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Your Next Chapter After Corporate.

We help validate your idea without quitting your job or risking your income.

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Free 30-minute call. No commitment.

Three phases.
From idea to first customer.

Phase 1

Full market research on your business idea.

We dig into your market, analyse the competition, and craft a compelling offer so you know exactly where you stand before building anything.

  • In-depth competitive analysis of your market
  • A compelling offer built around your strengths
  • Clear validation of your market fit
Your Shortlist
1Market-validated idea
2Competitive advantage map
3Go/no-go recommendation
3

ideas ranked by viability

Phase 2

We build your Proof of Concept.

We build a high-converting landing page, launch your first ad campaign, and put your idea in front of real potential customers before you’ve committed to anything.

  • A professional landing page built and live
  • Ad creatives designed and campaigns launched
  • Real market signals from real people
Proof of Concept
Go.

Real landing page. Real ads.
Real market signals.

Live
Landing page
Tested
Ad campaigns
Phase 3

Real customers. Real proof.

We refine what’s working, switch from waitlist to direct booking, and get real paying customers into your calendar.

  • Landing page refined and optimised for conversion
  • Ad campaigns switched from waitlist to direct booking
  • First paying customers in your calendar
The Outcome
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First paying customers
in your calendar.

Still reading? That's the signal. Most people stop here and wonder “what if” for another year.

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We didn't build this in theory.
We lived it.

After 9 years in corporate, scaling a cybersecurity business across EMEA and Australia, I walked away from a VP offer to bet on myself. Not because corporate was bad. Because I'd already proven something better was possible.

Since then we've built and tested more business ideas than we can count. Some failed fast. Some grew fast. What we kept was the framework that consistently worked.

The same framework that now runs Australia's fastest growing surf community, turned a consultant into a yoga teacher, and helped a tech sales manager open his own restaurant.

Build it, test it, get customers.

Miguel Pieters, founder of Escaped the Rat

I resigned first and figured it out after. This program is everything I wish I'd had a year ago.

@escapedtherat
Only 5 spots available per month

Your idea won't build itself.

You don't need a fully formed idea. Just the conviction that corporate isn't the end goal. We'll figure out the rest together.

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