Ship revenue-generating tools in days. Without developers. Cohort 01

Who Cohort 01 is for.

This is for operators in motion. Not for everyone. If you're already running a business and have ideas you can't ship without a developer, this is built for you.

You're a fit if

• You're running an agency, consulting firm, or creator business doing $500k–$3M a year.
• You have clients today and ideas you can't ship without a developer.
• You can carve out 4–6 focused hours a week for 7 weeks.
• You're willing to actually get paid for the tools you build. Money in the door is how you graduate.
• You'd rather ship than keep researching.

This isn't for you yet if

• You're pre-revenue or still hunting for your first client.
• You want a course to watch alone, not a cohort with a graduation bar.
• You're chasing AI hype, motivation, or "passive income."
• You can't commit a few hours a week between now and Cohort 02.
• You'd rather perfect your tool stack than ship anything.

Everything you get in Cohort 01.

Not a course. Not a Slack group. A high-touch 7-week build cohort with personal access to me, your peers, and the rooms that follow.

• Week-2 refund guarantee. Tell me by week 2 it's not fitting. I refund every dollar. No paperwork, no friction. Read the rest of this page knowing your money is safe.
• 7 live cohort workshops. Weekly small-group builds with me. You ship. We unstick. No watching alone. Worth $4,997.
• 1:1 unstuck calls. Three personal calls if you fall behind. We don't lose anyone willing to ship. Worth $2,997.
• Build-calendar templates & starter repos. The lead qualifier, pricing calculator, and dashboard pre-staged so you ship in days, not weeks. Worth $1,497.
• Access to the Austin operator network. Curated intros into the rooms 17 years of trust gets you. The product behind the product. Worth $9,997.
• Amplification when you ship. Ship something real and I share it on my platforms. Buyers find you because I told them to. Priceless.

Total tangible value: $19,488 plus the priceless parts.

What you ship, week by week.

Representative deliverables. Agency market rates. Your signature build is the one you invoice — and it's how you graduate.

• Week 01 — Lead qualifier. Scored intake form that auto-routes hot leads. Every agency's client needs this on day one. Market rate: $5–10k client tool.
• Week 02 — Pricing calculator. Branded quote widget that embeds on client sites. Converts proposals into signed deals, faster. Market rate: $8–15k deliverable.
• Week 03 — Client dashboard. Auto-generated monthly report with the client's metrics. Agency's retainer reason-to-pay. Market rate: $15–25k project.
• Week 07 — Your signature build. A real project for a real client. You scope it, ship it, invoice it, get paid. Money in the account is how you graduate Cohort 01. Get paid.

What these 4 builds would cost without Cohort 01.

Same deliverables. Same outcomes. Without us, here's what your bill looks like and how long you wait for it.

• Hire one developer to build all four. $40,000–$80,000. 3 to 6 months.
• Hire an agency to deliver them. $50,000–$120,000. 2 to 4 months.
• Send your ops person to other AI courses + DIY. $3,000–$8,000. 6 to 12 months, if they finish.
• Cohort 01. You build all four yourself. By application. 7 weeks.

Do the math in your head. Then come back and apply.

Three rules, held by every operator I let in.

Tools, not toys.

Week one you ship something an agency client would actually pay for. A lead qualifier, a pricing calculator, a branded report, a client portal. Real deliverables, not to-do apps.

Two modes.

You learn to ship at two speeds. Fast — client deliverables that go from brief Monday to invoice Friday. Deep — custom apps that justify higher rates and harder-to-replace positioning. The skill is knowing which to reach for, when.

Access is the product.

Ship something real and you get amplified on my platforms, introduced into the right rooms, and invited into the ecosystem 17 years of Austin operators trust. The software is the admission fee. The room is the reward.

The Cohort 01 guarantee.

If it's not working, I refund you. No paperwork. No friction.

Tell me in week 2 that the cohort isn't fitting your business. We either unstick you, or I refund every dollar. I'd rather give the money back than keep it for something that doesn't deliver.

Direct answers. No fluff.

Is this a course?

No. It's a cohort with a graduation bar. You ship or you don't. If you ship, you stay. If you don't ship, you get three calls with me and we figure out what's in the way before the cohort closes.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Zero. The tools we use were built for people who can't code and don't want to learn. You'll be surprised what you can ship by Friday.

What if it's not working for me?

Tell me in week 2. We either unstick you or refund you. I'd rather give your money back than keep it for something that doesn't fit.

When does Cohort 01 start?

Monday, June 8, 2026 at 9 AM Central. We close enrollment June 1 at midnight Central — or when 50 seats fill, whichever comes first. If you're on the waitlist, you'll know within 24 hours of close.

Ready to apply? Tell me about your build.

If you're past "interested" and into "let's go," send me the application. I read every one personally and respond within 24 hours.

A note from David.

No templates. No funnels pretending to be conversations. You reply, I read it. Tell me what you're building — or what you're stuck on — and I'll point you at the right tool, the right room, or the right operator inside the network.

— David

Apply for Cohort 01.

P.S. — if someone forwarded you this page, that person thinks you belong in Cohort 01. I tend to trust people who read carefully and pass things along. Come say hi.