What You'll Learn
This program teaches you both the technical and business skills needed to build, validate, and launch your MVP. You'll leave with a working product and the knowledge to grow it.
Technical Skills
- Modern web development (frontend and backend)
- Database design and management
- Cloud deployment and DevOps basics
- User authentication and security
- API design and integration
- Testing and debugging strategies
Product & Business Skills
- Customer discovery and validation
- Product design and user experience
- MVP scoping and prioritization
- Pricing strategy and revenue models
- Go-to-market planning and execution
- Business entity setup and legal foundations
- Analytics and measuring success
Founder Mindset & Operations
- Time management and productivity
- Dealing with uncertainty and setbacks
- Iterating based on customer feedback
- Building in public and community engagement
- Legal basics (terms, privacy, business structure)
Month-by-Month Breakdown
Each phase builds on the last, taking you from initial idea validation through to a launched, revenue-generating product.
Validate Your Idea & Set Up for Success
Before writing a single line of code, we validate your idea with real customers and establish your business foundation.
- Business formation (LLC, EIN) and legal structure
- Customer discovery interviews & problem validation
- Creating interview guides and outreach scripts
- Competitive analysis and market research
- Creating user personas and journey maps
- Setting measurable success metrics and KPIs
- Domain purchase & professional email setup
- Tool selection: GitHub, IDE, collaboration tools
- Writing your Product Requirements Document (PRD)
- Defining accessibility & inclusion requirements
Design Your Product & Choose Your Tech Stack
Design your user experience and make informed decisions about your technology choices and infrastructure.
- Wireframing and prototyping your MVP
- Defining your MVP scope and core features
- Cloud platform selection (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
- Multi-environment strategy (DEV/Staging/PROD)
- Choosing the right tech stack for your product type
- Development environment setup & extensions
- Repository structure & version control workflow
- Security requirements & data protection planning
- Understanding licensing & subscription costs
- Database design and system architecture
Build Your Product Hands-On
Build your MVP with guided sessions on making solution architecture decisions and implementing features.
- Data collection strategy (forms, APIs, custom inputs)
- User intake flow design & implementation
- Workflow automation (low-code vs custom code)
- Database implementation & data modeling
- Landing page with email capture
- CI/CD pipeline setup (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
- Authentication & authorization implementation
- Multi-environment deployment strategy
Polish Your Product & Prepare for Launch
Ensure your MVP meets professional quality standards and prepare your go-to-market strategy.
- Creating comprehensive test checklists
- Functional, integration, and regression testing
- Accessibility testing (WCAG 2.1 AA compliance)
- Cross-browser & mobile device testing
- Security hardening & penetration testing basics
- Performance optimization & load testing
- Pricing strategy and revenue models
- Creating your landing page and marketing materials
- Email marketing and early user outreach
- Beta testing with real users
- Terms of Service & Privacy Policy creation
Go Live & Grow Your User Base
Launch your product to production, get your first customers, and learn to iterate based on real user feedback.
- Public launch strategy and execution
- Production deployment & smoke testing
- Monitoring, logging & alerting setup
- Customer onboarding and support systems
- Analytics implementation & measuring user behavior
- Support processes & incident response planning
- Pilot user feedback collection & iteration
- Post-launch optimization & scaling strategies
- Next steps: growth, sustainability, or scaling
Program Format & Time Commitment
Monthly Program Structure
- 1-2 live group sessions per month (90 minutes each) – scheduled in advance
- Self-directed work between sessions (10-15 hours/week) – guided by scripts, templates, and example repos
- Community support via private forum – async peer-to-peer help and collaboration
- Live Q&A during sessions – bring your questions and blockers to each session
Total time commitment: 10-15 hours per week for 6 months (self-paced between sessions)
What You Get
- 12 live group sessions (1-2 per month) with recordings
- Production-ready scripts and automation templates
- Baseline GitHub project with step-by-step issues to guide your build
- Private community access (Discord or Slack)
- Live Q&A during sessions
- All course materials and resources (yours forever)
- Launch checklist and post-program guidance
Tech Stack
We teach modern, industry-standard tools that are beginner-friendly and scalable. The curriculum covers:
- Frontend: HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- Hosting: Azure Static Web Apps
- Version Control: GitHub (version control and CI/CD)
- Backend: Azure Functions (serverless)
- Database: Azure Cosmos DB or Azure SQL
- Development Environment: VS Code with GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted coding
- Automation: GitHub Actions workflows and deployment automation
These tools are what's actually being used to build GetWorkKin, so you're learning from real-world implementation.
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