Why YIP exists
We believe founders
should own what
they build.
YIP was founded on a singular premise: world-class mentorship, operational frameworks, and investor networks should not cost you 7% of your company.
- Founders in the network
- 40+
- Mentors on call
- 5
- Growth tracks
- 5
- Countries
- 12
Building the anti-incubator.
When I looked at the landscape of startup accelerators and growth programs, I saw a broken model. Founders were giving away massive chunks of their equity just for the privilege of learning how to build their business.
I realized that what founders actually need isn't a badge on their website. They need tactical, step-by-step execution frameworks. They need to know exactly how to set up their data pipelines, how to structure a cold outreach campaign that converts, and how to read a P&L statement without passing out.
“We are not here to take a piece of your pie. We are here to give you the recipe, the oven, and the Michelin-star chef to guide you.”
The framework
Five pillars.
Everything else is noise.
We stripped away the fluff and built the curriculum around the five things that actually determine whether a business survives or dies.
Our story
From one founder's frustration
to a network.
The spark
One founder, tired of the equity tax
Ines had watched too many founders trade double-digit equity for advice they could have gotten for free, badly packaged. YIP started as a promise: teach the execution, keep the cap table clean.
Cohort 01
The first curriculum, built in public
No polished funnel, no paid ads — just five tracks of tactical frameworks and a small group of founders willing to test them in real time.
The mentor network
Operators, not just advisors
Brand strategists, VCs, AI operators, and finance leads joined not to lend their name to a logo wall, but to run the actual office hours, week after week.
Today
A growing, global network
Founders across a dozen countries, learning the same five pillars, holding each other accountable in the same rooms — still with zero equity taken.
A global network.
YIP is headquartered in London, but our network of mentors and founders spans the globe. Wherever you are building, you are not building alone.
Ready to execute?
Join the founders building with YIP. Five mentors, a global network, and every framework you need — with no equity taken.
Apply for the Growth Lab