Verified Builders by quarter
The quarterly classes of the Playbook.
Every Verified Builder lands in the quarter their first Stripe-verified customer cleared. The cohort is the calendar window, not a curated list. Founders earn their row by the charge, not by an application.
All cohorts
The 2026 Q1 cohort
The first quarter UnlockSaaS shipped to the world. Founders who took the diagnostic, ran the Playbook, and crossed their first paying-customer line between January and March 2026.
Theme
Day-one founders. The class that proved the cycle works before the marketing did.
The 2026 Q2 cohort
The April-to-June 2026 class. Founders ran the diagnostic, took the $1 Starter, climbed to the $49/mo Core Playbook, and surfaced their first Stripe-verified customer inside the quarter window.
Theme
Post-launch, pre-revenue founders shipping their first real charge.
The 2026 Q3 cohort
The July-to-September 2026 class. Cohort opens at the first day of Q3; the directory page populates automatically as Stripe-verified customers land. No invitation, no application - the path is the diagnostic.
Theme
Late-summer 2026 class. The path opens the day the diagnostic returns a label you can act on.
The 2026 Q4 cohort
The October-to-December 2026 class. The end-of-year quarter. Founders who ship a paying customer between October 1 and December 31 carry the 2026 Q4 cohort identity on their Verified Builder badge.
Theme
Year-end 2026 class. The last founding quarter inside the 2026 calendar.
The 2027 Q1 cohort
The January-to-March 2027 class. First quarter of the second calendar year. The Playbook stays $49/mo, the diagnostic stays free, the verification rule stays Stripe-only. Same cycle, new year.
Theme
Second-year openers. Founders who started 2027 by moving the Stripe line.
Want your row in the next class?
The path to a cohort row is the same in every quarter: take the free 90-second Launch Diagnostic, run the Playbook, ship the work, let Stripe verify the customer. Your row lands automatically the moment the first charge clears.