Zero to One

โ† Zero to One30 Sept 2025 ยท 50 min

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

Inside Augment: The Business School Taught by Founders, Not Professors30 Sept 202550 min

๐Ÿšจ What if your business school was built by the founder of YouTube?

Or Waze. Or Shazam.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ 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.

๐Ÿ” In this episode, we dive into:

๐Ÿ‘‰ Why classic MBA programs arenโ€™t built for founders

๐Ÿ‘‰ The OpenAI insight that made AI literacy a non-negotiable part of Augment

๐Ÿ‘‰ How Augment built a curriculum where students actually finish

๐Ÿ‘‰ Why Roy believes your distribution strategy matters more than your product

๐Ÿ’ก Plus: Royโ€™s reflections on full dedication, raising $2M with just a deck, and building something he wishes he had as a student