Week 4 · Session 4 · 2 hours

Problem to Prototype

You’ll pick a real project, scope it like a founder, and start building. You’ll leave saying: “My capstone is scoped like a pro — and already started.”

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Every capstone needs

The founder’s checklist

Every project ships with the same six things: a real user, real data, a number you measure, one safeguard you build, a red-team pass by a pod-mate, and a 3-minute demo with one shown artifact.

The Arc

Your step-by-step for today

The Scoping Canvas · fills & saves as you type

Scope it before you build it

Complete every box, then pitch the coach in 3 minutes. GREEN LIGHT = you build. (Your answers save in this browser.)

✅ GREEN LIGHT — pitch complete → coach signature → you build.
Milestone Plan

Four milestones to demo day

M1
Scoped

Canvas complete + GREEN LIGHT stamped (today).

M2
MVP

Your specific ‘done’ line runs end to end — before Week 5. Ugly is fine; RUNNING is required.

M3
Polished + Safeguard

Runs twice in a row; safeguard works; your NUMBER measured.

M4
Demoed

4-beat public demo with one shown artifact; feedback cards collected.

Law #4 · earned today
A finished small thing beats an ambitious stump.

On demo night and on your resume, forever. When in doubt, cut.

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Badge: Project Founder

Earn it: canvas complete; GREEN LIGHT earned; milestones dated; build started from NB4.

🎒 Mission — before next session (1–2 hrs)
  • Reach M2 — your MVP runs end to end, before Week 5. Ugly is fine; RUNNING is required.
  • Bring your charger. Families arrive at the halfway mark next week.