Mission, Ethos, Founders
Ethos
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You are responsible for your own growth and success.
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Challenge and failure are powerful teachers.
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Knowledge is everywhere—how you use it matters most.
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Cognitive, psychological, and interpersonal skills drive career performance, income, and long-term success.
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The prestige of your school matters far less than your ability to deliver results.
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Decades of research confirm these truths.
Our Founders
Our founders built Futures Forge to prepare young people for bright careers and lives. They apply methods learned and developed in high-performance environments to develop talent globally. They have applied these methods in their own companies with over 100 top-talent young employees.
Nathaniel Greene
Nathaniel Greene built a career transforming organizations. He co-founded Stroud International, a global consulting firm. Stroud solved "impossible problems" and delivered results worth millions. Consulting Magazine named Stroud the "Best US Small Firm" seven times.
Stroud rapidly developed high-potential young talent. They hired a fraction of Ivy+ applicants and prepared them to deliver results on-site in a two-week bootcamp. Stroud consultants still in their mid-20s often became team leads and trusted advisors to VP-level executives.
Nat's mission with Futures Forge is to rebuild education to effectively prepare young people for bright careers and lives.
He published problem-solving books:
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Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers and
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Variable Analysis: A Method to Help You Stop Guessing and Solve Hard Problems.
He co-authored Wedged, a book on political polarization, with Erik Fogg.
Nat graduated from Oxford University with an engineering degree and received a master's from Cambridge University. His most useful real-world skills came from his Home Depot Deck-Building Badge.
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Erik Fogg
Erik Fogg founded multiple VC-backed tech startups. He co-founded ProdPerfect, which automated web application testing using machine learning. As COO and CRO, ProdPerfect grew to 60 people before its 2022 exit. ProdPerfect had industry-best employee satisfaction and retention due to its talent management culture.
Erik also helped lead the MIT-founded hardware startup HelmetHub and served as interim COO at the tech nonprofit Nexleaf Analytics.
His first job out of college was as a consultant at Nat's Stroud International. He spent four years solving multimillion-dollar problems and leading teams.
Erik has further mentored and advised dozens of fellow founders.
Erik wrote:
How to Crush College in 2013, based on his experience as a first-generation university student. He hacked MIT's requirements and his schedule to graduate in four years with bachelor's and master's degrees and two minors.
Erik studied Mechanical Engineering and Political Science at MIT.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Student and Recruitment Nondiscrimination policy: Futures Forge recruits, tests, and admits students solely on their individual merit. Our admissions and learning practices do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, or national origin. We admit and welcome students of any sex, race, color, national, and ethnic origin to fully participate.