Solopreneur Launchpad: Idea→Profit

How to transform your expertise into a profitable business using proven systems, no-code automation, and zero venture capital.

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Taught by

Luke Kim

Partner at Truth Cartel
Entrepreneur in Residence at AlchemistX
Columnist at Times of India

Time

Thursdays, May 1 - May 29, 2025

Live Instruction: 5pm - 6pm PT
Implementation Lab: 6pm - 7pm PT

Bonus: Day-to-day instructor access & 1 year membership in UC Berkeley solopreneur online community + webinars.

Location

Live, Online (All Sessions Recorded)

Price

$795

Enrollment Deadline

April 29, 2025

Free Resource

Solopreneur Starter Kit & Course

Solopreneur Starter Kit

When you bet on yourself, you become the main character in your story and the master of your destiny. You become invincible in the market and fearless in the world. We can all make a living on our own terms. You can connect your passions, proficiencies, and past experiences to profit from your labor of...

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Guest Teachers

In addition to 5 live sessions for practical learning, you get 6 optional sessions with our battle-tested guest teachers who will share their secrets and answer your questions.

Ravi Belani

CEO and Solo Founder of Alchemist Accelerator: premier enterprise-facing venture capital firm since 2012. 1st investor in 5 unicorns and 2nd investor in 1 decacorn (Twitch). Teacher of the biggest entrepreneurship class at Stanford.

Haley McClain Hill

CEO and Solo Founder of TORCH Warriorwear. Bootstrapped to $1M+ and built a loyal fan base of 50K+. Shark Tank winner, ex-NFL cheerleader (San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons), and ex-Air Force officer. 2x book author.

Sam Hysell

Founding Partner of NOX Media: marketing agency for music and brands. Clients include Drake, Avril Lavigne, Louis the Child, Black Coffee, Warner Music, Sony Music, Louis Vuitton, Universal Music, Logic, Edition Hotels, Coca Cola. Ex-VaynerMedia. Co-founder of nft now.

Alisha Jiwani MD MPH CWSP

CEO and Solo Founder of Nia Health: the one-stop-shop for all things burn related – emergency services, care subscriptions, kits, education. Harvard educated, U.S. Army trained Burn Surgeon. 100% bootstrapped.

Marti Sanchez

CEO and Solo Founder of Influence Podium: agency for B2B content marketing and business development. Started as a freelancer, becoming a solopreneur in order to start a company that now has full-timers around the world. Digital nomad.

Michael Gasiorek

CEO and Solo Founder of Truth Cartel: Web3 marketing and public relations agency. Mentor at HF0, IndieBio, and dLab. Ex-Editor in Chief of Startup Grind, building a publication of 1M monthly readers from scratch. Ex-venture backed startup founder.

Course Overview

When you bet on yourself, you become the main character in your story and the master of your destiny. You become invincible in the market and fearless in the world.

No matter where you are on the employee-to-entrepreneur spectrum, you can make a living on your own terms. Transform into a profitable solopreneur with a proven system to generate $3,000~30,000 per month per project.

In one month, you will learn the secrets of a full-stack business builder who can reliably advance from idea to revenue. Discover your profitable niche, activate your unfair advantage, and monetize your zone of genius.

This course is 99% practice, 1% theory. You will learn everything you need to know including no-code automation for lead generation and business development.

What You Get

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Step-By-Step Repeatable System to Launch ANY Idea in 1 Month

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The Latest Templates, Examples, Curated Tools, and Best Practices

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No-Code Automation System for Lead Generation and Business Development

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UC Berkeley Certificate, LinkedIn Badge, and Access to Lifelong Alumni Network

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Cohort-Based Experiential Learning with Solopreneur Compatriots

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What People Say

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Ali Winkle

CEO at Just Drive Media (Award-Winning Public Relations Firm)

“Luke's energy is infectious and the program was full of actionable recommendations and high quality resources - more than most could get through during the cohort, but available for the future to keep moving with. I highly recommend it!”

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Arezu Aghasey

Plug & Play Tech Center | 25x Hackathon Winner | Ex-Deloitte

“Luke is the real deal - he teaches from authentic firsthand experience, focusing on practice over theory. In 30 minutes with Luke, you'll learn more than you would in a semester of business school.”

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Bill James

CFA, CMT, FRM, Ex-Investment Director at University of Notre Dame

“Luke has energy, enthusiasm, and passion for helping others! I came away with a ton of actionable items to help me think about, and actually START a business. Luke is a wonderful person to know and I'm so glad I took this course. Highly recommended! He is so positive and supportive of everyone's ideas.”

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Justin Wong

Software Engineer at Google

"Luke has been a mentor and thought partner to many aspiring hustlers and digital nomads, including myself. His superpower is to help you discover your superpowers, so you can live your best life."

Kirit Thadaka

Kirit Thadaka

AI/ML Architect at Amazon

“This course really helped me put structure and a system around all the ideas I've been having related to DIY businesses. The experience Luke has to share is incredible and this course does a great job at packaging years of experience into digestible and actionable insights that I can use to create a business out of something I thought would remain a hobby. Would 10/10 recommend this for anyone that has struggled to take something they're interested in and make a business out of it.”

Dylan

Dylan Grease

Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Conjured Tech

“Luke isn't just a great person, he has a brilliant business mind and remarkable track record of success across various industries. Highly recommend working with Luke. Regardless of career path, you'll gain priceless systems and mindset lessons, along with strategic insights and innovative approaches, unique to him that will grow you both personally and professionally. I’m not easily impressed, but his unique ability to identify opportunities and understand how to execute on them (for both himself and others) is unmatched. I've now seen his guidance take people from the start of an idea to monetizable product within a week and it's truly impressive. Working with Luke has simultaneously taught me new tactics and broadened my perspective on business. I'm continuously applying what I've learned and continue to learn from him.”

David

David Lovejoy

Founder at Horizon Search

“This course is a no-brainer for those who like to have their minds blown. The value is immense, the time commitment minimal, and Luke Kim is like a wish-granting genie. I've taken a lot of courses and sprints and this stands out as one of the best.”

Esmi

Esmi Thomas

Nonprofit President | Disability Advocate | TikTok Influencer

“I absolutely enjoyed this course. It helped me not only organize my business ideas but write out an entire business plan to bring it to market. Luke is very personable, and a pleasure to learn from.”

Haley

Haley McClain Hill

CEO & Founder at TORCH Warriorwear

"I absolutely loved working with Luke! I knew he was going to be an incredible mentor the moment we started working together. He knew exactly how to empower and motivate me in tough times, he gave me well thought out suggestions that would scale my personal and professional brands, and it was always inspiring to hear about the global ventures he was pursuing."

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Caitlin

Programs Manager at National Security Innovation Network

“This course is EXACTLY what I needed. I had so many ideas and wasn’t sure how to efficiently or successfully move to execution. Now I’ve got a step by step plan to validate my ideas as well as launch them. If you’re looking for how to take your solopreneur ideas and legit create a lifestyle: Luke’s your guy and this is your course. His energy is unmatched and the amount of stellar content in this course is unreal. SIGN UP NOW!”

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Who Should Attend

  • Knowledge workers looking to create a side hustle or transition from employee to entrepreneur
  • Aspiring founders wanting to build a profitable business before seeking investment
  • Career professionals seeking practical business ownership and leadership experience
  • Individuals ready to transform their expertise into a sustainable income stream
  • Small business owners, freelancers, and creatorpreneurs

Course Schedule

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Week 1, Ideation & Introspection

  • Leaning Into Curiosity, Pride, and Belonging
  • Employee Mentality vs. Entrepreneur Mentality
  • Solopreneurship vs. Entrepreneurship
  • Founder-Market-Fit and Founder-Problem-Fit
  • 1,000 True Fans, Beachhead Market, Profitable Niche
  • Frenemies: Partners, Competitors, and Comparables
  • WEEK 1 PROJECT: Brainstorming & Finalizing a High-Potential Idea
  • Week 2, Business Creation

  • From Brainstorming to Business Modeling
  • Productizing Yourself: High-Level Delivery System
  • Packaging Yourself: No-Brainer Offers
  • Champions and Warm Leads: Art of the Short List
  • Engineering Serendipity
  • Rapid-Fire Go-to-Market Tactics
  • WEEK 2 PROJECT: Creating a One-Pager for Customer Discovery & Acquisition
  • Week 3, Automating Lead Generation

  • Finding 1,000s of Leads Fast & Free
  • AI-Powered Market Research
  • Growth Engine = Sales System + Marketing Flywheels
  • List Curation, Segmentation, Enrichment, Expansion
  • “Gray Hat” Hacks: Searching vs. Scraping
  • Ideal Customer Persona (ICP)
  • WEEK 3 PROJECT: Generating a List of Leads & Identifying Sources of Leads
  • Week 4, Automating Business Development

  • Personalizing Outreach & Follow-Up
  • No-Code Tools & Tactics for Scale
  • Email Automation
  • LinkedIn Automation
  • Growth Engine = Sales System + Marketing Flywheels
  • Funnels, Lead Magnets, Calls to Action
  • WEEK 4 PROJECT: Creating an Outreach Automation Campaign
  • Week 5, Attracting Inbound Business

  • Automating Your Branding & Digital Presence
  • Case Studies, Lead Magnets, Self-Serve Intake Funnels, Calls-to-Action
  • Systematizing Your Quest for Profit
  • Elevating Rates, Increasing Margins, Building Revenue Lines
  • 5-Week Solopreneur Launch System
  • 1-Week Sales Automation System
  • WEEK 5 PROJECT: Building Your Digital Presence & Outreach Assets
  • *This schedule is subject to change

    Meet your Instructor

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    Luke Kim

    Over the last decade, I've been living life on my own terms, traveling the world and enjoying time for passion projects and loved ones. I'm talking 6-figure weeks and sold-out launches while sipping cocktails on a beach.

    But let's be real. This didn't manifest overnight.

    I've seen my fair share of business flops, shouldered crippling debt, and watched fortunes slip through my fingers. Through it all, I became obsessed with cracking the code and sharing those hard-won lessons.

    Fast forward to the present, and I've systematized a decade of trial and error for you based on my tens of millions in wins and losses. This system has been my secret weapon and I use it all the time.

    Turning your intention into reality is beautiful and innately human. Embrace your inner entrepreneur and transform beyond employee mentality.

    Credentials:
    • 10x Startup/Agency Partner/Exec [Driving $150+ MM in Total Value]
    • $30+ MM Raised in Web3 & VC [Running Well-Funded Go-to-Markets]
    • 500+ Entrepreneurs & Execs Coached [Teaching Sales & Automation]
    • 5-Star Course Creator & Teacher [For Solopreneurs & Entrepreneurs]
    • 5x Hackathon Organizer [With CITRIS, Mobile World Congress, SCET]
    • Ex-Startup Grind Director/Founder [4 Years of Ecosystem Building]
    • 6x Fund/Accelerator Leader or Advisor [Frontier Tech & New Markets]

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    Solopreneur Starter Kit

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    How to Create Your Solopreneur Business

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    Why Create a Solopreneur Business?

    A solopreneur business is a profitable personal project. Anyone can generate $3,000~30,000 per month, per project, by monetizing their skills, interests, and experiences. True freedom is not f**k you money or the ability to get a job. It’s f**k you cash flow and the ability to get a customer. 1,000…

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