Founders & Leaders Academy 2.0

Don't Die.
Build a Business
That Outlives You.

A one-day, high-intensity business intervention for founder-operators generating ₦50M–₦2B in annual revenue.

Saturday, July 25, 2026
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM WAT
Lagos, Nigeria
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Most Nigerian Businesses Don't Fail.
They Quietly Collapse.

Every year, thousands of Nigerian businesses with real revenue, real customers, and real potential quietly collapse — not because the market failed them, but because their founders never built institutions. They built habits.

A growing segment of founder-led businesses — those with 3–15 years of operation and significant cash flow — are structurally fragile. They are one bad month, one sick founder, or one key employee resignation away from collapse.

Founder Dependency

The business cannot function without you. You are the bottleneck, the brand, and the backup plan all at once.

Financial Leakage

No separation between business capital and personal wealth. Revenue grows but profit stays invisible.

Market Invisibility

Competing on personality, not systems. Your brand is you — and that doesn't scale.

The Intervention

FLA 2.0 is designed by Scale NXT to diagnose the structural fragility inside your business, eliminate founder dependency, build financial guardrails, and send you home with a written 12-Month Business Survival and Growth Blueprint.

Built for Founders Who Are
Stuck in the Middle.

01

The Burnt-Out Builder

Founder of a 3–15 year-old business generating ₦50M–₦2B/year. You're actively seeking tools to scale beyond yourself. You work harder than ever with no end in sight.

  • 3–15 years in operation
  • ₦50M–₦2B annual revenue
  • Seeking systems, not motivation
02

The Family Heir

A second-generation business leader preparing to modernise a legacy business. High urgency, significant asset base, institutional mindset.

  • Inheriting or transitioning leadership
  • Modernising legacy systems
  • Building governance structures
100

Seats Only

Deliberately limited to ensure depth over scale. Every interaction is meaningful. Every participant does real work on real businesses.

Claim Your Seat

Meet the Minds Behind
Your Transformation.

Four seasoned practitioners who have built, scaled, and advised businesses across Africa. No motivational speakers. Just operators.

Facilitator 1

To be announced

Expert facilitator bringing deep industry experience to guide founders through operational transformation.

Facilitator 2

To be announced

Seasoned business strategist focused on helping African businesses build sustainable systems and governance.

Facilitator 3

To be announced

Finance and growth expert specialising in helping founder-led businesses separate personal and business capital.

Facilitator 4

To be announced

Brand and marketing strategist who has helped businesses de-commoditise and build lasting market positioning.

Five Sessions. One Blueprint.
Zero Fluff.

10:00 AM
Session 1

The Wake-Up Call

Business Mortality Case Study — African failures, real data, impossible to ignore.

Deliverable: Business Mortality Case Study
11:30 AM
Session 2 — Operations Workshop

The Detox

People, process, and performance design. Learn how to hire and retain the right talents, leadership development, and SOP for improved business performance.

Deliverable: Live Business Operations Audit and Process Design
1:00 PM
Session 3 — Finance & Investor Readiness

The Blood Bank

Cash-flow & pricing deep-dive. Separate family money from business capital. Build financial guardrails that protect you from yourself. Learn what investors look for and how to position your business for funding readiness.

Deliverable: Cash-Flow Separation Framework + Investor Readiness Checklist
2:30 PM
Session 4 — Marketing

The Oxygen Tank

Learn how to de-commoditise your brand and stop competing on price. Insight into product-market fit, customer acquisition and retention system design, and access the "Why Us?" Canvas.

Deliverable: Only-Choice Framework + "Why Us?" Canvas
4:00 PM
Session 5 — The Intensive

The Discharge

90-minute intensive: Every participant writes their 12-Month Business Survival and Growth Blueprint. You leave with a plan.

Deliverable: 12-Month Business Survival and Growth Blueprint

Access global business builders. Gain practical insights. Leave with a fresh blueprint for growth.

Just ₦25,000
Reserve My Seat Now

Talk Directly to Founder-Operators.
In One Room.

100 high-value founder-operators. Full-day, captive attention. Your brand woven into a moment of high emotional investment.

Title Sponsor
₦1,500,000
1 spot only
  • Event co-branded as "FLA 2.0 powered by [Your Brand]"
  • Exclusive 10-minute keynote address
  • Logo on all banners, workbooks, lanyards, screens
  • Full-page workbook feature
  • Branded session segment
  • All pre-event digital marketing (6–7 weeks)
  • First right of refusal for FLA 3.0
  • Full post-event analytics report
  • Press releases & media coverage
Become Title Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
₦1,000,000
Max 2 sponsors
  • Logo on banner, workbook cover, screens
  • Half-page workbook feature
  • Branded product in participant kits
  • 5-minute brand spotlight
  • 2 representative seats
  • 3+ social media posts
  • Post-event impact summary
  • Post-event press mentions
Become Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
₦600,000
Max 3 sponsors
  • Logo on event materials & workbook
  • Branded item in participant kit
  • 1 representative seat
  • Brand mention in programme & MC script
  • Social media mention (post-event recap)
Become Silver Sponsor
Community Partner
In-Kind
Negotiable
  • Ideal for venues, caterers, tech platforms, media
  • Logo on select materials
  • Social media recognition
  • 1 complimentary seat (conditional)
  • Co-branded content opportunities
Partner With Us

The FLA Difference

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Intimate Scale

Every sponsor and attendee can meaningfully interact. This is not possible at events with 300–1,000 people.

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Emotionally Engaged

Participants arrive having completed a Business Health Check pre-diagnostic. They walk in already confronting vulnerabilities.

SOP

Work-Based Format

This is not a talk-listen event. Founders do real work on real businesses. Products that solve problems get noticed.

90d

The 90-Day ICU

Post-event engagement continues for three months. The Blueprint lives on desks and in decisions — not in the bin.

100 Founders. One Room.
Real Transformation.

Spots are limited by design. Reserve your seat before they're gone.

You'll receive a confirmation email with payment instructions.

Let's Talk
Partnership.

Sponsorship slots are limited by tier design. We allocate positions on a first-confirmed, first-served basis.

Interested in Sponsoring?

Download the full sponsorship proposal or reach out directly to discuss partnership opportunities.

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