Make $1M Before Graduation (Or Get a Full Refund) | Go Ivy or Go Free Ep 7. w/ Nat Eliason

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Go Ivy or Go Free Podcast!In this episode, host Andreas Stamatakis sits down with serial entrepreneur, author, and Head of Founder Development at Alpha School, Nat Eliason — the man betting that the future of education isn't a diploma, it's a million dollars. Nat is launching Founders School, a first-of-its-kind entrepreneur high school built on the most audacious guarantee in the history of education: make $1 million in gross profit by graduation, or get 100% of your $600,000 tuition refunded.If you think high school is just a stepping stone to college, or that a business degree is the safest path to entrepreneurial success, or that kids need to wait until adulthood before building real companies — this episode will dismantle every one of those assumptions. Andreas and Nat get real about why the traditional education system was never designed to produce entrepreneurs — and why a new generation of high schoolers is ready to prove they don't need it.Nat breaks down exactly how Founders School works: the AI-powered academic model that compresses core coursework into two hours a day, the full-day entrepreneurship bootcamp that fills the rest, and what it truly means to build a school around outcomes you can measure in dollars and cents. This isn't a passion project — it's a skin-in-the-game bet that forces the institution to actually care whether students succeed. We're talking about a program designed to produce real founders with real revenue before they ever set foot on a college campus.The conversation also goes deep on Nat's own experience studying business at Carnegie Mellon — and his brutally honest take on whether it was worth it. Why did he eventually walk away disillusioned? What does it mean that most business schools are taught by people with no skin in the game? 🎙️ About Our Guest: Nat Eliason is a serial entrepreneur, author, and Head of Founder Development at Alpha School, where he's co-launching Founders School — a high school that trains teenagers to build million-dollar businesses and guarantees a full tuition refund if they don't. Nat's entrepreneurial journey started at Carnegie Mellon, where he quickly grew disillusioned with traditional career tracks and pivoted to building his own ventures — including Growth Machine, a content marketing agency, and Cup & Leaf, a direct-to-consumer tea brand. He's the author of Crypto Confidential, a first-hand account of winning and losing millions in the crypto boom, and has become a leading voice on AI-powered entrepreneurship — most recently building Felix, an autonomous AI agent that has generated over $60K in sales without Nat writing a single line of code. 🎙️ About Your Host: Andreas Stamatakis Widely considered the #1 Ivy Admissions Advisor on Earth, Andreas Stamatakis has spent over a decade advising on elite college admissions and has built a social media empire dedicated to democratizing elite admissions advice, making top-tier Ivy strategies accessible to millions of students worldwide — for free. Andreas started his consulting practice at just 18 years old, right after making the ultimate strategic move: turning down multiple Ivy League acceptances for a full-ride scholarship to Stony Brook University. Holding degrees in Physics, Pure Math, and Applied Math, he brings a first-principles approach to the admissions process, debunking myths with hard facts and contrarian strategies that have helped thousands of students get accepted.🔗 Connect with Us!Follow Nat Eliason:X: https://x.com/nateliason?lang=enYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@nateliason Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nat_eliason Website: https://www.nateliason.com/Follow Andreas Stamatakis & The Ivy League Roadmap:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivy_roadmapTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ivy_roadmapWebsite & Consulting: https://ivyroadmap.orgBook: The Ivy League Roadmap (Available on Amazon): https://a.co/d/0bhf10mC