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Choose your founder lane
Start with the role that matches your edge: curriculum operator, product-minded teacher, or early-stage founder who needs education fluency on day one.
Beta open now
Former teachers already know the hardest part of edtech. Now the app is free.
EdFounder is now a free beta for educators who want to build, prototype, and step into founder conversations without hitting a checkout page first.
Free beta access
No payment wall
Teacher-to-founder track
Founder matching pipeline
Free beta application
Request beta access
Tell us what you want to build. We store applications in Postgres and review them weekly.
How it works
A founder transition path without a payment wall.
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Ship a portfolio sprint
Work through a guided build sprint that turns your classroom insight into a usable product concept, landing page, and founder-ready proof of work.
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Get matched, not sold to
Strong applicants move into founder matching and feedback loops. No checkout. No course gate. The app is open while the beta is free.
Inside the app
Build signal before anyone asks you to pay for access.
The beta now opens with tools, prompts, and founder-facing context first. Monetization can come later. Right now the site needs to prove it helps people move.
Sprint board
Weekly build prompts for your first edtech idea
Every beta member gets a structured path from problem framing to product pitch so you can leave with a tangible artifact instead of notes.
Founder radar
Visibility into the kinds of founders EdFounder attracts
See the product categories, team needs, and traction levels we optimize for before you decide how deep to go.
Career bridge
A path designed for educators changing identity, not just jobs
The language, milestones, and examples assume you know learning deeply and need help translating that into product value.
Free beta
No Stripe button. No locked curriculum. Just the app.
If the experience creates momentum, the product earns the right to monetize later. The current release is about access.