Fashion Founders Academy

8-week live cohort

Fashion Founders Launchpad

Eight weeks to take what’s next from concept to a production-ready plan—with structure, tools, expert guidance, and momentum.

The founder gap

You have the idea. Now what?

A good idea can stall under the weight of a hundred connected decisions: what to launch, how to develop it, where to source, what it should cost, how samples get approved, and when production can actually begin.

Launchpad turns that overwhelm into an ordered, workable plan.

Fashion designer reviewing a mood board and collection direction

The Blueprint gives you the system.
Launchpad helps you execute it.

Who it’s for

Not just a first launch.

Join with a new idea or a business already in motion. The same product-development discipline applies whenever you’re building what comes next.

01

A new brand

02

A new collection

03

A new category

04

A new product

05

Your next season

The roadmap

From concept to production-ready.

  1. 01

    Brand + Customer

    Clarify the brand you’re building and who it must matter to.

  2. 02

    Assortment + Product Plan

    Turn the idea into a focused, commercially sound product plan.

  3. 03

    Design + Development

    Create a development process that moves ideas toward samples.

  4. 04

    Sourcing + Vendors

    Find and evaluate the right materials, makers, and partners.

  5. 05

    Costing + Pricing

    Understand the numbers and build margin into every decision.

  6. 06

    Sampling + Fit

    Review, refine, and approve products with a clear standard.

  7. 07

    Production Planning

    Map quantities, timelines, risks, and production readiness.

  8. 08

    90-Day Execution Plan

    Leave with priorities, milestones, and a practical next move.

What you get

Everything you need to keep moving.

Inside each session

Teaching, then traction.

50–60 min

Focused teaching and a guided workshop around that week’s product-development decision.

30–40 min

Founder clinic and Q&A tied directly to the week’s topic and your real work.

Portrait of Lauren Jones, fashion design and product development expert

Your guide

20+ years of fashion product experience—translated for founders.

Lauren Jones has worked across fashion design and product development for global and founder-led brands. Her focus is making real industry systems clear, useful, and possible to apply.

Meet Lauren

Choose your support

Join the founding cohort.

Founding Cohort

$997

The complete 8-week live experience.

  • All 8 live sessions
  • Tools, templates, recordings, and community
  • Weekly founder clinic and Q&A
  • 90-day roadmap framework

Founder VIP · Limited spots

$1,997

Private strategic support alongside the cohort.

  • Everything in the founding cohort
  • One private 60-minute strategy session
  • One private brand and product review
  • Personalized written 90-day priority roadmap
  • Priority support during the cohort

Questions

Before you join.

Your next product needs more than a good idea.

Build the strategy, structure, and production-ready plan to move it forward.