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The a16z Show · Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Founders School Launched to Teach High School Students Entrepreneurship

Joe Liemandt discusses Founders School, a specialized high school designed for students who want to build businesses, noting that students can earn their tuition back if they achieve specific milestones like a million dollars in profit.

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“Founders, which is sort of our peak specialized school for that. This is for kids who want to spend their high school building businesses. You know, the part that's crazy that parents don't you'll start a business that will earn a million dollars of profit while you're in high school, or we give you all your tuition back”
Joe Liemandt
Heard on The a16z Show — “Reinventing School for the AI Era | Joe Liemandt, Gagan Biyani & Erik Torenberg”, published Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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