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Coding Dojo co-founder Richard Wang starts a 30-day Idea to Launch program

Nearly four years after selling the bootcamp for $70 million, he wants founders to ship a product with AI coding tools.

By West Coast News staff ·
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The Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.

Richard Wang, co-founder and former CEO of Coding Dojo, on Thursday launched Idea to Launch, a 30-day program that helps people turn a startup idea into a working product with AI coding tools and engineering help, GeekWire reported. He sold Coding Dojo to Perdoceo for $70 million nearly four years ago. Citing a Shopify-Gallup study and a Zapier/Harris poll, the program says 60 percent of Americans have a business idea and only 9 percent launch one.

Wang said fear of failure, not knowing where to start, and not wanting to spend money on a developer are why people hold back. He argues AI will push the cost of building a product close to zero.

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