FITLEAGUE · A Venture Studio by SDK Ventures · Season One

Build It.
Live It.

A two-year documentary-style entrepreneur immersion — and the venture studio inside SDK Ventures — where twelve founders build real AI-first companies inside a live ecosystem.

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12 Founders
2 Years
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Chapter One · The Origin

The venture world has it backwards.

Here is something almost nobody in the venture world talks about. When a startup fails — and most of them do — the problem is almost never the idea. It is almost never the market. It is almost never the technology.

The problem is the person.

You take a brilliant founder. You hand them a check for two million dollars. You put them in a room with a whiteboard, a laptop, and a team counting on them. And then you walk away. Maybe you check in once a quarter. Maybe you send a few emails. Maybe you introduce them to a contact who never calls back.

What you don't do is ask how they're sleeping. You don't ask if their body feels as sharp as their mind needs it to. You don't ask whether the stress of running a company is quietly unraveling every decision they make in the afternoon. You don't look at who they're becoming under the weight of building something that has never existed before.

Malcolm Gladwell once wrote that the difference between experts and everyone else isn't talent — it's the accumulated support around them. Great performers are not born. They are built.

FITLEAGUE is built on that exact idea. Except we applied it to founders. And we decided to put that hypothesis on camera for the world to watch.

"Most investors fund the idea and forget the human being behind it. We do the opposite. We fund the human being and let the idea take care of itself."

Drex Scott · Chief Innovation Officer · SDK Ventures

This is FITLEAGUE. A people-first venture ecosystem — an invitation-only community for founders of venture-backed startups who want every resource imaginable wrapped around them so they can perform at the highest level possible.

Not just capital. Not just connections. Everything. Entity structure. Legal protection. Branding. Software. Staffing. Finance. Payroll. Education. Nutrition. Longevity science. The concierge that handles the stuff of life so you can focus on the work of building.

And then — we watch what happens. We film it. We study it. We run a twenty-year longitudinal research study on whether investing in the whole person creates better founders, healthier companies, and happier lives. Because we believe it does. And we intend to prove it.

Chapter Two · How We Show Up

The 12 ways we show up for you.

Think of these twelve pillars like the twelve things a world-class athlete needs to compete. A great coach isn't just a trainer. They handle nutrition, sleep, mental health, equipment, schedule, recovery — everything. FITLEAGUE does the same thing for founders. Tap any pillar to expand.

Section · The Builder

The Builder · Director · Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Operator, capital strategist, and builder of vertically integrated AI-first platforms across healthcare, AI, performance, and venture creation — leading FITLEAGUE, the venture studio inside SDK Ventures.

Companies Drex is launching inside FITLEAGUE

Chapter Three · The Companies

Eight AI-first companies. One ecosystem.

Here is the pattern almost no one notices yet. The companies that win the next decade will not be the ones that bolt AI onto the side of an old idea. They will be the ones built around it from the first sentence — where artificial intelligence is not a feature, but the quiet partner standing behind every human decision. Every company in this portfolio is built that way. Not AI instead of people. AI in service of them — making operators sharper, founders faster, and the people they serve unmistakably better off.

Tap any company to read the full story — what it is, why it matters, how it makes money.

The clothing brand that knows where it's been — and rewards you for sharing it.

The AI that lives with you, learns everything about you, and is legally prohibited from ever working against you.

The robot that runs your entire business — so you can focus on why you started it.

Build a longer, sharper, more alive version of yourself — with science.

Every master tradesperson carries knowledge that will die with them — unless someone builds the bridge.

Really know what makes you tick — and the people around you.

One in thirty-one hospital patients gets an infection they did not come in with. Farris Health is ending that statistic — with AI as the quiet partner standing beside every nurse.

Every ABA owner is trying to run a deeply human business on broken systems. BrightKyte fixes the systems.

The Journey

Two years. Four phases. One documented transformation.

01Months 1-4

Immersion

Founders enter the orbit. They watch the real build environment across active companies, capital, AI, and operations.

02Months 5-9

Network

Combat coaches, spiritual leaders, operators, and advisors become part of the founder journey.

03Months 10-18

Build

Each founder is placed into a vertical. Real products. Real customers. Real stakes.

04Months 19-24

Scale

The story becomes clear. Companies gain traction. Founders leave with a company and a documented transformation.

AI Infrastructure

AI is not a feature. It is the operating system.

ORION

Founder intelligence and guided qualification.

VECTOR

Screening, scoring, and founder fit signals.

AXIS

Operational coaching and execution support.

Content Engine

Documentary, clips, scripts, and social output.

Voice Layer

Voice-led agent interaction and interviews.

Data Core

Founder, company, and cohort intelligence.

Chapter Four

The Show That Changes Everything.

There has never been a show like this. Not because of the format. Not because of the distribution. But because of the stakes. These are not actors. These are not characters. These are real founders with real companies, real money on the line, and real lives being transformed in front of the camera — for twenty-four months straight.

Directed by Drex Scott — director and entrepreneur-in-residence — the Fit League show is a live adventure documentary series. You watch investor calls. You watch 2 a.m. product launches. You watch the moment someone almost quits and then doesn't. You watch people find out what they are actually made of. And then you watch what happens when every resource imaginable is wrapped around someone who refuses to give up.

Show Formats

  • 🎬
    Filmed Episodes (Vertical + Horizontal)

    Shot simultaneously for social and streaming. Each episode follows a founder across one of the 12 pillars — building their business in real time with Fit League support visible in every frame.

  • 📡
    Live Streams

    Unscripted. Unfiltered. Viewers ask real questions and get real answers in real time. The founder's phone rings during the stream. The investor says no during the stream. All of it — live.

  • 🎙️
    Audio Podcast + AI Advice Agents

    Founder stories told in audio — then made interactive. Listeners can interject, ask questions, and get responses from an AI version of the founder built on their actual words and decisions.

  • 🤖
    AI Video Background Series

    Before we follow them forward, we go back. Each founder's history is turned into animated AI video episodes — their origin story, their failures, their pivots — so viewers fall in love with them before Season 1 even begins.

Distribution & Reach

Social (Vertical)

YouTube Shorts · Instagram Reels · TikTok · Facebook Reels. The vertical format is built specifically for mobile-first audiences who discover new content in their feed.

Streaming (Horizontal)

Amazon Prime · Apple TV · YouTube · Facebook Watch. Pursuing premium platform placement with long-form horizontal cuts designed for the living room screen.

Corporate Sponsors

T-Mobile · Verizon · AT&T · Hilton · Marriott · Lovable · Insperity · Luxury brand partners. Sponsors gain access to a highly engaged, high-intent entrepreneurial audience at the exact moment of decision-making.

The Acquisition Engine

Every episode is proof. Proof that the Fit League model works. Every viewer who watches a founder transform is a potential future Fit League member — or a future investor in one of the portfolio companies.

Mentor Network

You do not study the arena. You enter it.

Founders spend real time with combat experts, spiritual leaders, elite operators, and performance thinkers. Tap any mentor to talk with their AI twin.

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Kevin Trudeau
Board Seat

Kevin Trudeau

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Nav Sunder
Advisor

Nav Sunder

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Reginald White
Uncle Ridge · Advisor

Reginald White

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Berny Martin
Advisor · Owner, Catu Clothing

Berny Martin

Founder of clothing line Catu. Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Billy Bigelow
Advisor

Billy Bigelow

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Tito Avila
Advisor

Tito Avila

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Miguel Amaru
Advisor

Miguel Amaru

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

NDO Champ
Advisor

NDO Champ

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Cody Harvey
Advisor

Cody Harvey

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Devin Johnson
Advisor

Devin Johnson

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Dan Wolozyn
Advisor

Dan Wolozyn

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Jarvis Gray
Advisor

Jarvis Gray

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Izzy Rivas
Advisor

Izzy Rivas

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Sam Odle
Advisor

Sam Odle

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Ken Thorpe
Advisor

Ken Thorpe

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Clarence Lyles
Advisor

Clarence Lyles

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Micah Vincent
Advisor

Micah Vincent

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Eric Fritz
Advisor

Eric Fritz

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Elizabeth White
Advisor

Elizabeth White

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Christa Rose
Advisor

Christa Rose

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Braden Brown
Advisor

Braden Brown

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Josh Halon
Advisor

Josh Halon

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Anthony Williams
Advisor

Anthony Williams

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Gary Brackett
Advisor

Gary Brackett

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Michael Friedman
Advisor

Michael Friedman

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

James Payne
Advisor

James Payne

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Devin Moore
Advisor

Devin Moore

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Todd Henry
Advisor

Todd Henry

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

Luc Longmire
Advisor

Luc Longmire

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

EA
Advisor

Eric Aarons

Mentor & advisor in the Fit League network.

KT — Board Seat
Drex Scott — Director & Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Berny Martin — Owner, Catu Clothing

Selection Chamber

Only twelve get in.

The application should feel like an intelligent interview, not a form. ORION asks better questions and helps decide who is ready.

ORION QUESTION 1

What are you building?

ORION QUESTION 2

What pain shaped you?

ORION QUESTION 3

What are you avoiding?

ORION QUESTION 4

Why should the network trust you?

The Manifesto

This Is Not About Money. It Never Was.

Money follows transformation. It always has. When you take a human being — a real person with fears and doubts and a body that needs rest and a mind that needs stimulation and a spirit that needs to feel like what they are doing matters — and you give them every resource they need to operate at their absolute highest level… things happen. Companies grow. Products get built. Problems get solved. People whose lives were supposed to be ordinary become extraordinary. And we get to watch it happen. We get to document it. We get to prove that this model works — not just for one founder, not just for one season, but over twenty years of data that will change how the world thinks about what it means to invest in a human being.

Build the people.
The people build the business.

FIT LEAGUE
SDK Ventures, LLC · 11787 Lantern Road, Suite 104, Fishers, IN 46038
Confidential · Season 1 · 2025–2027