Small Group Membership

Join up to 50 other entrepreneurs to vet and build your startup idea — without having to give up your day job. You’ll gain not just experience with entrepreneurship, but a group of peers and a strong network.

Who it’s for

You want clarity on the idea you’re currently working on in the next 4–7 months so that you can decide if it’s worth going all-in on. You want a system to test your idea, ongoing accountability, and one-on-one coaching with an expert.

You’d like to meet other founders, get access to a vetted roster, and gain access to the Tacklebox Alumni Network.

There’s urgency. You want to start this thing because you think it could be your life’s work.

What you get

The Tacklebox Method

  • 25 hours of self-paced content, templates, and examples

  • The Sunday Member Email + access to the full, indexed archive

  • 50% off all individual workshops

Networking

  • The Member Community on Circle + Virtual Tacklebox Events

  • A vetted roster of freelance designers, developers, copywriters, growth marketers

  • Access to the Tacklebox Alumni Network

Coaching

  • Bi-weekly one-on-ones with an expert coach

Cost

$349

per month

with a 3-month minimum and 8-month maximum

rolling acceptance, 50 member max

  • "The value in validating your startup idea with Tacklebox is worth more than 10X the cost."

    Deepak Chhugani
    Founder of Nuvocargo, a cross-border trade platform

  • "Tacklebox helps create relentless focus on the first principles of building a business the right way."

    Tayler + Rett Carraway
    Founders of Happy Medium, an art company

  • "If you have a startup idea, this should be the step you take before you pay for anything else."

    Koushi Sunder
    Founder of Stemless, a B2B marketing firm

 Trying to figure our which membership is right for you?

Check out a few common FAQs before you make a decision.

  • We’ve had alums use the Tacklebox Method to build everything from a café to a piece of exercise equipment to HR software to a coaching service. Our approach helps you zero in on a customer with an urgent problem you can solve in a differentiated way. This is the foundation for any type of product.

  • Yes. We’ll often have founders that start with the Self-Paced Membership for a few months, then — once they start getting traction — they move to the Small Group Membership to get more coaching and move faster. Any payments for future months will transfer over.

  • We’d recommend you start with the Self-Paced Membership. The first content blocks of the program will help you find ideas you’re uniquely qualified to solve.

  • Either membership can work. It’s usually clear within a few rounds of customer interviews which of your idea will be best to pursue.

  • For the Small Group Membership, we recommend a minimum of 7–10 hours/week. For the Self-Paced Membership, we recommend completing at least 2–3 sessions per week to keep momentum.

  • No. We have members all across the US, and about 15% of our membership is located outside the US.

Idea to Startup

Most of our members start out as podcast listeners. It’s been called “10x more helpful than anything I learned at my MBA,” and “by FAR the best podcast for early-stage entrepreneurs.”

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