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The first 100 Founders lock in $497, for life

The first 100 Founders lock in $497, for life

Quit your job in 12 months
by launching a real business
in 6 minutes.

Quit your job
in 12 months
by launching a real business
in 6 minutes.

Start your 6-minute build: $497

Score my idea free first

First-Customer Guarantee

First-Customer Guarantee

You own everything, forever

You own everything, forever

4 interest-free payments available

4 interest-free payments available

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  • 6 MIN AVERAGE BUILD TIME

  • 209K ON INSTAGRAM

  • 6M+ VIEWS THIS YEAR

  • 10K+ NEWSLETTER READERS

  • BACKED BY NORTH FORGE

YOU’RE NOT CRAZY FOR WANTING OUT

You don't need another year. You need a place to begin.

Let's be straight. We're not some giant company. We won't promise you'll get rich. Most people who try to work for themselves quit. Building a business is hard, and the early days are mostly you and not many customers. We can't do the work for you, and we won't pretend any of that away.

But here's the part we'd bet everything on: almost nobody quits because of the work. They quit before they ever start, stuck on the idea, the name, the website, the tech, the where-do-I-even-begin, the what-do-I-do-next. That's the part that stops nearly everyone, and it's the exact part we take off the table in six minutes. You walk away with a working business and a plan to go make money.

The ones who made it out weren't smarter or braver than you.

They just got past the start.

Let's be straight. We're not some giant company. We won't promise you'll get rich. Most people who try to work for themselves quit. Building a business is hard, and the early days are mostly you and not many customers. We can't do the work for you, and we won't pretend any of that away.

But here's the part we'd bet everything on: almost nobody quits because of the work. They quit before they ever start, stuck on the idea, the name, the website, the tech, the where-do-I-even-begin, the what-do-I-do-next. That's the part that stops nearly everyone, and it's the exact part we take off the table in six minutes. You walk away with a working business and a plan to go make money.

The ones who made it out weren't smarter or braver than you.

They just got past the start.

Start my build: $497

Score my idea free

THE JOURNEY

From nothing to your first customer in three steps.

01

Type your idea.

Type your idea.

One sentence. No idea? Lightbulb hands you one worth building.

02

Get your business in
~6 minutes.

Get your business in
~6 minutes.

A complete business, live and ready to take payments.

03

Land your first customer.

Land your first customer.

Follow the simple 14-day plan. If it doesn't work, we keep helping you for free until it does.

EVERYTHING YOU GET

The 6-Minute
Quit-Your-Job
Launch System™

The Idea Engine

The Idea Engine

No idea yet? We hand you a real one worth building, with people already making money from it.

No idea yet? We hand you a real one worth building, with people already making money from it.

Greenlight Score™

Greenlight Score™

See if your idea works and what it could earn, before you spend a dollar. Real proof, not a guess.

See if your idea works and what it could earn, before you spend a dollar. Real proof, not a guess.

The “It’s Not Taken” Naming Engine

“It’s Not Taken” Naming Engine

Bring a name or get a fresh one. We make sure the name and every handle are free and yours to claim.

Bring a name or get a fresh one. We make sure the name and every handle are free and yours to claim.

The Agency-Grade Logo Studio

The Agency-Grade Logo Studio

A real logo you can actually use, sharp at any size and matched to your brand.


A real logo you can actually use, sharp at any size and matched to your brand.


The No-Burn Meta Ads Setup™

The No-Burn Meta Ads Setup™

Ready-to-run posts and ads with captions, plus step-by-step instructions to launch them on Meta.

Ready-to-run posts and ads with captions, plus step-by-step instructions to launch them on Meta.

The Hands-Off Launch Site™

The Hands-Off Launch Site™

A real website built to sell, live the moment you get it, taking payments on your own domain.

A real website built to sell, live the moment you get it, taking payments on your own domain.

The Monday Morning Playbook

The Monday Morning Playbook

Built it but stuck on what's next? Your exact moves, in the right order, so you never lose momentum.

Built it but stuck on what's next? Your exact moves, in the right order, so you never lose momentum.

First Customer in 14 Days

First Customer in 14 Days

The exact 14-day plan to land your first paying customer. Others give you tools. This gives results.

The exact 14-day plan to land your first paying customer. Others give you tools. This gives results.

"The Quit Conversation" Scripts

"The Quit Conversation" Scripts

Word-for-word scripts for your boss and your partner, so the conversation never feels awkward at all.

Word-for-word scripts for your boss and your partner, so the conversation never feels awkward at all.

The Quit-Your-Job Tracker™

The Quit-Your-Job Tracker™

The exact income line that makes leaving safe. Quitting becomes a number, not a leap of pure faith.

The exact income line that makes leaving safe. Quitting becomes a number, not a leap of pure faith.

Bonus: 1:1 Founder Call with Harjan

Thirty real minutes with the founder. Six years building brands, 100+ built, several past $100M market cap. Bring whatever’s stuck. Included with every purchase, books out fast.

Thirty real minutes with the founder. Six years building brands, 100+ built, several past $100M market cap. Bring whatever’s stuck. Included with every purchase, books out fast.

HERE’S THE MATH

10 things you’d pay for one at a time.

1

The Idea Engine + Greenlight Score™

$250

2

The “It’s Not Taken” Naming Engine

$250

3

The Agency-Grade Logo Studio

$100

4

The No-Burn Meta Ads Setup™

$1,500

5

The Hands-Off Launch Site™

$2,000

6

The Monday Morning Playbook

$500

7

BONUS: First Customer in 14 Days

$500

8

BONUS: “The Quit Conversation” Scripts

$50

9

BONUS: The Quit-Your-Job Tracker™

$50

10

BONUS: 1:1 Founder Call with Harjan

$1,000

EVERYTHING, ADDED UP

What you'd pay buying these one at a time.

$6,200
$6,200

The 6-Minute Quit-Your-Job Launch System™

Founding price for the first 100, or 4 interest-free payments of $125.

$497

$497

one-time · own it forever

one-time · own it forever

THREE GUARANTEES

The risk is ours.

First Customer or We Don’t Stop

First Customer
or We Don’t Stop

Follow the 14-Day Playbook exactly. If you don't land your first paying customer within 30 days, we work with you one-on-one until you do, at no extra charge.

You Own Everything, Forever

You Own Everything, Forever

Pay once and keep everything: brand, site, logo, ads, and every future update. Your idea stays 100% yours, forever.

It Works, or We Fix It

It Works, or We Fix It

Your business goes live and ready to take payments. If anything isn't working, we fix it for free until it is. You're never left with something half-built.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Can't I just do this myself with ChatGPT or Claude for free?

You could open any of them. But those are tools you have to direct. Lightbulb is a business launcher that does the work for you. Generic tools hand you a website, but then it's on you to turn it into a business: find the idea, design the brand, write the copy, connect payments, connect the domain, create converting ads, check if your name is free everywhere, and work out the order it all goes in. That's dozens of decisions and hours of dead ends, and it's where most people give up. The idea stays an idea. Lightbulb is one simple flow. Bring an idea or get one, type a sentence, and get a named, branded business with a live website already taking payments, a dashboard to watch sales and reply to customers, ads ready to run, and a plan for what to do next. Built in about six minutes.

What if I spend the money and my business flops?

Here's the honest answer: no one can promise you a business will work, and we won't. What we can do is make sure you're not guessing, and that you're set up to win. Before you build, we check your idea against real demand and show you what it could realistically earn and who's already making money doing something similar, so you go in with a read instead of a hope. Then we hand you everything a business actually needs to get off the ground: a branded, live site taking payments, ads to bring people in, and a clear plan for what to do next. The risk never fully disappears. But you go in knowing more, with more in your corner, and that's the difference between a gamble and a smart bet.

I work full-time and barely have a spare hour. How does this fit?

That's exactly who it's built for. The build takes about six minutes, something you can do on a lunch break or after the kids are down, while you still have your job. You're not quitting anything or clearing your calendar. You're starting in the cracks of the life you already have.

I've never started a business and I'm not technical. Can I really do this?

Yes, and not knowing how is the whole point. There's nothing to set up and no skills to learn. Describe your idea in a sentence, or get one from us, and you get a named, branded business with a live site, payments, and ads already done. Then a simple plan tells you exactly what to do next, so you're never guessing. If you can describe what you want, you can launch it.

Can I get a refund if I change my mind?

We don't do refunds, and here's the honest reason: the moment it's built, the whole business is yours to download and keep. We can't un-give you a brand, a site, and a logo. So instead of a refund, we back you with something better. If anything isn't working, we fix it free. And if you follow the 14-day plan and don't land your first paying customer in 30 days, we work with you one-on-one until you do.

Can't I just do this myself with ChatGPT or Claude for free?

You could open any of them. But those are tools you have to direct. Lightbulb is a business launcher that does the work for you. Generic tools hand you a website, but then it's on you to turn it into a business: find the idea, design the brand, write the copy, connect payments, connect the domain, create converting ads, check if your name is free everywhere, and work out the order it all goes in. That's dozens of decisions and hours of dead ends, and it's where most people give up. The idea stays an idea. Lightbulb is one simple flow. Bring an idea or get one, type a sentence, and get a named, branded business with a live website already taking payments, a dashboard to watch sales and reply to customers, ads ready to run, and a plan for what to do next. Built in about six minutes.

What if I spend the money and my business flops?

Here's the honest answer: no one can promise you a business will work, and we won't. What we can do is make sure you're not guessing, and that you're set up to win. Before you build, we check your idea against real demand and show you what it could realistically earn and who's already making money doing something similar, so you go in with a read instead of a hope. Then we hand you everything a business actually needs to get off the ground: a branded, live site taking payments, ads to bring people in, and a clear plan for what to do next. The risk never fully disappears. But you go in knowing more, with more in your corner, and that's the difference between a gamble and a smart bet.

I work full-time and barely have a spare hour. How does this fit?

That's exactly who it's built for. The build takes about six minutes, something you can do on a lunch break or after the kids are down, while you still have your job. You're not quitting anything or clearing your calendar. You're starting in the cracks of the life you already have.

I've never started a business and I'm not technical. Can I really do this?

Yes, and not knowing how is the whole point. There's nothing to set up and no skills to learn. Describe your idea in a sentence, or get one from us, and you get a named, branded business with a live site, payments, and ads already done. Then a simple plan tells you exactly what to do next, so you're never guessing. If you can describe what you want, you can launch it.

Can I get a refund if I change my mind?

We don't do refunds, and here's the honest reason: the moment it's built, the whole business is yours to download and keep. We can't un-give you a brand, a site, and a logo. So instead of a refund, we back you with something better. If anything isn't working, we fix it free. And if you follow the 14-day plan and don't land your first paying customer in 30 days, we work with you one-on-one until you do.

COMMUNITY

103 businesses, and counting.

103 businesses, and counting.

209K

209K

Instagram followers

6M+

6M+


Views this year

10K

10K

Newsletter readers

103

103

Businesses launched

"A 10-year-old I mentored used Lightbulb to build her website, socials, and branding, then pitched a full business at North Forge's RampUp. Watching a kid ship something real in an afternoon is when it hit me, the hard part was never the building."

Medhavin Kapoor, mentor at North Forge RampUp

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Medhavin Kapoor, mentor at North Forge RampUp

Read the full story on LinkedIn →

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Backed by North Forge, Manitoba’s flagship startup accelerator.

Backed by North Forge, Manitoba’s flagship startup accelerator.

Six minutes from now,
you’re a founder.

Or you’ve closed this tab and it’s another year of Sunday nights. Both are choices.

Start my 6-minute build: $497

Founding price: $497 for the first 100. It rises after, permanently.
Founder calls run on real calendars, so only a few open each week.

Not ready to spend anything?

Get your idea scored free first.

Six minutes from now,
you’re a founder.

Or you’ve closed this tab and it’s another year of Sunday nights. Both are choices.

Start my 6-minute build: $497

Founding price: $497 for the first 100. It rises after, permanently.
Founder calls run on real calendars, so only a few open each week.

Not ready to spend anything?

Get your idea scored free first.

Six minutes
from now,
you’re a founder.

Or you’ve closed this tab and it’s another year of Sunday nights. Both are choices.

Start my 6-minute build: $497

Founding price: $497 for the first 100. It rises after, permanently.
Founder calls run on real calendars, so only a few open each week.

Not ready to spend anything?

Get your idea scored free first.

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