About - Yope

Top founders today are more than innovators, they’re elite performers.

They perform at the highest levels, foster cultures of ambition, and spark movements. That kind of mastery isn’t luck. It’s trained. Yope is the performance agency for the next generation of founders, with a playbook, peer groups, and an elite coaching platform to help them win.

Shaping the Future of Founders

After founding multiple companies and competing at the highest levels in Silicon Valley, most recently with Splunk (acquired by Cisco for $28.8 billion), Michael Baum realized that venture-building is an endurance sport.

I learned that being a great founder isn’t just about building a company. It’s about building yourself to operate at sustained levels of peak performance. It’s about showing up every day as the best version of yourself, making high-stakes decisions with little or no information, and navigating change with confidence. At the heart of every great startup is a founder who can execute, adapt, and endure.

MICHAEL BAUM

Co-founder & CEO, The Yope Foundation

And so Michael founded Yope

Not to fund the usual suspects. Not to run another accelerator. But to train the dreamers, the doers, and the relentless change-makers of the future for sustained elite performance. Yope is where raw talent gets refined, where founders become world-class operators, and where ideas become movements.

Global Impact.
Real Results.

We’ve trained founders around the world to be the best version of themselves and build high-impact ventures. Their work spans AI and Robotics, Space, Health and Medical, Climate Engineering, Circular Economies, and Human Performance.

In partnership with investors, universities, and institutions in the US and Europe we're building a global founder performance ecosystem.

135

ventures supported

$3B

raised by our alumni

600

founders trained

>1B

Over 1 billion lives touched

The Playbook

Becoming a great founder isn’t about hacks. It’s not about staying up late, waking up early, or downloading another productivity app. It’s about mastering sustained execution at the highest level over years. Our approach develops three core areas of performance:

1. Optimize Personal State

Great founders know how to condition their health, control their mindset, and master their energy.

2. Maximize Venture Success

Unlock your idea’s highest potential, evangelize customers, and attract the capital and resources to scale.

3. Lead with Purpose

Become an authentic leader with a style rooted in personal strengths, aligned with purpose, and always in service to others.

These are today's founder superpowers.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Join the
Movement

The reality is that a small number of extraordinary companies will define the next decade. The ones solving our hardest problems are being built right now. Maybe by you.

This isn’t just about scaling a startup. It’s about scaling you. It’s about leveling up so you can take on the impossible and win.

The Founder’s Training Ground