NYC's Founders School charges $600K tuition, refunds it if students don't build a $1M business
nateliason · x · 2026-09-22
Founders School, a new entrepreneurship-focused high school in NYC's Financial District, charges $150K per year — but pledges a full $600K refund if students haven't built a business with $1M+ in profit by graduation.
- It's an offshoot of Alpha School, a network of AI-based schools
- Co-head Nat Eliason, 33, previously sold his content marketing agency Growth Machine to MBE Group in 2025
- He calls the guarantee 'bold but not crazy,' per NY Post coverage
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