FAQ
Things founders tend to ask before applying.
What is Days
1. What is Days?
A three-month venture studio that helps design thesis projects become companies. We pick a small number of projects each year and work with the people behind them on product, commercialization, and fundraising. The first cohort runs January to March 2027.
1. What is Days?
A three-month venture studio that helps design thesis projects become companies. We pick a small number of projects each year and work with the people behind them on product, commercialization, and fundraising. The first cohort runs January to March 2027.
2. What does Days actually do for me?
2. What does Days actually do for me?
3. Is Days a school program or university-affiliated?
3. Is Days a school program or university-affiliated?
4. Who is behind Days?
4. Who is behind Days?
5. Why does Days exist?
5. Why does Days exist?
Whether you fit
6. Who is Days for?
6. Who is Days for?
7. Can I apply while my thesis is still in progress?
7. Can I apply while my thesis is still in progress?
8. Do I have to be enrolled as a student or graduating to apply?
8. Do I have to be enrolled as a student or graduating to apply?
9. Do I need a co-founder, or can I apply solo?
9. Do I need a co-founder, or can I apply solo?
10. My thesis is research, not a product. Is that a problem?
10. My thesis is research, not a product. Is that a problem?
11. What kind of projects do you take on?
11. What kind of projects do you take on?
12. What won't you look at?
12. What won't you look at?
13. How do you pick?
13. How do you pick?
14. What are you looking for in a founder?
14. What are you looking for in a founder?
What happens
15. What happens over the three months?
15. What happens over the three months?
16. Is it remote or in person?
16. Is it remote or in person?
17. Do you build the product for me?
17. Do you build the product for me?
18. What do I have at the end?
18. What do I have at the end?
19. What if my project isn't ready at the end?
19. What if my project isn't ready at the end?
20. How is this different from SkyDeck or YC or similar accelerator models?
20. How is this different from SkyDeck or YC or similar accelerator models?
Money and equity
21. Do you invest money, or just provide the infrastructure and mentorship?
21. Do you invest money, or just provide the infrastructure and mentorship?
22. Does Days take equity?
22. Does Days take equity?
23. Do you take a board seat or control my decisions?
23. Do you take a board seat or control my decisions?
24. Can I raise from other investors too?
24. Can I raise from other investors too?
What you keep