Startup School for Women | Free to Start | Even Founders
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‘I have no idea where to start.’

We've heard this from over 300 women. So we built a high-energy community ecosystem designed to surround you with the exact operators, frameworks, and peers needed to turn hesitation into true forward momentum.

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Join 350+ founders & 30+ expert advisors guiding your path
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350+
women have done it
100%
would recommend it
4.6/5
average satisfaction
+66%
increase in knowledge
How We Build Together

From a spark of an idea to your first real momentum.

Stride You Are Here

Startup School

Phase I: From Pre-Idea to First Prototype

01 / Finding the Right Idea

Figure out what problem you actually want to solve, who you're solving it for, and why you are the right team to do it.

02 / Building the Initial Prototype

Strip away unnecessary fluff. Build the simplest working version so you can test your idea in weeks—not months.

03 / Proving Real Demand

Talk to real people, gather honest feedback, and make sure people actually want what you're building before you scale up.

Next Step

Launch School

Phase II: From Prototype to Your First Customers

04 / Reaching Your First Audience

Figure out where your early users hang out online and in real life, and test the best ways to reach them directly.

05 / Landing Your First 10 Customers

Get your product into hands, refine the experience based on raw feedback, and turn early users into passionate fans.

06 / Getting Ready to Raise or Scale

Organize your numbers, sharpen your story, and get introduced to angels and VCs who care about your mission.

Requires Phase I or a validated prototype →
The 12-Week Trajectory

What changes in your life.

The Startup School is not a series of passive lectures. It is an intentional crossroad that entirely restructures how you view your potential, your work, and your network.

Staring at blank loops Holding the roadmap

From overthinking to active execution

Instead of spending months wondering if your idea is safe or viable, you step out with concrete validation frameworks. You go from guessing what your audience needs to confidently navigating MVPs, early pricing models, and genuine market traction.

Building isolated Backed by an ecosystem

From navigating solo to a lifelong inner circle

Entrepreneurship can feel incredibly isolating on your own. In 12 weeks, you weave directly into a powerhouse collective. You gain immediate advisory relationships with 60+ top operators and a cohort of women backing your trajectory for life.

Rolling admissions are open

Apply today to reserve your seat for our next live cohort kicking off October 12th, or test your idea anytime in the Discovery Track.

12 founder applications received this week
Capped at 10 Seats

Full Package

High-touch mentorship, dedicated advisors, and direct 1:1 guidance.

2,999 DKK
10-Week Cohort • Excl. VAT Or 3 monthly installments of 1,000 DKK
  • Everything in the Cohort Track
  • Instant Early Access Toolkit & 1:1 prep call
  • Dedicated bi-weekly 1:1 mentoring sessions
  • Direct matchmaking with specialized advisors
  • Extended resource library and content access
Claim 1 of 10 Seats →
Start Anytime

Discovery Track

Test your idea, get instant feedback, and unlock your roadmap to launch.

Free
Open Entry • No Credit Card
  • Self-paced idea evaluation exercises
  • 20-min 1:1 call with Ana (unlocked upon submission)
  • Direct feedback on single or multiple ideas
  • Complete Startup School execution framework
🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇮 Regional Financial Support & Safety Nets:

You may be eligible for public innovation grants, union education funds, or startup leave rights.

Explore Nordic Funding Guide →
Real Feedback

Pragmatic guidance without the startup fluff.

"Ana provides down-to-earth, actionable advice. Her experience is invaluable for founders who are only beginning their business journey."

Gena Science Startups

"Fantastisk, energisk og positiv præsentation! Hun er utroligt vidende og har en smittende energi. Jeg er på rette vej efter denne workshop — alt er muligt!"

Stella IDA Workshop

"Ana provided invaluable guidance on structuring a pilot agreement with a commercial partner. Her strategic support has been instrumental in moving us forward with confidence."

Commercial Founder 1:1 Mentorship

"Ana makes you feel comfortable to share your struggles and brings you back down to earth when your head is up in stormy clouds."

Startup Founder Discovery Session
💬 "Direct and to the point, thank you!" — Workshop Attendee
👀 "Fruitful to get investor eyes on our deck material." — Pitch Participant
Your Starting Point

You don't need a full business plan to start.

Most of our founders join before they feel "ready." Wherever you are right now, there’s a clear seat for you here.

Still Employed

"I’m working full-time and exploring an idea on the side."

Build your foundation step-by-step without quitting your day job until you have real validation and confidence.

Spotted a Problem

"I see a huge issue in my industry, but no clear solution yet."

Turn raw industry frustration into a sharp problem statement and find the exact target group who needs it solved.

Multiple Ideas

"I have five different ideas and don't know which one to pick."

Use quick testing frameworks to pressure-test your concepts and narrow down the single opportunity worth building.

In Transition

"I’m ready for my next chapter, but I need direction."

Surround yourself with an ambitious peer circle, uncover your strengths, and find a founder journey that fits you.

Program Criteria

Who Startup School is built for.

Delivered entirely in English. All applicants go through a brief baseline review.
01 / CONCEPT TYPE

Fresh, New Ideas

Whether digital or physical, your concept should bring a fresh product or platform approach to market.

*Note: Coaching, freelancing, agencies, or local service shops are not a fit.
02 / GROWTH POTENTIAL

Scalable Architecture

Your idea must have the leverage to expand beyond your local market and serve 10 or 10,000 customers without proportional cost inflation.

03 / GEOGRAPHY

Nordic-Based

You are based in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, or Iceland to benefit directly from our regional investor network and in-person ecosystem events.

Real Trajectories

What our founders have built.

Cansu Akarsu
Cohort 3 Outcomes — Exited in 10 Months
"Startup School gave me the tools and mindset to become an entrepreneur while balancing a high-paced full-time job. It challenged me to pivot my original idea and stay focused on what mattered most: solving real customer problems and gaining traction early, moving me from idea to revenue in just 10 days. That journey led to building, growing, and exiting my first venture within 10 months. None of this would have been possible without the incredible mentors, advisors, and community that supported me along the way."
Cansu Akarsu, Muntlig AI
Augusta Klingsten Peytz
Funded Highlights — Raised Over €1M
"Being surrounded by a cohort of peers facing the exact same scaling and fundraising hurdles completely shifted my perspective on what was possible for our business trajectory."
Augusta Klingsten Peytz, Aisel Health
Chloe Atwood
Community Incubator — Secured DKK 440K
"Being based at the House kept me close to the wider Even Founders community. Their team is always on hand with sharp market expertise and vital investor connections."
Chloe Atwood, Rebel Move
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Program Experience

What they say about it.

✨ Velocity Win

"Startup School gave me the tools and mindset to become an entrepreneur while balancing a full-time job. It moved me from idea to revenue in just 10 days."

Cansu Akarsu

Founder, Muntlig AI
🚀 12
🔥 Pure Empowerment

"Community and being surrounded by like-minded people. It is really empowering and motivating. Makes me work 1000x harder."

Cohort Participant

Spring 2025 Cohort
❤️ 18
🎯 Framework Impact

"The tools for validating ideas had the biggest impact. I now feel equipped to validate any product or business idea I might have in the future."

Alumni Graduate

Fall 2023 Cohort
💯 14
⚡ Network Scaling

"Absolutely the best accelerator framework from what I have experienced. They know exactly what they teach and they do it exceptionally well."

Alumni Graduate

Continuous Scale Track
🙌 9
Program Structure

The 12-week blueprint

12 weeks. 4 phases. From an initial spark to a validated prototype.

01

Finding the Right Idea

Uncover real problems worth solving and align them with your strengths.

Strip away guesswork and test your initial hypotheses with simple feedback loops.

Weeks 1 - 3
02

Problem & Customer Discovery

Talk to target users and pressure-test the problem you want to solve.

Focus purely on understanding user pain points before building a single feature.

Weeks 4 - 6
03

Building the Initial Prototype

Design the simplest possible version of your product or service.

Cut out extra fluff so you can put something tangible in front of users quickly.

Weeks 7 - 9
04

Proving Real Demand

Put your prototype into users' hands and collect honest feedback.

Validate interest to ensure you're ready for Launch School and your first customers.

Weeks 10 - 12
Torsten Kolind
Torsten Kolind UNDERGROUND VENTURES
Paula Petcu
Paula Petcu INTERHUMAN AI
Ditte Marie Fog Ibsen
Ditte Marie Fog Ibsen OASIE CARE
Nima Tisdall
Nima Tisdall NORDIC MAKERS
The Advisory Bench

Learn directly from the people who've built it.

Startup School isn't led by textbook theorists or general corporate consultants. You are stepping into a workspace built entirely by people with active skin in the game.

Our curriculum is delivered exclusively by real founders who have drafted cap tables, scaled operations, navigated multi-million euro fundraising rounds, and executed successful company exits across Scandinavia.

30+ Active Operators
1:1 Office Hours Access
100% Founders & Operators
Ana Andonovska • Founder Even Founders
Simon Bækgaard Kristoffersen • Highbridge Firm
Martina Lokajova • Tempty Foods
Cirkeline Ask • Community building expert
Ecosystem Angel • Pre-Seed Specialist
SaaS Advisor • Scaling Lead
Ana Andonovska • Founder Even Founders
Simon Bækgaard Kristoffersen • Highbridge Firm
Martina Lokajova • Tempty Foods
Cirkeline Ask • Community building expert
Ecosystem Angel • Pre-Seed Specialist
SaaS Advisor • Scaling Lead
Inside the Cohorts

Step into the room.

This is the energy driving your venture forward. No cold Zoom webinars—just brilliant, ambitious women working, launching, and navigating the ecosystem shoulder to shoulder.

Even Founders Copenhagen Co-working Day
🏢 Copenhagen Co-working Days
Even Founders Strategy Masterminds
🔥 Strategy Masterminds
Even Founders 1:1 Advisory Board Matching
👥 1:1 Advisory Boards
Even Founders Live Investor Pitch Practice
🚀 Investor Pitch Nights
Even Founders Building MVPs
⚡ Active Launch Tracks
Clear Answers

Questions we hear a lot.

Yes — that's exactly what Discovery is for. The first modules help you identify problems worth solving and evaluate whether your thinking could become a business. Many of our strongest founders started without an idea.

Discovery: a couple of hours over 2 weeks, on your own schedule. The full Startup School: 3–5 hours per week for 10 weeks, including one live session and self-paced lessons. Most women do it alongside a full-time job.

The programme is built for the Nordic ecosystem — mentors, investors, and community are all Nordic-focused. Our community is open to everyone, but the Startup School is for women based in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, or Iceland.

The Startup School is intentionally built for women founders. We welcome men to support the mission in other ways, but the programme itself is women-only.

No. Most women in our cohorts are building their startup while working full-time. The programme is designed to fit around your life — and to help you test your idea before you're ready to make the leap.

Rolling Admissions Active

Take your seat.

We review applications on a rolling basis to build a balanced, ambitious peer cohort. Choose your preferred track and start your application in under 5 minutes.

Apply for Cohort Track → Apply for Full Package →

⚡ Application takes ~5 minutes • Instant access to toolkit upon acceptance