The Career Capitalist™

    You Already Have the Career Capital. Now Claim the Category.

    A live workshop to chart your founder direction and claim your Category of One—without replicating your corporate past.

    January 19, 2026
    11:00-12:30pm ET

    One-Time Only: Includes Live Workshop + Recording

    The Case

    Most high performers try to leave corporate by replicating it.They start a solo version of the job they just left—same title, same skills, same model. Just with a Zoom license and a Stripe account.It’s familiar. But it’s also the fastest way to get stuck.Because the truth is:
    You weren’t built to freelance.
    You weren’t built to consult your way to burnout.
    And you sure as hell weren’t built to copy-paste your last role into your next chapter.
    You were built to lead something that’s never existed before.This workshop is where you start doing that.In The Career Capitalist™, you’ll uncover the capital you didn’t even realize you had—then use it to chart a founder path that’s powerful, original, and completely yours.Not a niche.
    Not a pivot.
    A category-defining business built around your identity, not just your résumé.
    We’ll move fast—but we’ll go deep.
    You’ll mine your gravitas.
    Define your transformational aim.
    And walk away with a clear direction and category to claim.
    By the time we’re done, you won’t just be thinking like a founder. You’ll know exactly what you’re here to lead—and how to name it.

    Logistics

    This is a LIVE, 90-minute hands-on workshop.We’re going deep, fast—and by the end, you’ll have a founder direction and category only you can own.📅 Date: Friday, January 19, 2026Time: 11:00 AM EST (8:00 AM PST / 4:00 PM GMT)💵 Investment: $50 USD📀 Recording: Included with your registrationCan’t join live? No problem. Register now and you’ll get the full workshop recording delivered within 24 hours.One-time only workshop.

    What We'll Cover

    Gravitas Mining 101 – How to extract the hidden value in your career story and reposition it as founder capital.The Career Capital Ingredients Scan – A simple way to spot what’s marketable, ownable, and transferable from your past roles.The 5 Signals of Corporate Graduation™ Readiness – How to know (and prove to yourself) you’re built for more than your current title.The Corporate Replication Trap – Why most smart people default to “consulting lite”—and how to avoid building a business you secretly resent.Your Transformational Aim – Pinpoint the change your future business exists to create—and who it’s meant to serve.The Magnetic Match Framework – How to align your genius with the right audience and create early traction without going full-time.Naming the Invisible – The technique to give language to ideas that feel too big, abstract, or vague—so others instantly get it.Category of One Thinking – The founder mindset that helps you stop looking for a niche and start owning a category.Category Claiming Exercises – Live tools to frame and name the space only you can lead.What to Do Next – A clear roadmap to turn your founder direction into a short-term asset—and build toward your clean corporate exit.

    Bonuses

    Bonus #1: The Career Capitalist™ Workshop Recording - Can’t make it live? You’ll get the full 90-minute replay within 24 hours—so you can revisit or catch up anytime.Bonus #2: The IP Builder GPT - Your private AI tool to surface your career capital and structure it into proprietary frameworks—so you can shape your category and lead with original IP.Bonus #3: The Corporate Graduation™ Readiness Scorecard - A simple self-assessment to find out how close you are to your clean exit—and what still needs to shift.Bonus #4: 7 Category Mistakes Smart Founders Make (and What to Do Instead) - Avoid the traps that stall momentum and erode credibility—so you can move fast and clean toward your own category.Bonus #5: Corporate Graduation™ Case Study Pack - 3 real-world profiles of corporate leaders who made the leap—how they mined their capital, claimed a category, and built something that didn’t exist before.Bonus #6: Private 1:1 Founder Game Plan Call - A 20-minute private session to map your next steps. You’ll get custom insight on your gravitas, direction, and exit plan—so nothing gets wasted.

    Event Details

    • Date: Monday, January 19, 2026

    • Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

    • Location: Live via Zoom (Live attendance highly suggested. Recording included)

    No fluff. Just real clarity.

    Meet Your Coach

    Matt Doan

    Corporate Graduation™ Founder

    • 15-year consulting career (e.g., Boston Consulting Group) advising Fortune 500 leaders

    • Left corporate to build a high-leverage coaching business, now surpassing $700K

    • Refined the Corporate Graduation™ Method through 167+ client transformations

    • Host of the Uncage Yourself podcast

    • Specializes in helping top performers design service businesses rooted in clarity, authenticity, and ownership

    • Husband and father of 4 — building a business to amplify what matters most

    Let's Go

    Ready?

    You weren’t built to freelance or consult your way through the next chapter.You were built to lead.Let’s chart your founder direction—and claim the category only you can own.