Inside Augment: The Business School Taught by Founders, Not Professors

About this episode

Roy Wellner discusses Augment, an online business school designed by founders for aspiring entrepreneurs.

🚨 What if your business school was built by the founder of YouTube? Or Waze. Or Shazam. 🎙️ Meet Roy Wellner, cofounder of Augment, the online business school delivering premium courses taught by world-class operators. Augment is rethinking what modern education should actually look like. 🔍 In this episode, we dive into: 👉 Why classic MBA programs aren’t built for founders 👉 The OpenAI insight that made AI literacy a non-negotiable part of Augment 👉 How Augment built a curriculum where students actually finish 👉 Why Roy believes your distribution strategy matters more than your product 💡 Plus: Roy’s reflections on full dedication, raising $2M with just a deck, and building something he wishes he had as a student

People in this episode

Hosts: Jonathan Yana, Matteo David, Gary Rouch

Guest: Roy Wellner

Topics covered

• business education
• founder-led learning
• AI literacy
• curriculum design
• entrepreneurship strategies

Keywords

• business school
• founders
• online education
• AI
• curriculum
• entrepreneurship
• fundraising

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube, Waze, Shazam, Augment, OpenAI

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