EDUCATION FOR FOUNDERS, INVESTORS & INSTITUTIONS
The Structural Standard for Entrepreneurship.
Learn to build, govern, and exit companies with structural clarity—and keep the value you create.
Join the Founding Cohort
Taught by instructors featured and honored by:
Wall Street Journal
LSI
CNBC
ACG
MedTech Breakthrough
The Stakes
42% of funded founders walk away with less than their employees.
Not because they failed. Because they did not understand the rules of the game.
Luck, hype, hidden terms → Clarity, control, outcomes that create real economic value.
For Founders
The seven-course structural operating system that optimizes your impact and economic outcome. The art, science, and secrets behind cap tables, governance, negotiation, and exits.
Explore the ProgramFor Equity Investors
Equip your portfolio founders with structural literacy. Reduce governance risk. Improve exit outcomes. Protect your returns.
Learn MoreFor Institutions
Universities: A global certification program that can be white-labeled and implemented within and across departments.
Learn MoreGovernments: Training programs in entrepreneurship and innovation for economic and regional growth.
Learn MoreCustomizable · White Label
Built by Operators. For Founders.
Meet Your Instructors
Christopher J. Velis NACD.DC
NACD.DC · Serial Founder · Board Director · Venture Investor · Lead Inventor
Founded Auris Health leading to a $5.75 billion exit to Johnson & Johnson—the largest acquisition of a venture-backed medical device company on record.
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Dr. Christos Kelepouris
DBA · JD · Fulbright Specialist · UAE–Stanford Innovation Fellow
Selected by the UAE Prime Minister’s Office as a Stanford Innovation Fellow. 15+ years developing founders and advising across four continents.
See full credentialsTeaching & Speaking Around the World
What Leaders Say
Real Results from Real Operators.
Utilizing what I learned as a guide, the company I founded had a successful exit. The fundamental knowledge Chris provided was instrumental in navigating challenging Board matters, building concensus, and ensuring a successful outcome for all."
When I was facing a critical license negotiation and a turbulent funding round, Chris' AEIOU guidance gave me the clarity and decision structure to break chaos into solvable moves. I did the work—but I won because of what he taught me.
In my career evaluating training and leadership programs across the U.S. Army and beyond, very few met the level of rigor, structure, and real-world execution I see in AEIOU. This program stands out immediately.
Dr. Christos' advisory work builds disciplined judgment around risk long before it appears on a balance sheet—when it is still preventable. That capability is rare, highly practical, and essential at the senior banking and board level.
The Vision
More Than a Credential.
A Global Community.
We’re not just building a certification. We’re building a global community of structurally literate founders—and we’re looking for our founding leaders.
The Founding Cohort isn’t just the first class. It’s the charter membership of a movement to change how founders are educated, how they negotiate, and how they capture the value they create.
Twenty seats. Not for spectators. For builders.
