Miami Startup Founder 101

The gap between a good idea and a fundable startup isn't talent. It's knowing how to test what's real before you invest months into what isn't. AI has made that process faster and more accessible than ever, but only if you know which prompts and workflows actually work. In this recorded session with Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder and CEO of Founder Institute), you'll get the exact tools and processes founders are using to run customer research, validate demand, and scope products without burning time on the wrong assumptions. If you've been waiting for a smarter way to start, this is it.

❯ What You'll Learn:

• How to use AI to stress-test a startup idea before writing a single line of code;
• The prompts that replace weeks of customer and market research;
• How to define your first product without a technical background or co-founder;
• The most costly AI mistakes aspiring founders make and how to skip them;
• How to generate real market signals from your idea in days, not months.

The hardest part of building a startup isn't execution. It's choosing the right problem to solve. Too many founders build ideas based on excitement, trends, or assumptions, only to discover there's no real demand. In this interactive workshop, Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder and CEO at Founder Institute) shares the frameworks used to help over 10,000 founders stress-test, refine, and validate their startup ideas early. You'll learn how to think like an investor, pressure-test your concept, and identify opportunities others overlook. If you're serious about building in 2026, start here.

❯ What You'll Learn:

• How to identify real, painful problems worth solving
• How to pressure-test your startup idea before building
• A simple scoring framework to evaluate idea strength
• How to align your idea with your skills and unfair advantages
• How to gather meaningful early feedback

Most people experimenting with AI tools get stuck somewhere between idea and execution: building half-finished prototypes, hitting errors, or never quite getting to something real. This session is designed to change that. Led by Justin Elliot, Co-founder & CTO of WRTH and Anthropic Ambassador, we'll walk through a more structured approach to using AI tools to move from idea → working product → launch. Whether you're technical or not, the focus is on how to actually ship a real product faster, with less friction, and with a clearer path from concept to something people can use.

❯ Who should Attend?

• Founders at the idea or early validation stage
• Builders trying to create their first product
• Operators experimenting with AI tools but not getting to a working output
• Anyone who has started building something but hasn’t been able to ship
• FI applicants or founders looking to accelerate from concept → MVP

The technical barrier between your idea and a real product just disappeared. Vibecoding 101 is a free, beginner-friendly introduction to Replit, the AI-powered tool that lets you build working apps using plain language, no coding experience required. In this free online session, Mark Montalban, a top-rated startup mentor and vibe coding instructor, will walk you through it live, step by step. No developer needed. No prior experience needed. Just your idea and 60 minutes. Register now and come ready to build.

❯ What You'll Learn:

• How Replit works and why it's the go-to tool for non-technical startup founders
• How to use natural language prompts to build real product features
• The fastest path from idea to a prototype you can show to users or investors
• Common mistakes first-time vibe coders make and how to skip them entirely
• How this approach fits into a full AI-native startup building workflow