For 20+ student ventures
Partner startups
Placed in founder-facing roles
Top 20% avg CTC
We interviewed 100+ founders, CXOs and investors with one question: What makes someone genuinely useful in a startup within 3–6 months?
Their answers became 10 core outcomes that now shape every Mesa course, project and pathway.
At Mesa, by the end of the program, you will:
Real ventures
AI-first
Outcome-backward
A typical week at Mesa blends classroom learning, hands-on building and intense exposure to founders – by design.
A typical week at Mesa blends classroom learning, hands-on building and intense exposure to founders – by design.
In teams, students pick a real product, identify a target customer, set up supply and operations, build a brand, and sell in the real market.
Over an 8-week sprint, they run the full business cycle, from sourcing and pricing to marketing, selling, and managing cash flows.
In teams, students pick a real product, identify a target customer, set up supply and operations, build a brand, and sell in the real market.
Over an 8-week sprint, they run the full business cycle, from sourcing and pricing to marketing, selling, and managing cash flows.
True learning happens through hands-on experience. By building real businesses, students gain the skills and mindset to navigate the complexities of entrepreneurship.
As part of their BYOB sprint, Rishab, Shlok and Kritika built MosQuit, a non-toxic mosquito-repellent lamp brand. They discovered the category, sourced from a single niche supplier, negotiated costs down to ~₹2.5K per unit – nearly half the usual market price – and then proved demand with ₹1.6L+ in revenue, 100+ unique customers and ~200 products sold in just 8 weeks. Today, they are running Bloc, running at 40L ARR.
Lucky used BYOB to pilot Everaw, a kid-first, clean-label nutrition brand. In 10 weeks, he and his co-founder iterated on product, pricing and packaging with ~500 customers and ~₹2.5L in revenue. Today Everaw is doing ₹6L+ in monthly revenue, with its hero product – Super Spreads – contributing ~78% of sales, all originally piloted inside Mesa’s business-building sprint.
As part of BYOB, Raj and his team built Jalsa Snacks after spotting how hard it was to find authentic Gujarati snacks in Bangalore. They learned quickly that apartment pop-ups beat malls, and used each stall to capture real customer feedback on flavours, pricing, and repeat orders. One pop-up even led to a big B2B opportunity, and a Dandiya night sponsorship became a breakout moment for sampling and brand recall. In 8 weeks, they crossed ₹7.5L+ in revenue.
Beanish was built after spotting a gap in coffee: most brands felt too serious or interchangeable, and none felt genuinely fun. They crafted a quirky, approachable brand, tested tastings and messaging in the real world, and saw traction when strangers remembered the name and story after one interaction. A major validation came when they set up a stall at Deutsche Bank and did ₹1.5L in sales in 3 days, proving both product quality and brand pull.
As part of BYOB, Shrey, Subham, Anisha, and Ashish built Zora around a simple, universal need: home and kitchenware that is genuinely unbreakable, without looking boring. They worked backwards from the customer problem to what could be built and sold within an 8-week sprint, then used sharp content and consistent messaging to build trust around durability and quality. Offline selling became their biggest unlock, opening up larger order sizes through gifting and B2B leads.
BYOP is Mesa’s product-building sprint. Students learn AI and no-code stacks: like Cursor, Lovable, Replit, Supabase and automation platforms – and then build and launch products on the open internet.
By solving critical business problems, students impress founders: many graduates have secured top positions through their BSL contributions.
Transitioned from a non-profit background to Chief of Staff at Epigamia, where he now drives multiple P&Ls and leads market expansion efforts. His impressive work on live problem statements through the Business Strategy Lab earned him the trust of the founder and leadership team, positioning him as a key player in Epigamia’s growth strategy.
Transitioned from running a social media agency with no startup experience, to leading marketing at Comet, one of India’s fastest-growing sneaker brands. Richa impressed the founder, Utkarsh Gupta, during his teaching session at Mesa. Her depth of thinking honed during the program helped her secure this pivotal role.
An academic exercise turned into an obsessionI overthought ice cream, and it paid off, catching the attention of Varun Sheth (co-founder, NOTO).
Transitioned from a non-profit background to Chief of Staff at Epigamia, where he now drives multiple P&Ls and leads market expansion efforts. His impressive work on live problem statements through the Business Strategy Lab earned him the trust of the founder and leadership team, positioning him as a key player in Epigamia’s growth strategy.
Mesa is built to place you into high-ownership startup roles – where you work close to founders, ship fast, and grow into leadership.
Build the essential operator skills required to perform in high-velocity startup environments.
Skills
Communication • Structured thinking • Analytical reasoning • Writing • Presentation
Master the tools and analytical systems founders expect in high-performance teams.
Skills
Excel • SQL • Dashboards • CRM systems • AI agents & automation • Experimentation frameworks
Train for your chosen pathway with assignments, cases and mocks that mirror real startup hiring.
Skills
Product Management • Venture Capital • B2B Sales • Growth & Marketing • Data & AI • Category Management
Master the tools and analytical systems founders expect in high-performance teams.
Skills
Excel • SQL • Dashboards • CRM systems • AI agents & automation • Experimentation frameworks
