KinTech™ Founder Series: Build With Me
Build Your MVP in 6 Months
From Idea to Launch: Self-Directed Learning with Live Sessions, Scripts & Community Support for Motivated Founders
Why KinTech™ Founder Series: Build With Me?
A comprehensive, hands-on program designed for aspiring founders who are ready to stop planning and start building.
Build Your MVP
Go from idea to working prototype in 6 months with hands-on sessions and expert guidance.
Validate Your Idea
Learn customer development, market validation, and how to test your assumptions before investing years.
Community Learning
Join a supportive community of founders with 1-2 live sessions monthly and peer support between sessions.
Self-Directed Learning
Production-ready scripts, templates, and a GitHub project with step-by-step issues guide you between live sessions.
Technical Skills
Learn modern development tools, cloud deployment, and how to build scalable applications without a technical co-founder.
Business Fundamentals
Master business entity setup, legal foundations, and the operational essentials of launching a startup.
What Makes Us Different
🏗️ Build-First Approach +
No lectures or pre-recorded videos. Between monthly live sessions, you'll make real progress through self-directed work. You'll write code, design interfaces, talk to customers, and ship features. By the end, you'll have a launched product—not just a slide deck.
👥 Community Learning Model +
Join a small cohort (15-20 founders) with 1-2 live sessions monthly. Between sessions, access production-ready scripts, templates, and a private community for peer support. This creates accountability without requiring constant instructor availability.
⚖️ Technical & Business Balance +
Most programs focus on either technical skills or business strategy. We teach both. Learn modern development, cloud deployment, customer validation, pricing, and go-to-market execution.
✅ Validation Before Building +
We spend the first month validating your idea with real customers before you write code. Build what people actually want, not what you assume they need.
📝 Scripts, Templates & Automation +
Production-ready scripts for VS Code setup, GitHub workflows, and deployment automation. Plus example repositories with structured issues that guide you step-by-step.
Who Is This Program For?
✓ This Program Is Designed For:
- • Aspiring founders who have an idea but don't know where to start
- • Corporate professionals looking to transition into entrepreneurship
- • Technical folks who can code but struggle with product validation and marketing
- • Non-technical founders who want to build their MVP without hiring developers
- • Serial entrepreneurs looking for a structured approach to their next venture
✗ This Program Is NOT For:
- • People looking for a "get rich quick" scheme (building takes work)
- • Those who aren't willing to commit 10-15 hours per week
- • Founders who already have a fully-built, launched product
About KinTech™ Founder Series: Build With Me
KinTech™ Founder Series: Build With Me bridges the gap between wanting to start and actually launching. Too many founders get paralyzed by perfectionism and never ship.
Our philosophy: the best way to learn is by building. Over 6 months, go from idea to launched product with structured curriculum, hands-on support, and community.
Part of the KinTech™ family, dedicated to creating pathways for meaningful careers and businesses. Whether you're pivoting from corporate, seeking your next chapter, or ready to pursue that startup idea—we're here.
Led by Shanell Guardo, founder of KinTech™, LLC. With 15+ years leading technical program management and platform transformation across DoD, federal healthcare, fintech, and cloud providers, she knows what it takes to ship at scale.
But this isn't about enterprise scale—it's about building smart as a solo founder. Shanell is currently building GetWorkKin™, a workforce platform removing barriers to second-chance employment. She's navigating the same decisions you will: tech stacks, deployments, accessibility, cloud costs, shipping features.
"Systems create equity. Fix the system, change the outcomes." That's why KinTech™ builds technology that removes barriers—and why Founder Series exists: to teach you how to build systems that create opportunity.
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