background, and commitment to execute. Book a quick call and we’ll tell you exactly where you stand.

You keep lifetime access to the TSG alumni and founder community, including past mentors and operators for follow-up conversations and co-founder matching. You also leave with real deliverables already in motion, like a GTM draft or a booked call, so the work continues past day 30.