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A free pilot bringing founders, alumni and mentors together for practical feedback, shared experience and useful connections.
THE NEXT CHAPTER STARTS TOGETHER.A practical place to start.
ERN / HOW IT WORKSStart with what you are building
Bring an early idea, a project in progress or a question you are working through. A clear introduction is enough to start a conversation.
Get another perspective
The pilot is being shaped around mentoring and feedback from people with different experience. Start with a focused question and be open to what you learn.
Make the next step clearer
Discuss customers, product, branding, operations or a practical business challenge. Any help depends on participant availability and mutual agreement; no service or deliverable is guaranteed.
Build useful relationships
College connections are a starting point. Alumni, mentors and collaborators without a college affiliation can also express interest.
Good ideas grow through people.
ERN is starting with a simple goal: make it easier for founders to find people who can help them think, learn and take the next step.
Make starting less solitary
Create space for early-stage founders to ask questions, share progress and learn from people who have been there.
Keep the help practical
Focus on mentoring, honest feedback and everyday business questions before adding more ambitious programs.
Bring generations together
Use college connections to bring students and alumni closer, while welcoming mentors and collaborators from other backgrounds.
A small, free pilot
Register interest by email. Private profile storage is available, but member browsing, messaging and automated introductions are not live.
The free pilot: focus and scope
A free founder-and-alumni community pilot focused on mentoring, feedback and practical business help. Timing and participation will be discussed directly as interest develops.
People before programs
Start with useful conversations among founders, alumni and mentors. ERN is not promising a staffed venture studio, a fixed package of services or a funded cohort.
No fee. No equity requirement.
The community pilot is free to participate in. There is no payment, subscription or equity commitment to register interest or take part.
Register interest directly
Email the operator with a short introduction. Website application intake remains closed for real submissions; the separate test form is for fictional workflow checks only.
A clear first version
The site explains the pilot and lets signed-in adults manage a private profile. There is no live member directory, matching system or in-site messaging.
Community comes first.
ERN is planning voluntary support without equity and exploring a separate possible investor-equity route. Both remain prelaunch. The free community pilot has no equity requirement and creates no right to funding, services or ownership.
No investment offerings, funding proposals, commitments, payments, signatures or trading are available here.
Find your starting point.
Funding and ownership.
No real contributions or investments are accepted. The planned contribution fee is 5%, with other charges and final financial terms under review. Equity investing is unavailable and would require a separate legal structure and appropriate registered intermediary. No business success or school endorsement is promised.
Read how funding could work, including ownership and proposed exits