250+ hours of structured preparation designed to help you perform in interviews, in projects, and on Day 1 in the role.
Build the core operator toolkit startups expect on Day 1: structured thinking, crisp communication, sharp writing, and executive-style storytelling. You’ll practise turning messy problems into clear hypotheses, decisions, and action plans.
Work on real startup problems with messy data, real constraints, and tight timelines building solutions and pitching directly to founders/CXOs while learning to defend decisions, handle push back, and think like an operator.
Role-wise fireside chats with alumni and operators that demystify the job: what great looks like, what the first 90 days demand, and where most candidates fail. You’ll get first-hand clarity on expectations, workflows, and how performance is evaluated.
One-on-one conversations with the Mesa team and mentors to map your background to your right-to-win pathway, refining your story, positioning, target companies, outreach plan, and minor choices.
Intensive training for founder-style behavioral rounds: how to frame stories with clarity, answer situational prompts, show ownership, & communicate trade-offs. You’ll practise concise responses that signal execution ability, not just “potential.”
Learn execution by building real things from the start: a revenue-generating business sprint (BYOB) plus product-building cycles (BYOP) using AI and modern stacks. You leave with a portfolio of shipped work—not just coursework and slide decks.
Different roles require different proof. Mesa prepares you for the exact formats founders use to hire cases, take-homes, audits, role-plays, and founder-style interviews so every rep compounds toward your target role.
Structured primers that break each minor down clearly covering typical problem statements, key KPIs, daily responsibilities, required mindsets, and career paths to help you build conviction and avoid blind role choices.
Each student chooses one minor from the Builder bucket and one from the Seller bucket, so you graduate with a balanced profile startups consistently hire for. The structure helps you combine aspiration with strengths while building range.
Deep dives into high-growth sectors with mentorship and networking, plus internships and outreach labs to strengthen portfolios and improve role conversion.
Every founder’s path is different, but the inflection points are universal. At MSL, founders are guided through five stages of building:
Founder-Led Mentorship → Direct sparring with the MSL Leadership team.
Shortlist the problems you want to work on.
AI/tech generalists, growth and marketing operators.
Curated introductions and fundraising readiness.
Leading operators and industry experts aligned to your milestones.
Build with your team from our dedicated campus.
Startup tools, corporate connects, competitions.
1:1 accountability, tailored to your journey.
Weekly peer updates and shared learnings strong peer to peer support
By Tanay Agarwal & Jash Arora, Cohort 1
Mumbai Pav Company is a quick service restaurant QSR that delivers authentic Mumbai-style street food in Bangalore.
MPC was founded by Jash Arora & Tanay Agarwal, two students from the founding cohort at Mesa. They formulated, clarified & tested their business as part of Mesa Startup Lab, and have seen tremendous growth in the last 1.5 years:
One of the biggest lessons I took away from Mesa was the importance of doing one thing really well. Focus over diversification is something we kept hearing in class, and it shaped how we built Mumbai Pav Co. We learnt to double down on what was working instead of chasing every new idea. For instance, we worked on how to design marketing campaigns and even built a loyalty campaign that directly informed how we think about retention today. When we started raising, the Mesa network made a very real difference. Almost 50 percent of our cap table is made up of angels we met through Mesa, including people like Mohit Gulati, Anand Sinha, Varun Limaye and more.
Many of them first came in as mentors and CXOs who taught in class. As we grew, we took up our own office and scaled the team, and at every step Ankit Agarwal was deeply involved in getting us funding ready. We were connected to lawyers, helped in understanding term sheets, and got to apply everything we learnt in the VC classes to our specific round. From deciding round size to building FOMO and closing the offer on the right terms, Mesa was there through it all
- Tanay Agarwal & Jash Arora, Cohort 1
By Aravind M, Cohort 1
Fab Invest is a Real Estate Investment platform that facilitates small and mid-scale investors to micro-invest in premier real estate projects, earning up to 16% Returns per annum from these investments.
Fab Invest was founded by Aravind M and incubated during his time at Mesa. Fab Invest has now managed assets upwards of 110 Cr.
Through his time at Mesa, Aravind networked heavily, pitching his idea and getting feedback from VCs and startup leaders that came to campus. He also raised capital as part of Mesa Startup Labs at a crucial time during their expansion, and streamlined processes with the help of Ankit – Co-founder at Mesa.
Entrepreneurship is not an easy journey at all - barely 1% of startups make it. A lot of founders go through a rough time in the initial 2 years, and this can be testing. If I were to give a thought with future Mesa students at the start of their journey, it would be to start something they are truly passionate about, that they really want to build.
Ideas and execution can also be poles apart. In the end, it is only 10% what the idea is, and 90% how you execute it.
- Aravind M, Cohort 2
By Lucky Soni, Cohort 2
EverRaw's signature range is Super Spreads, which contributes about 78 percent of revenue, and it was piloted, launched, and scaled during Mesa's business building sprint, BYOB.
Lucky entered Mesa at the ideation and family-and-friends sampling stage. The first public feedback came at Mesa's pitch showdown, which he won through public voting. That win triggered structured testing.
On the way of and during the building sprint on 2 July 2024, Lucky and Vaun defined a new child-focused spread concept and began rapid prototyping on campus. Over 10 weeks they reached roughly 500 customers and generated about ₹2.5 lakh in revenue, using the sprint to test various flavours, and packaging without brand pressure.
I used Mesa's ecosystem selectively and deeply. The most niches and inventor forums asked the right questions. For instance, when we launched Marketing Basics across two terms nailed the difference between a need and a want. The VC class with Mohit Gulati gave me that outside-in investor view and taught about literacy. CTM with Prof Tilru shaped how we think about cross-sell, upsell, and packaging.
Through BYOB, we cracked Fripro's Enigma showed me, are not ideal, how scaled product development, labs, and teams actually run. On the business side, we closed about ₹6 lakh in October without burnout yard. Our AOV is now above ₹1,000 and the near-term target is to cross 1,000 orders a month. Soon, we plan to raise our first cheque and make EverRaw a pantry staple for our target households!
- Lucky Soni, Cohort 2
