Name the decision
The thing you can't articulate is the thing you can't ship.
Outcome —You leave week one with a one-paragraph problem statement you can hand to a peer and a stranger.
90 min/day · 5 days
The Vela Program
A cohort program for professionals who would rather pay for the work than for a credential. Built around decisions that ship, not lectures that don't.
Practical guidance. Strategic clarity. Meaningful connections.
No fluff. No shortcuts. No BS.
How The Program Closes The Gap
Tuition sits under the HBS CORe paywall. The whole program costs less than one rebrand-tier online certificate.
You graduate when you've shipped a decision in front of a real cohort — not when you've watched the modules.
Weekly office hours with operators who've actually done the thing. Pressure-tested plans, not feedback theater.
A small, curated group that runs the program together. Accountability is built into the structure, not bolted on.
What You Get
Reviewed application — no mass enrollment.
Frameworks, prompts, weekly decisions.
Two operators, two hours, real plans on the table.
The thing you walked in with is the thing you graduate on.
The Details
The Curriculum
The thing you can't articulate is the thing you can't ship.
Outcome —You leave week one with a one-paragraph problem statement you can hand to a peer and a stranger.
90 min/day · 5 days
Plans that only survive in your head don't survive contact with operators.
Outcome —You run the plan through two live operator office hours with real objections on the table.
Two 2-hour sessions · async prep
Decisions are shipped, not scheduled.
Outcome —You ship one concrete artifact tied to the decision — landing page, memo, hire, kill — to a real audience.
4–6 hours/week · 2 weeks
Cohort review separates intent from outcome.
Outcome —You present the shipped artifact to the cohort and walk away with structured pushback from twelve operators.
90 min · live
Completion is measured by what shipped, not what was watched.
Outcome —You graduate with the decision documented, shipped, and reviewed — not with a credential.
Self-paced · 1 week
Accountability
Every Wednesday at 5pm your local time, you ship one concrete artifact attached to the decision you walked in with — a memo, a landing page, a hire, a kill. The cohort gets a single link. No slides. No "thinking out loud."
Every Thursday you sit in a live two-hour review with the cohort and two operators. You read three artifacts in advance, give structured pushback in writing, and walk away with the same on your own artifact.
A missed Wednesday ship moves you to the next cohort. This is not punitive — it is the only mechanism that keeps the cohort honest. Quitting is fine. Slipping is not.
Cohort chat is on. Cameras on. Names visible. You will be on record with twelve operators for the rest of your career — that is the point.
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