How early-stage entrepreneurs get started

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The Jumpstart Program is for those ready to stop consuming content and build alongside a supportive community.

In one month, you’ll talk to customers, test your idea, and launch something real—with guidance and accountability.

What you’ll do

Launch a product or service

Talk to real customers and validate demand

Build early traction and momentum

Also: Learn the fundamentals of fundraising and get honest feedback and accountability from peers and experts.

Who it’s For

All types are welcome:

Software and tech ideas
Physical products
Food & beverage concepts
Service businesses
CPG brands

You don’t need a polished idea or prior startup experience. What matters is commitment, curiosity, and willingness to take action.

How it Works

Jumpstart is built around learning by doing. This is not a lecture series or a networking event. During the program, you’ll actively work on your idea—talking to customers, testing assumptions, and launching products or services.

By the end of the program, you’ve done something concrete: launched, validated, gained customers, or meaningfully advanced your venture.

Powered by Cam Houser and the Round Rock Chamber

About Cam Houser

Cam is a 4-time founder whose programs have launched 20,000 entrepreneurs across 24 countries to win customers, capital, and connections.

Through his company Actionworks and signature programs like 3 Day Startup and Minimum Viable Video, his alumni have advanced $300 million in revenues, raised $220 million, and achieved dozens of exits.

An early builder with LLMs, he launched a product with Open AI’s GPT-2 in 2019—years before the generative AI boom. Cam now leads AI Innovation Week and teaches entrepreneurship at UT-Austin. From startups in Austin to accelerators worldwide, including Latin America (where he conducts programs in Spanish), he’s driven by one belief: founders learn best by doing.

About the Round Rock Chamber

The Round Rock Chamber supports entrepreneurs and startups in one of Central Texas’s fastest-growing innovation hubs. With deep roots in entrepreneurship, including Dell Technologies, one of the region’s original startup success stories, Round Rock offers founders the opportunity to build and grow in a community designed for innovation.

Located just north of Austin, Round Rock combines access to a global startup ecosystem with a collaborative local network of business leaders committed to helping entrepreneurs succeed. The Round Rock Chamber is dedicated to cultivating a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem that supports high-growth startups and small businesses through strategic partnerships, education, and entrepreneurship-focused programs led by its Entrepreneurship Council.

Round Rock is a place where ideas take shape, connections are made, and entrepreneurs can build for the future.