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Coding Dojo co-founder unveils ‘Idea to Launch,’ a 30-day program to help aspiring founders build with AI

GeekWire·Oct 29, 2026 · 10:00 AM CT
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Richard Wang, who co-founded the coding bootcamp Coding Dojo and sold it to Perdoceo for $70 million, is starting Idea to Launch, a 30-day program for aspiring founders.

Across 10 evening sessions, participants get coaching, run customer interviews, build a product with AI tools such as Lovable, Replit and Cursor, and plan a launch. Each founder also gets 10 hours of one-on-one support from professional engineers. Unlike Techstars or Y Combinator, it takes no equity and participants keep their jobs.

Wang says non-technical people can now "vibe-code" 80% to 90% of a product themselves, but need help connecting services, setting up databases and securing the app. Citing outside surveys, the program says 60% of Americans have a business idea but only 9% launch one.

Key points

  • 30 days, 10 evening sessions
  • No equity taken
  • 10 hours of engineer help per founder

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