Activate Purpose® is a 12-week accelerator and 24-month incubator for everyday people with a real idea and no roadmap. We bring the training, coaching, capital, and tools. You bring the drive.
Free to participants · Built for first-time founders · No experience required
Most people with a business idea never start. Not because the idea is bad — but because no one ever showed them the steps, and they didn't have the money, the network, or the support to figure it out alone.
That's exactly the gap Activate Purpose closes. We walk with you from "I have an idea" all the way to "I'm open for business" — and then we stay with you while you grow.
A structured, mostly virtual cohort experience where you build your business step by step — your offer, your pricing, your marketing, your legal setup, and your pitch — with coaching and a community that's in it with you.
When the 12 weeks are done, you're not on your own. Graduates continue into a two-year incubator with ongoing coaching, real-time problem-solving, accountability, and access to capital and professional services as you grow.
Most programs hand you a certificate and wave goodbye. We hand you a runway.
Get clear on your "Big Why," build the confidence and discipline of a founder, and align your business with your values — so you don't quit when it gets hard.
Learn the money side without the overwhelm: budgeting, cash flow, pricing, and profit. Walk away knowing your numbers and what to charge.
Clarify your idea and your customer, set up the legal and operational basics, build your brand and marketing, design your offer, and pitch with confidence.
The skills you build here don't expire when the program ends, and they don't lock you into one path.
Leave with a validated idea, a financial plan, a marketing strategy, and the tech to run it — plus real capital and two years of support behind you.
Walk into the job market with AI fluency, marketing know-how, budgeting skills, and the confidence to lead and pitch. You won't just fill a role — you'll stand out in it.
Either way, you leave more capable, more confident, and more in control of your future.
This isn't a webinar. Participants get real backing to actually launch:
Up to $2,500 to fuel your business launch.
24 months of AmplifyMission CRM (websites, funnels, booking, email & SMS automation, AI tools) — valued at ~$2,500.
Purpose-built for solo founders, so you can do the work of a team.
In select cohorts, financial support while you build.
Mentorship and a community that doesn't disappear when the program ends.
Referrals and access to legal, accounting, and business advising.
Activate Purpose was made for talented, driven people who've been locked out of traditional business support — because of limited capital, limited networks, or limited access to expert guidance.
You're a great fit if you're:
You don't need a finished plan, a degree, or money to start. You just need to be ready.
entrepreneurs graduated from our first cohort (Summer 2025)
in capital issued to support founders from Cohort 1 while they built
graduates signed to continue building their business in the 24-month incubator
one graduate signed a 5-figure contract with the City of Manhattan Beach
A live graduation showcase where founders presented their businesses to the community.
Backed by Advancing The Seed, Inc.® — 5,000+ young adults served, 257+ businesses launched.
When you're supported with the right structure — training, coaching, systems, and capital — you don't just start a business. You build stability. You build confidence. You build a new future.
The Summer 2026 cohort is filling now.
Activate Purpose runs on the belief that opportunity should be shared. Funders, mentors, and supporters make it possible.
Invest in cohorts, stipends, micro-grants, and resources.
Share coaching, expertise, or business advising.
Refer founders, attend showcases, and amplify the work.
