Builder Kids · Summer 2026 · Santa Rosa Beach

Turn what you know into what you build.

No theory. No videos you'll never watch. Four bootcamps that teach real people how to use AI, design, and modern tools to build what they've been thinking about.

Cohort 01 · 8 seats. Founding pricing ends when they're full.
Based in
Santa Rosa Beach, FL · Online & local
Cohort size
6–15 students · weekly feedback
How we work 1.0 Apply 2.0 Intro call 3.0 Cohort kickoff 4.0 Build & feedback 5.0 Ship in public
Programs · 2026

Four rooms. One outcome:
you ship something real.

Every program ends with a tangible artifact, a product, a business, a brand system, an AI operating playbook. Small cohorts, Tuesday/Thursday cadence, weekly office hours, and direct feedback from a practitioner who has shipped this work at zero-to-launch.

Applications open · Fall 2026
02, Ship It · $1,500 founding 4 weeks

Ship It

Best for: non-technical adults ready to build their first product

Use AI tools to go from idea to live, shipped product in four weeks. You leave with first users on day 28.

Format
4 weeks · Tue/Thu 90 min + weekly office hour
Cohort
8–10 students
You leave with
A shipped product + first users
After founding
$2,500–3,500

Four weeks, four shipments

  1. Validate an idea with AI-powered research and real customer conversations.
  2. Design your brand and first screens using modern AI design tools.
  3. Build a working product: front-end, back-end, payments.
  4. Launch to real customers and get your first signups.
You leave with: a live, shipped product with your first users or customers.
Applications open · Fall 2026
03, Zero to Launched · $2,500 founding 6 weeks

Zero to Launched

Best for: aspiring founders going from idea to operating business

Six weeks. You leave with a legally formed company, a brand, a site, payment processing, and your first paying customer.

Format
6 wks · Tue/Thu eve + Sat AM office hours
Cohort
6–8 students
After founding
$6,000–8,000
Done-with-you
$10,000–15,000

Six weeks, six milestones

  1. Validate your idea with real customer conversations.
  2. Form your LLC, set up banking, contracts, and the legal foundation.
  3. Build your brand identity: name, logo, voice, design system.
  4. Design and launch your website.
  5. Set up Stripe, payment flows, email automation, and operations.
  6. Launch and process your first real transaction.
You leave with: a legally formed company, a professional brand, a live website, payment processing, and your first paying customer.
Applications open · Fall 2026
04, AI-Powered Operator · $2,000 founding 5 weeks

AI-Powered Operator

Best for: owners and teams who want to work faster with AI

Five weeks. You leave with a documented AI Operating System for your business: the prompts, tools, and workflows you'll use every day.

Format
5 wks · Tue/Thu 12–1:30pm + office hour
Cohort
10–15 students
After founding
$3,500–5,000
Corporate cohorts
$15,000–25,000 private

Five weeks, one AI OS

  1. Audit your business and map your top 5 highest-leverage AI opportunities.
  2. Use AI for marketing: content, email, ads, social, SEO, brand voice.
  3. Use AI for analytics: customer insights, review mining, competitive research.
  4. Automate operations: customer service, meetings, SOPs, workflows.
  5. Roll AI out to your team: policies, prompt libraries, training, ROI.
You leave with: a documented AI Operating System: the prompts, tools, and workflows you'll use every day.
About · The teacher

Taught by a practitioner,
not a course-maker.

Based in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Programs run online and locally. Direct feedback, weekly, from someone who has shipped this work.

Led by a designer, marketer, and operator who has spent years building products, brands, and businesses from zero to launch.

Shipped products, built brands, and launched businesses from zero. Now teaching the exact process, not the theory version.

These programs aren't theory. They're the exact process used to ship real work, now taught in small cohorts with direct feedback and hands-on support. No pre-recorded video library. No 300-person Slack. A room with a handful of serious people and someone who has done the thing.

If you're tired of watching other people ship, this is where you start.

Something Mostly
Based in
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Format
Online cohorts · Local, in-person option
Cadence
Tue / Thu live + weekly office hours
Cohort size
6–15 students, by program
Approach
Build real things. Get feedback. Ship.
Why it works

Four rules we don't break.

These are non-negotiables. They're the reason people finish, and why the work is real when they leave.

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Small cohorts, real feedback.

You're not watching videos. You're building with direct input from someone who has done it. Every week.

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Real deliverables.

Every program ends with something tangible, a product, a business, a brand, a system. It's the final, not the syllabus.

03

Taught by a practitioner.

Years of building products, launching brands, and running businesses, distilled into hands-on programs. Not a reseller.

04

Local & online.

Based in Santa Rosa Beach with in-person options. Or join from anywhere. Same room either way.

Results

What students ship.

First cohort in progress. Real outcomes posted summer 2026, name, thing they built, what happened next.

In progress

First cohort is building right now.

Results posted summer 2026. We'll fill this section with 3–5 specific outcomes from students in Cohort 01, the thing they built, the customer they signed, the site they launched.

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FAQ

Answers, without the fluff.

Can't find what you're looking for? Write us directly at hello@somethingmostly.com and we'll get back within a day.

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Who are these programs for?
Real people who want to build real things. No coding background required. You should be willing to do the work and ship something by the end.
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Do I need technical experience?
No. These programs use modern AI tools that let non-technical people build what used to require engineers. You'll learn the tools and the taste to use them well.
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What if I miss a session?
Sessions are recorded for cohort members only. But this works best when you show up live, that's where the feedback happens.
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What tools will I use?
Claude, ChatGPT, v0, Lovable, Framer, Figma, Stripe, Supabase, Zapier, and others depending on the program. All taught in context, not in isolation.
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What's the refund policy?
Full refund within the first 7 days if it's not what you expected. After that, no refunds, but you keep access to everything.
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Can my company send multiple people?
Yes. Team rates available for 2+ students from the same company. Private corporate cohorts available for the AI-Powered Operator program.
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Apply · Cohort 01

Stop thinking about it.
Start building it.

Cohort 01 opens June 2026. 8 seats. Founding pricing won't exist again.