Orbit
A student-led coworking group for Chapman founders.
Orbit is an ongoing builder community. We meet weekly to work on real projects, share feedback, and help each other move faster.
Whether you're just starting or already shipping, Orbit gives you a focused environment to build alongside other serious students.
"Ambitious people are rare, so if everyone is mixed together randomly, as they tend to be early in people's lives, then the ambitious ones won't have many ambitious peers.
When you take people like this and put them together with other ambitious people, they bloom like dying plants given water.
Probably most ambitious people are starved for the sort of encouragement they'd get from ambitious peers, whatever their age."
What You Get as an Orbit Member
Beyond the core community, Orbit members get access to exclusive resources, connections, and support systems designed to accelerate your startup journey.
Expert Mentorship
Direct access to successful founders, VCs, and industry leaders who provide tactical guidance tailored to your specific challenges.
Driven Community
Surround yourself with the most ambitious student builders at Chapman. Peer accountability that pushes you to ship faster.
Startup Credits
Startup credits for AI, storage, development tools, and other essential services to build without breaking the bank.
Investor Introductions
Warm introductions to pre-seed and seed VCs, angel investors, and founder-operators when you're ready to raise capital.
Demo Day Access
Exclusive pitch opportunities in front of Chapman's network of successful alumni founders and active investors.
Founder Resources
Curated library of templates, playbooks, and tactical guides from YC, a16z, and other top-tier accelerators.
Workspace Access
Access to dedicated coworking space on campus with whiteboards, high-speed internet, and focus rooms.
Exclusive Events
Members-only workshops, founder dinners, and networking events with Chapman's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Weekly Working Sessions
Get in the room. Put your head down. Make progress. Orbit's core is a weekly working session with other students building real things. Just time, space, and shared momentum.
Tailored Support
As you build, you'll get opportunities for focused sessions with experienced founders, PMs, and early-stage investors.
Demo Days
We run demo days throughout the year. When your product's ready, you'll have the chance to present it to people who can help — founders, operators, and investors who know what early looks like.
Peer Feedback Loops
Every few weeks, we run lightweight feedback sessions. You'll get the chance to walk through what you've built, ask for specific input, and see what others are working on.
Shared Resources
As part of Orbit, you'll get access to a growing library of founder resources — tactical guides, founder templates, helpful tools, and notes from guest mentors. We're also partnering with select companies to offer startup credits and perks — things like cloud compute, analytics tools, and developer infra — so you can save time and money while you build.
Stay in Orbit
Orbit isn't a one-time cohort. Once you're in, you're part of the cohort. Founders stick around — to build, give feedback, or share what they've learned.
Join the Community
Orbit is ongoing. You can join anytime — but we keep it small on purpose.
Meaningful Progress
You've made meaningful progress towards your startup or idea
Bias Towards Action
You have a bias towards action
Consistent Building
You want a consistent, supportive place to build
Any Domain
You're building in any domain — tech, CPG, media, hardware, services — if you're serious, you belong here