CORPORATE GRADUATION® LAB
Strategic Separation™
The structured framework for engineering your move from corporate to founder. The right moves, in the right order — before you build.
This workshop won't be repeated.
Live Workshop.
One-Time Only.
Monday, May 4, 2026
11:00am - 12:30pm ET
Includes:
Live Session + Recording + Accelerator Assets
THE REAL PROBLEM
Most corporate exits fail because they're run as reactions, not strategies. The wrong moves, in the wrong order, burning runway. Meanwhile, 20+ years of career capital keeps compounding on someone else's balance sheet.
The gap isn't desire or capability. It's the absence of a structured framework for the move itself. Nobody else in this market teaches it. We do.
What You'll Walk Away With:
The Strategic Separation™ Canvas: One-page operator artifact, your living document through the full graduation, built around four quadrants.
Separation Thesis [Quadrant 1] : Conviction on why this move is right for you, why now, and how it's configured given your capital, runway, and constraints. The anchoring argument that holds when the doubts hit and the dip gets deep.
Full Life Orchestration Sketch [Quadrant 2]: An AI-assisted view of how your corporate role, your household, and your founder build interact during the move, so you stop making plays in one domain that sabotage the others.
Personal Dip Profile [Quadrant 3] : Your specific vulnerability map across the six axes that break most corporate exits. You walk out knowing which axis threatens you first, so you build resilience in advance instead of hitting the wall cold.
Execution Dependencies [Quadrant 4] : Honest identification of the 3 places your strategy cannot be self-executed. You leave knowing where you need guidance, not wondering.
Logistics
When
Monday, May 4, 2026
at 11:00am - 12:30pm ET
Where
90-minute live workshop via Zoom
Investment
$100
ONE-TIME ONLY: This workshop won't be repeated. Register to get the live session, recording, and all Accelerator Assets — even if you can't attend live.
Accelerator Assets
Here's what else you get by registering. These are strategic tools to help you step into founder mode.
1. Strategic Separation™ Workshop Recording
Lifetime access to revisit the training whenever you please
2. Strategic Separation™ AI
Custom AI that scans your situation, populates your canvas live, and serves as your ongoing diagnostic as the move unfolds.
3. Corporate Graduation® Readiness Scorecard
A simple self-assessment to find out how close you are to your clean exit and what still needs to shift
4. 7 Mistakes Aspiring Founders Make
Avoid the traps that stall most corporate professionals before they ever get started
5. Corporate Graduation® Case Study Pack
3 real-world profiles of Directors, VPs, and Executives who made the transition
6. Category of One Blueprint
How to position yourself in a market category nobody else occupies, so you're not competing, you're the only option
AFTER THE WORKSHOP
Every attendee gets a 1-on-1 Game Plan Session to map your specific situation, your strongest career capital, and your next move. 25 minutes to clarify the path forward.
HOW WE DO IT
Powered by the Corporate Graduation®
Blueprint
1
Reclaim your time, energy, and attention so you can finally focus on building what’s next.
2
Anchor into the identity and mindset of the person who’s already living the life you want — and begin becoming them now.
3
Design a founder-grade business around your unique strengths and story — then learn how to scale it with confidence and clarity.
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Event Details
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm ET
Location: 90-minute live workshop via Zoom
Cost: $100
Your Host
Matt Doan
Corporate Graduation® Founder
15-year consulting career (e.g., Boston Consulting Group) advising Fortune 500 leaders
Graduated corporate and founded a business to help people methodically graduate their corporate past
Created and refined the Corporate Graduation® Blueprint through 170+ client transformations
Host of the Corporate Graduation podcast
Specializes in helping top performers design IP-backed businesses rooted in clarity, authenticity, and ownership
Husband and father of 4 — building a business to amplify what matters most
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