Founder mastery · 6 months
LOI’s 6-month residency for founders who’ve found product–market fit and are ready to scale. Strengthen your systems, grow your team, and build the leadership to take your venture to the next level.
LOI founder journey
Already generating revenue? Let’s scale.
Boost is LOI’s 6-month residency for founders who have demonstrated traction and are ready to scale. Choose the Scale or Growth stream and grow alongside other founders at the same stage.
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You’ve found what works and are ready to pour fuel on the fire: scaling customers, revenue, and team.
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You’re moving beyond your first market and need the strategy, systems, and network to do it right.
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You’re growing a team and stepping into your role as CEO, not just the person writing code or closing deals.
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You want to grow without burning out, building systems and culture that last well beyond you.
Deep dive 01
Moving from founder to CEO
Hiring, onboarding, and retaining talent
Building culture that scales with you
Managing performance and difficult conversations
Deep dive 02
Systems and processes for growing teams
Finance fundamentals for scale
OKRs, metrics, and accountability frameworks
Removing yourself as the bottleneck
Deep dive 03
Building repeatable revenue engines
Brand strategy and positioning at scale
Enterprise and partnership sales
Retention and customer success playbooks
Deep dive 04
New market entry and expansion strategy
Strategic partnerships and distribution
Fundraising and non-dilutive capital
Building a board and advisory network
Deep dive 05
Preventing burnout at the leadership level
Mental health tools for high-growth founders
Building sustainable routines and boundaries
Leading with energy, not urgency
Deep dive 06
Long-term company vision and mission
Exit, succession, and impact planning
Giving back to the founder ecosystem
Building something that lasts beyond you
Small, founder-led peer groups that meet regularly for support, goal-setting, and honest feedback throughout the full 6 months.
Access to LOI’s national expert network, optional in-person meetups across Canada, and continued access to the LOI Slack community.
2025 Boost speakers
We bring real founders, investors, and builders to the table: the ones who’ve been where you are and made it through.
Staircase Ventures
Globalive Capital
Pilot
Mid-Day Squares
Mid-Day Squares
Pocketed
Beatdapp
Stoko
+ 17 additional speakers in 2025
A few of the founders who went through Boost in 2024.
Sukhpal Saini
Boost 2024
Le Marché Epipresto
Boost 2024
Lustre Lagoon
Boost 2024
Vivian Liu · mae
Boost 2024
Julie Wang · Tiny Planet
Boost 2024
Brayden Kehler · mbtech
Boost 2024
Applications closed: Boost Cohort 6
6 months, one cohort per year
30–40 ventures (~50–60 founders)
Six virtual Deep Dive Days + founder huddles + optional in-person events
Scale stream and Growth stream, matched to your stage
Online, open to Canadian founders in every province
Founders aged 15–30 with demonstrated traction and product–market fit
Free and equity-free. $250 refundable deposit to confirm your spot.
6 months. Six Deep Dives. A cohort of founders at your level. No tuition, no equity, just the structure, support, and network to take your venture to the next stage.
Join the waitlist and we’ll notify you the moment Cohort 7 applications open.
