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Lyceum

A school for founders who want to be more than managers.

What separates a manager-CEO running an enterprise from a legendary founder? We think the first is an employee-in-chief and the second is a prophet. Lyceum is for founders and future founders who want to make that crossing.

The School of Athens by Raphael, philosophers gathered under a vaulted arch, tinted in brick red

Prophets

Not operators of the thing that exists, but founders of the thing that does not yet. The difference is a stance, and it can be learned.

Philosophy

Plato, Nietzsche, Strauss, Girard. Lyceum's founders are scholars of political philosophy, and the school puts those teachings to work inside startups.

Founders

A small Signal group of founders and future founders of venture-backed companies, reading and seeking the truth together while they build.

How it works

Ask to join Read the 2024 prospectus

Membership is by approval. The prospectus opens in Google Docs.

WhoFounders and future founders of venture-backed companies. Founders Lyceum has worked with have gone on to be backed by some of the most sought-after investors in technology.

WhereA private Signal group inside Institute. Messages disappear after four weeks, so what is said stays in the room.

RulesCome to read and to discover the truth, not to pitch. Nothing from the group is quoted outside it.