A community of builders.

Develop an idea, meet a co-founder, join a team.

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Explore Building A Startup At Your Own Pace

Frequency is a flexible program designed to help you explore launching a startup — on your terms.

Whether you’re considering whether launching a startup is right for you, have just started building, or have been actively building a new company, we welcome a diverse community of founders.

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Free to join

Virtual program

One week

5 - 10 flexible hours

Access to experts

A lifelong founder community

Core Sessions

On-demand virtual content. Follow the schedule or tune in on your own timeline.
Day 0:

Virtual On-Boarding

Required
Monday:

Co-Founder Considerations

Tuesday:

Idea Validation & Customer Discovery

Wednesday:

Business Models & Markets

Thursday:

Navigating VC & Fundraising

Friday:

Crafting a Compelling Story

Program Roadmap

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Core Sessions

Recorded sessions covering the fundamentals of finding a co-founder, validating your idea, developing a business model, and raising capital.

(90 minutes | encouraged)

Office Hours

1:1 virtual sessions with investors, founders and senior leaders designed to help you answer questions about whether and how to start building.

(20-30 minutes | optional)

Founder Talks

Live virtual and recorded talks from experienced founders. Learn about the journey ahead from someone who has been there and done it before.

(60 minutes | optional)

Founder Community

Join a community of future founders that will endure for life. Start to build relationships during the on-boarding session, then stay connected on Slack and through virtual working groups.

Office Hours

Frequency is a joint venture hosted by Pillar VC and Petri. We back seed-stage founders, and have decades of experience building consumer and enterprise companies worth billions in SaaS, healthcare, robotics, logistics, fintech and bio.

Tony

Tony Kulesa

Co-Founder, petri
jaye

Jaye Goldstein

Facilitator

Founder Talks &
Office Hours

Frequency includes both live Founder Talks and recorded sessions. Our 2021 speakers announced soon. Our line-up from winter below.

Where Our Community
Members Work & Learn

Frequency is designed for

University faculty & graduate students

Who are interested in building:

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Questions?

Reach out to contact@pillar.vc.

Apply to win $1M or $250K for your startup or idea. Open to students, faculty, and alumni of Harvard.

Deadline: March 22nd