Startup Empire review
Startup Empire charges $249.92 a month, which puts it among the more expensive listings on Skool.
A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Startup Empire, and nothing below is a verdict.
Startup Empire is a Skool community for entrepreneurs that calls itself the gym membership for entrepreneurs.[1] Created in September 2023, it is run by the CEO of Late Checkout, a holding company that builds community-based internet businesses.[1][2] Its approach is to avoid building products nobody wants: get traction fast, learn what works, and make progress or pivot.[1]
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- Members
- 671
- Published price
- $2,999
- per year
- Members, last 28 days
- -4
- 4 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026
- Rank by members
- #2,472
- of 6,073 sellers listed here
- Size rank in niche
- #149
- of 340 sellers listed in software and tech, by published members
- Price rank in niche
- #6
- of 100 priced in Software and tech listed here, highest first
- Check the Course score
- 69
- B, above average
- Niche
- Software and tech
- 353 listed here
- Created
- 11 Sept 2023
- Skool publishes this date
- Readings
- 24
- since 6 Sept 2026
About Startup Empire
Members get weekly live jam sessions for feedback and trends, workshops on vibe coding, marketing and operating, and material on emerging trends and startup ideas.[1] The group also describes a library of 100+ ACP guides and tactical playbooks, plus builder and automation templates.[1] A YouTube channel presents Startup Empire as tools, tips and tactics to build businesses of the future, under the line "Everyone should start a business."[3]
Late Checkout starts each of its businesses as an internet audience or community.[4] Its portfolio includes a design firm for products, interfaces and agents, a site for spotting trends and startup ideas, and a service that automates marketing tasks with AI.[2] The operator also writes a weekly newsletter called Greg's Letter, covering startup ideas and business building, and jams on business ideas in a podcast.[2][4] By the operator's own account, earlier companies include Islands, a community company acquired by WeWork, and the operator was briefly WeWork's Head of Product Strategy.[2][4]
Sources
- Skool listing: skool.com/startupempire, as collected 21 Sept 2026
- Official website: gregisenberg.com, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
- YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC2yhjP2Vj926IhTOtqh9CzA, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
- Official website: gregisenberg.com/about-me, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.
Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.
What is inside
Counts published by Startup Empire on its own page, read on 29 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by greg-isenberg-9746.
This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.
Against the software and tech niche
Percentile among the other 352 software and tech listings here, each seller counted once for size.
Held at $2,999 per year in each of the 23 readings that published a price, from September 2026 to 2 Nov 2026.
Ahead of 69% of the 13,589 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Startup Empire published itself.
- Size 53% of the scoreahead of 73%
- Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 9%
- Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 96%
An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.
Evidence and signals
Listed on 671 members.
Evidence: measured.
- First recorded
- 6 September 2026our first reading, not its launch
Tracked over time
24 observations over 56 days.
Observation log
| Observed | Members | Change | Price | Ceiling / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2026 | 671 | +1 | $2,999 per year | $167,696.32 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | 670 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $167,446.40 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | 670 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $167,446.40 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 670 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $167,446.40 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 670 | +1 | $2,999 per year | $167,446.40 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 669 | -2 | $2,999 per year | $167,196.48 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 671 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $167,696.32 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 671 | -1 | $2,999 per year | $167,696.32 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 672 | -1 | $2,999 per year | $167,946.24 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 673 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,196.16 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 673 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,196.16 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 673 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,196.16 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 673 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,196.16 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 673 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,196.16 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 673 | -1 | $2,999 per year | $168,196.16 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 674 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,446.08 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 674 | -1 | $2,999 per year | $168,446.08 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 675 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,696 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 675 | +1 | $2,999 per year | $168,696 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 674 | 0 | $2,999 per year | $168,446.08 |
| 30 Sept 2026 | 674 | -2 | $2,999 per year | $168,446.08 |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 676 | -3 | $2,999 per year | Not calculated |
| 21 Sept 2026 | 679 | -8 | $2,999 per year | $169,695.68 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | 687 | $2,999 per year | $171,695.04 | |
| Average per week, last 28 days4 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026 | -1 | |||
| Average per week, since first reading6 Sept 2026 to 2 Nov 2026 | -2 | |||
Course content readings
| Observed | Posts | Modules | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 3,739+23 | 348+10 | 13 |
| 13 Sept 2026 | 3,716 | 338 | 13 |
| Added per week13 Sept 2026 to 29 Sept 2026 | +10 | +4.4 | 0 |
Common questions about Startup Empire
- What is Startup Empire?
- Startup Empire is a Skool community for entrepreneurs that calls itself the gym membership for entrepreneurs. Created in September 2023, it is run by the CEO of Late Checkout, a holding company that builds community-based internet businesses.
- How much does Startup Empire cost?
- Startup Empire charges $2,999 per year on Skool, read 2 Nov 2026. That is cheaper than 5% of the other priced software and tech listings here.
- How many members does Startup Empire have?
- Startup Empire lists 671 members, read 2 Nov 2026.
- How has Startup Empire's membership changed?
- From 687 members on 6 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 671 on 2 Nov 2026: down 16, or 2%.
- How does Startup Empire compare with other software and tech communities?
- At $249.92 a month, Startup Empire sits above the $29 median of the 99 priced software and tech listings here. The niche median is 595 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
- What do you get inside Startup Empire?
- Startup Empire publishes 348 course modules, 13 courses, 3,739 posts, 15 admins. Communities with the most course content.
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