12 weeks. A small room. One stage problem. Real operator support.
The Labs are where B2B SaaS & AI founders go when the next raise, the next hire, or the next quarter demands more than another framework.
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founders per cohort
stage-specific labs
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FIND YOUR LAB
Each Lab is built for one stage and one problem.
Not a general curriculum — a focused sprint with operators who've lived exactly where you are.
For B2B SaaS & AI founders at idea, prototype, or very early pilot stage who need to ship a v1, get paying users, and build a fundable pre-seed story — in 10 weeks.
For founders between $1M–$5M ARR who still depend on founder hustle for every deal. One primary GTM motion, a traction dashboard investors can underwrite, and a Series A-ready story.
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For CEOs between $5M–$10M ARR where CAC payback is drifting, NRR is soft, and the board is asking harder questions. One Control Scorecard, a GTM map, and a board narrative you can defend.
For CEOs at $10M–$25M+ ARR who need to move from growth mode to category leadership — new markets, enterprise motion, executive team, and a Series B story that holds up to scrutiny.
Every Lab runs on the same weekly rhythm — so the system is familiar even when the content changes. What changes is who's in the room and what you're building.
Every week starts with a focused sprint pack: the theme of the week, what you need to produce, and the templates to get there. No busywork. Every output connects directly to your fundraise, your dashboard, or your GTM motion.
A live weekly session mixing a short teaching frame, hot seats where founders present sprint outputs, and direct feedback from Yannick and the week's operator guest. You come in with your work. You leave with a decision or a next action.
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Each week, a specialist operator — GTM engineer, CFO & capital mentor, product builder, exited founder — holds focused office hours matched to that week's sprint. Live reviews of your deck, your dashboard, your ICP doc, your pricing hypothesis.
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Between sessions, you have continuous access to the CEO Operating Room — the always-on room where you can work through blockers, pressure-test decisions, and stay in motion between weekly calls.
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Note: "The work unit is simple: sprint brief → do the work → present in cohort → get operator feedback → refine. Twelve weeks of that compounds into something you can actually defend in front of investors."
Not a course. Not a workbook. A sprint is a real output, produced with your actual company data, reviewed by real operators in the room.
A theme — one focused problem to solve that week (e.g., ICP clarity, GTM motion design, CAC diagnosis, pricing hypothesis)
A required output — something you submit and present: an ICP one-pager, a live dashboard, a board section, a pricing experiment
A presentation slot — 3–5 minutes in the cohort call to walk your output, get direct feedback, defend your thinking
Templates + examples — you don't start from a blank page; you start from a proven format, adapted to your stage
A weekly specialist — the right operator in the room on the week it matters most
Weekly Rhythem:
Sprint Brief → Build it → Present it → Operator Feedback → Refine (Repeat for 12 weeks)
WHY THE LABS ARE DIFFERENT
Most programs optimize for brand names, demo clips, and inspiration. The Labs are built for the actual work — turning an idea into revenue, scattered traction into a repeatable machine, or growth-stage complexity into investor-grade control.
You build a real system on your own numbers, reviewed by operators who've done it, with a cohort holding you accountable every week.
Everything in Essentials, plus:
Format: 10-week live sprint with 8–12 founders at your exact stage
Output: Yours — your ICP, your GTM, your scorecard, your board narrative
Accountability: Weekly hot seats — you present your actual work, every session
Operator feedback: Direct, on your numbers, in the room
Equity / fees: No equity. Fixed program fee.
After it ends: CEO Operating Room — continuous access
You get a network and a pitch — but no one is working on your actual business.
Includes:
Format: 3–6 month program, large mixed cohorts
Output: Generic frameworks + pitch training
Accountability: Optional check-ins
Operator feedback: Occasional mentor sessions
Equity / fees: Often 5–10% equity
After it ends: Alumni newsletter
You get their output, not your system. When they leave, the dependency leaves with them.
Includes:
Format: Project-based engagement
Output: Their deliverable, your dependency
Accountability: Deliverable reviews
Operator feedback: Embedded, but expensive
Equity / fees: High retainer or project fee
After it ends: It ends
You get frameworks and a certificate. The execution — and the accountability — is entirely on you.
Everything in Growth Advisory, plus:
Format: Self-paced video library
Output: Certificates and frameworks
Accountability: None
Operator feedback: Never
Equity / fees: Low cost, low return
After it ends: It ends
"Accelerators prepare you to pitch. Consultants produce reports. Courses give you frameworks. The Labs give you a working system — built on your numbers, tested in a real room, ready to run."
Each Lab is led by Yannick and supported by a rotating cast of operators, exited founders, and investors — matched to that week's sprint. No paid speakers. No passive observers. People who've done it and will tell you what they actually think.
YOUR LAB LEAD
2x VP/CMO turned General Partner at Aventra Capital. 15+ years scaling B2B SaaS across the US and Europe — LinkedIn, PayFit, Amenitiz, Groupe BPCE. Helped teams raise $396M, scale from single-digit ARR to $45M, and build the kind of operating systems that hold up in a board room. Founder of Full Stack CEO.
Role in the Labs: leads every cohort session, runs hot seats, owns the sprint arc.
$2.2B+ raised collectively. 23+ exits. 12 unicorns built or scaled. 4 IPOs. 25+ operators showing up every week. These aren't people who once built a company and now talk about it. They're in the room because early-stage founders ask the questions that actually matter — and they have the receipts to answer them.
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Built LinkedIn's Talent Solutions demand gen engine to $100M+ in annual bookings. Grew it 3x. Team of 20+ global marketers. Now leads marketing at Consensus and runs Thursday GTM sessions inside Full Stack CEO.
What she brings: The demand gen and positioning playbook — translated for founders doing it for the first time.
Took New Relic Insights from zero to $100M ARR and through IPO. CPO at a GenAI revenue platform. Director at Nike. Now works exclusively with $7M–$25M SaaS founders whose product engine is breaking before they know it.
What he brings: Where your product org is breaking down — and what to fix before it costs you momentum.
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200% CAGR over five years as CEO of Aktana — built to 400 employees, 50 countries, 7 of the top 10 global pharma companies as customers. Before that, McKinsey's Asian Technology Leadership Team. Board director across 10+ companies.
What he brings: How to build a global company, what investors actually look for, and CEO decision-making at the stage where one wrong move costs two quarters.
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Note: Each cohort also has one exited founder as an anchor mentor for the full 12 weeks, and rotating specialist operators matched to that week's sprint theme.
They show up in the sessions, review your work, and give feedback they'd stand behind in any board room.
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“I've worked with companied from 98,000 employees and $30B in revenue to 5 employees and $1M in revenue. I've acquired and been acquired. I've been through an IPO and also through a meltdown. I've seen a lot and I'm here to help CEOs make better decision from day one.”
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“I've been a CEO and I know it's a pretty lonely job. There's a million things to navigate. I've sat on many boards and my objective is to be a truth teller to CEOs. To provide them with insights to course correct and make the best decisions for the best path forward.”
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“I've done pretty much all of the roles inside in software service company from strategy to pre-sales, sales support, consulting, HR, and CEO. I have a 360 view of a company today across several industries. My objective is to help founders go from origins to Series B.”
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“I've led product and digital at 4 different hypergrowth stages. Smallest scaled it from $5M to $25M. Largest from $250M to $340M. All four led to an acquisition. This next chapter in my life is about value creation, mentoring, advising. I sit on six board and I'm here to help.”
WEEK 10
Every Lab ends with a Demo Day. Not a pitch competition. Not a ceremony. A real presentation of real work — what you built over 10 weeks, what you proved, and what's next.
A 5–7 minute presentation of your core sprint output — your pre-seed story, traction narrative, or Control Plan depending on your Lab. You've been building it for 10 weeks. The cohort has pressure-tested it. Demo Day is where you deliver it to a room that includes external investors and operators seeing it for the first time.
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Your cohort and the full mentor team. Plus stage-matched external guests: pre-seed angels and early VCs for the Pre-Seed Lab; Seed/Series A investors and GTM operators for the Seed Lab; growth VCs and CFO-level advisors for the Series A Lab; late-stage VCs and enterprise operators for the Series B Lab.
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Demo Day at FSC is not a showcase for sponsors. There's no ranking, no prize, no winner. It's a forcing function — the final sprint. The presentation is the output. The feedback is the last session. The relationships that come from it are earned, not handed out.
Every week that passes without the right room is a week your competitors might be in it.
THE FSC LAB SEAL
At the end of every Lab, founders who complete all 12 sprints, present at Demo Day, and deliver their final output earn the FSC Lab Seal — the stage-specific certification from Full Stack CEO. You didn't watch videos. You spent 12 weeks building — with operators reviewing your work and a cohort holding you accountable every single week.
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Shipped a v1, landed paying customers, and built a grounded pre-seed story. Evidence of a real product, real signals, and real GTM thinking — not just a deck.
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Built a repeatable GTM motion, installed a traction dashboard, and produced a Series A-ready narrative. Evidence of a system, not just traction.
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Produced a Control Scorecard, a GTM map, and a board-grade Control Plan. Evidence of operational discipline and investor-grade transparency.
Built a category expansion plan, executive operating model, and Series B narrative. Evidence of leadership at scale.
Note: This is not a certificate for showing up. It's a credential for doing the work — with evidence.
Who it's for, how it works, and what to expect so you can decide without a sales call.
THE STAGE LABS · PRICING
All Lab pricing is per startup. Co-founders are both welcome in sessions.
For pre-revenue founders who need to get to paying customers — without spending another month building something nobody's confirmed they want.
$997/startup
(or $349 x 3 monthly installments)
Includes:
A v1 product in customers' hands — built and shipped during the sprint
Early revenue on the board — real signal, not just interest
A pre-seed story grounded in what you proved
A live early control dashboard — cash, pipeline, and learning velocity
The FSC Pre-Seed Seal
For founders at $1M–$5M ARR who need a GTM motion their team can run — without every deal depending on them personally.
$1,497/startup
(or $499 x 3 monthly installments)
Everything in Essentials, plus:
A documented GTM motion your first hire can run without you
A live Traction Dashboard — pipeline, CAC, burn, and runway reviewed weekly
A Series A story built on your actual metrics — not a narrative you're hoping holds up
A clear first GTM hire decision rooted in the system you built
The FSC Seed Seal — proof you built a repeatable machine, not just traction
For Series A CEOs $5M–$10M ARR who need board-ready control — without waiting for investors to ask why the metrics are drifting.
$1,997/startup
(or $699 x 3 monthly installments)
Everything in Growth Advisory, plus:
A Control Scorecard — CAC payback, NRR, burn multiple with red/yellow/green clarity
A GTM map that shows exactly where to double down and where to stop spending
A board narrative built before they ask for it
2–3 high-leverage control plays in motion with owners and timelines
The FSC Series A Seal
For $10M–$25M+ ARR CEOs moving from growth to category leadership — new markets, enterprise motion, and a Series B story built on real expansion signals.
Custom
Contact for pricing
Launching Q3 2026
A Cohort Performance Dashboard — ARR, CAC payback, NRR, and churn sliced by segment, channel, and vintage.
A Market Selection Scorecard + Paid Ad Validation Results.
A Win/Loss Intelligence Report + Competitive & Ally Map.
A Pricing Architecture Document — current vs. recommended by segment and market.
A Product Roadmap Priority Document — AAER-ranked with retention and expansion data.
12-week live sprint with a clear start date, end date, and stage-specific outcomes
Weekly cohort sessions where you build your scoreboard, GTM plan, and experiments in real time
Direct feedback from exited founders, operators, and VCs on your metrics, decks, and GTM decisions
Structured sprint templates so you know exactly what to produce each week between sessions
Access to the CEO Operating Room throughout the Lab (and discounted after)
Demo Day with invited investors and operators in the room + FSC Lab Seal upon completion
CEO OPERATING ROOM
Access get access to the CEO Operating Room throughout the Lab (and discounted after)
For B2B SaaS and AI founders at any stage who want the room, the operators, and the weekly sessions — without a sprint commitment.
What's included:
- Weekly live sessions at your stage — Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A
- Private Slack — real peers, no pitch culture, no noise
- Operator AMAs every week — exited founders, active VCs, senior operators
- Full template library — GTM playbooks, scorecards, pitch frameworks, dashboards
- Every session archived and searchable
- Access to all FSC free weekly events
Not ready for a lab? Start here with the CEO Operating Room
If you're serious about solving one real stage problem in 12 weeks — with operators who've done it and a room that holds you accountable — apply now.
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