The Learning Community
One place for answers you trust, support from people who've lived it, and a community where you're never alone.
Joined by 250,000+ founders worldwide
You Are Not Alone
"I wish I found you a year ago. I wasted so much time and money."— Founder, Learning Community Member
The Learning Community was created to solve a simple problem: Why isn't there one place entrepreneurs can go for everything they need to start or grow a business? The Learning Community is that place.
Everything Inside the Learning Community
Six pillars of support — tap any card to see what's inside.
Knowledge
On-demand learning across every stage of business.
5,000+ Learning Modules
Covering strategy, growth, leadership, hiring, marketing, finance, operations, and pressure.
50+ Industries
Industry-specific guidance so the answers match your actual business.
Demographic-Specific Content
Tailored insights for women founders, minority entrepreneurs, veterans, and more.
On-Demand Help
Real-time human guidance when pressure shows up.
Entrepreneur Success Managers
Real-time answers from experienced entrepreneurs who've been where you are.
Unlimited Group Coaching
Live, ongoing sessions — practical guidance tied to real founder situations.
90 Minutes Weekly with Michael Dermer
Every week, live and unscripted — built around what you're actually going through.
Tools, Templates & Vendor Reviews
Ready-made resources and trusted recommendations.
Free Business Tools & Templates
Plans, agreements, checklists — ready to use, not theory.
Prescreened Vendor Reviews
Know who to trust before you spend — honest reviews from real founders.
Exclusive Discounts
Negotiated pricing on tools and services entrepreneurs actually use.
Community
Founders who get it — because they're living it too.
Active Founder Network
Entrepreneurs sharing what's working, what's not, and what they wish they knew sooner.
Real Conversations
No fluff, no pitching — just founders helping founders figure it out.
Stop Going It Alone
The isolation ends the moment you join.
Financing Sources
400+ ways to fund your business.
Grants & Government Programs
SBA loans, grants, and federal programs organized by eligibility.
Investor & Equity Sources
Angel investors, venture capital, and revenue-based financing options.
Alternative Financing
Crowdfunding, microloans, and non-traditional capital matched to your stage.
AI
Understand AI before it disrupts your business.
AI Foundations
Learn what AI means for your business — in plain language, not hype.
AI Vulnerability Score
Find out where your business is exposed and what to do about it.
How the Learning Community Helps
Gives You One Place to Go
Replaces endless searching with a single, trusted environment for answers, tools, and context.
Provides Human Guidance When It Matters
Ask real questions and get perspective from experienced entrepreneurs before mistakes get expensive.
Reduces Learning the Hard Way
Learn from what worked, what failed, and what hurt — so you don't have to put your hand on the stove to figure it out.
What Founders Say
"I was bouncing between Google, ChatGPT, podcasts, and Slack groups every week. Having one place to go changed how I made decisions."
— Founder, $3.1M Services Company"The biggest difference wasn't the content — it was being connected to other founders dealing with the same things."
— Founder, $7.6M Company"The difference was having a place to ask a real question and get perspective when I needed it — not after I'd already made the mistake."
— Founder, $2.4M Business
Michael Dermer
Two-time Academic All-American. Left Willkie Farr & Gallagher to build IncentOne to 800 employees over ten years. Watched a decade of work disappear in ten days during the 2008 collapse — then fought back and achieved a successful exit. Now he shows up every week inside the Learning Community to help founders survive what's hard and build what matters.
Join the Learning Community
Ongoing access to human guidance, unlimited group coaching, knowledge and tools — plus a founder community built around the real challenges of entrepreneurship.
We are all lonely entrepreneurs. The Learning Community makes sure you don't have to figure it out alone.
FAQs
The Learning Community is the one place entrepreneurs can go for answers, guidance, and support — instead of searching everywhere else. It combines 5,000+ learning modules, real-time human support, practical tools, group coaching, peer community, capital access, and AI readiness in a single membership.
No. It's not a course you finish or content you consume. It's a home base — a place you return to when real questions, pressure, or uncertainty show up in your business.
It means real people — experienced entrepreneurs — helping you think through decisions before you make costly mistakes. Not AI responses. Not generic advice. Actual perspective from founders who've been where you are.
Coaching programs and masterminds are time-limited and expensive — typically thousands of dollars for a few months of access. The Learning Community is ongoing, far more affordable, and combines knowledge, tools, live coaching, peer community, and on-demand support in one place.
After your free trial, you're billed $999 for the year — giving you 12 months of full access to everything inside the Learning Community. You can cancel before the trial ends and you won't be charged anything.
Yes. You can cancel your free trial before it ends at no cost. After you're billed for the year, you have access through the end of your membership period.
It's ongoing. You don't "finish" the Learning Community. The more your business grows and changes, the more relevant it becomes — because the questions change too.
Founders looking for one-time courses, generic advice, or quick hacks without context. If you want a silver bullet or a shortcut, this isn't it. If you want a real place to get better answers and stop figuring it out alone, it is.
Full access to 5,000+ learning modules, on-demand support from Entrepreneur Success Managers, unlimited group coaching, 90 minutes weekly live with Michael Dermer, business tools and templates, prescreened vendor reviews, capital access resources, AI readiness content, exclusive discounts, and an active founder community — all in one place.
