Expanding Square One's Footprint: Meet Our 4th Cohort

Square One Startup School was designed to break geographical barriers in the startup world to prove that anyone with an idea can build their startup from anywhere in the world and still have access to a world-class startup network to increase their chances of startup success.  

With the majority of founders in our previous cohorts being based in the South (US) we’re excited to be expanding Square One’s national and international footprint with our 4th Cohort! 

Meet The Founders

(Left to Right)

• Brian Mays // Smile // Los Angeles, CA: Smile uses real time data to create personalized oral care products and education while leveraging teledentistry to make expert advice and services more affordable.   
• Onanma Okeke (Co-Founder) // Lanor // New York, NY: Lanor is a cloud-based inventory and product lifecycle management platform built for retail brands.
• Arnav Bathla // Sqillful // Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Sqillful provides short immersive training and experiential learning for students to get job-ready.
• Abiola Doherty (Co-Founder) // // Los Angeles, CA: Lanor: Lanor is a cloud-based inventory and product lifecycle management platform built for retail brands.
• Dedren Snead // Future Bridge // Atlanta, GA: Future Bridge is a learning management system teaching kids K-12 how to code through gamification and connecting them to careers in tech.  

What’s New?

At Square One, we are constantly iterating on our 10-week program to fit the needs of our community, which is why we divided the program into 3 Tracks to be intentional about the 3 types of founders we serve; Pre-Product, Pre-Revenue, and Pre-Seed. 

We’re allowing founders to choose which area of their business they want to focus on the most over the course of these 10-weeks. Product, Customers, or Investment?

Each founder may have different individual goals but the same objectives: 1) Build a quick & cost-effective MVP to validate your concept 2) Build an email list and monetize your audience 3) Receive your first investment or term sheet by the end of the program. 

Our Growing Community 

We’ve brought on a new batch of coaches and partners including Carta and some individuals at high-performing venture capital and startup legal firms to train and support our 4th Cohort of founders along their startup journey. 

What’s Next?

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