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For BrainTrust members · Nashville Entrepreneur Center

BrainTrust starts at $100K. We start where you are.

Six months of EC membership, a seat in our next accelerator, and an advisor by Thanksgiving. $750 if you join by November 1.

You were building something. That hasn't changed.

Path to 100K
$750
Join by Nov 1, 2026 · one payment, everything below
  • ✓EC membership, Nov 1 through Apr 30
  • ✓Pre-approved seat in TakeOff, Feb–May 2027
  • ✓Advisor match within 14 days of joining
  • ✓Revenue diagnostic at intake, so month one has a baseline
  • ✓Hit $100K by May: we walk you back to BrainTrust ourselves, application pre-endorsed
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The goal
$100K in revenue by May 31, 2027
The vehicle
TakeOff: 12 weeks, in person, 3 hrs/week
The floor
There isn't one. We start at zero.

Why this exists

You're not out of the game. You're on the part of it BrainTrust doesn't run.

BrainTrust's Insider program is ending. If you're under $100K in revenue, that part of the game is ours: the Nashville Entrepreneur Center has spent 15 years on the stretch between an idea and a real business. Not networking. Not coaching. Client acquisition, systems, pricing, and the specific unglamorous work of getting revenue to a place where it can carry you.

When you cross $100K, BrainTrust's door opens again, and we'll walk you to it.

The plan

November to May, mapped.

November

You join.

Advisor matched inside two weeks. Revenue diagnostic sets your baseline. Full run of the building, the mentor network, and every member event.

Dec – Jan

Work the plan.

Work with your advisor. Come to things. Use the space. Momentum in December beats a cold start in February.

Feb – May

TakeOff.

Twelve weeks, in person, three hours a week. Client acquisition and go-to-market. This is where the revenue comes from.

May

$100K is the target.

Hit it and we walk you back to BrainTrust ourselves, application pre-endorsed by the EC.

What it costs

One number, everything included.

Path to 100K, by Nov 1
$750

Six months of membership plus a 12-week accelerator seat, one payment. TakeOff alone is normally $500, and membership runs separately.

After May, either way
$29/mo

Miss the target and you keep the alumni rate: $29/month Connect or $99/month cowork. You'll be closer than you are today, and nobody gets shown the door.

The straight answer

Is $100K by May realistic?

It's a target, not a promise, and we're putting it in writing anyway. The plan above is the same one our accelerator companies run: a baseline, an advisor, twelve weeks of go-to-market work, and a building full of people who've done it. Some of you will pass $100K. All of you will be closer. Either way you'll know your number in May, because we measured it in November.

Who this is for

Founders doing real revenue under $100K who want it to be more.

Ready to build

Join by November 1 and February-you will thank November-you. Applications take about ten minutes; we review within five business days and a real person sends your acceptance.

Start the path · $750

Still deciding whether to start

If the business is still an idea, PreFlight is the better door. And if you'd rather talk it through first, we'll put a person on the other end of the line.

Look at PreFlight Talk to us first

Questions about the offer, the timeline, or whether it fits: contact TBD. We answer plainly.