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You don't need another app. You need someone who's been where you are — who's made payroll, lost a client, bet on the wrong hire, and figured out what actually works.
Aurora Venturist gives you a real consultant, research-backed intelligence, and a network of operators — for less than what most consultants charge for a single hour. Prepay your first month before launch and lock in $49/mo for life. After launch, new members pay $79.
You've got a decision to make — about a hire, a contract, a pivot, a partner, a price increase — and you don't have anyone to talk to about it. Not really.
Your spouse is supportive but doesn't understand the business. Your friends have opinions but no experience. Your accountant knows the numbers but not the strategy. Your employees need you to have the answer, not the question.
So you make the call alone. Sometimes you get it right. Sometimes you don't. And either way, you never really know if there was a better option you didn't see.
They care about you, not the P&L. Their advice is emotional, not operational. And they'll tell you what you want to hear.
They send you a 26-year-old with an MBA and a slide deck. $300/hour. They've never made payroll, fired someone, or lost a customer they couldn't afford to lose.
ChatGPT doesn't know your business, your industry, your cognitive blind spots, or the decision you made six months ago that created the problem you're asking about now.
They teach theory. You need someone who can look at your specific situation and say: here's what I'd actually do, and here's why.
Aurora Venturist combines what actually helps business owners make better decisions — and removes everything that doesn't.
The visionary behind AEON is Professor M.G. Hagy. Professor Hagy isn't a career academic who reads about business from a textbook. He has built companies from the ground up, innovated and disrupted markets, and operated inside Fortune 100 organizations. He's held senior and executive positions across sales, marketing, operations, finance, legal, and customer service — and he's been the owner writing the checks, making the calls, and living with the consequences. From startups to boardrooms, from brand representation to market launches, he's lived the full spectrum of what business actually looks like when the stakes are real.
He's also a doctoral researcher in entrepreneurial cognition — which means he understands not just what decisions to make, but why business owners make the wrong ones. The Advisory tier gives you monthly 1:1 sessions with someone who has both the operational scars and the research framework to actually help.
Imagine having a senior business analyst and a mentor who already knows your company — available any time, day or night, whenever you need to think through a tough conversation, a deal that doesn't feel right, or a decision you can't afford to get wrong.
That's askAlistar™. It's not a generic chatbot. It's built on peer-reviewed research in entrepreneurial cognition, negotiation, risk management, and leadership — and it's calibrated to your specific ENVI™ cognitive profile. It knows your decision patterns, your documented strengths, and the blind spots most likely to cost you money. When you ask it a question, it doesn't give you a Wikipedia answer. It gives you the answer you need to hear.
The AEON Member Network isn't a LinkedIn group or a Slack channel full of people sharing motivational quotes. It's a curated community of founders and operators who are using the same decision framework you are — matched by cognitive profile, stage, and industry.
Monthly peer decision rooms where members bring real decisions — not pitches. Archetype-matched cohorts so you're learning from people who think like you and people who don't. Warm introductions to capital, talent, and partners surfaced by shared profiles, not cold outreach.
Aurora Venturist doesn't replace consultants — it gives you what they charge ten times more to deliver.
Total value elsewhere: $5,000–15,000/month. Aurora Venturist Professional: $49/month.
Every component exists for one reason: to help you make better decisions in your business. Here's exactly what each one does and why it matters.
A 70-question cognitive diagnostic that maps how you make decisions under pressure — across 10 dimensions like risk awareness, adaptability, execution discipline, and conflict resolution.
Most business owners have never had their decision-making patterns measured. You know your financials, your market, your product — but you've never seen a map of the cognitive tendencies that drive every call you make. ENVI™ builds that map. It identifies your archetype, your strengths, and the specific blind spots most likely to cost you money. It's not a personality quiz — it's the foundation everything else in the platform is built on.
An AI-powered consultative advisor that draws from peer-reviewed business and entrepreneurship research, current best practices, and Professor Hagy's proprietary decision frameworks — filtered through your personal ENVI™ cognitive profile.
Generic AI gives generic answers. askAlistar™ knows your archetype, your documented blind spots, and your decision history. When you ask about a hiring decision, a pricing change, or a partnership offer, the response is shaped by real scholarship and calibrated to how you specifically think. If your reasoning has a flaw, it will name it — not agree with you. Available 24/7, whenever you need to think something through.
A running log of every decision consultation — what you asked, what was recommended, and what you chose. Combined with longitudinal ENVI™ retakes, it tracks how your judgment develops over time.
Six months from now, you'll be able to look back and see patterns you can't see today. Which types of decisions do you overthink? Where do you move too fast? Are your blind spots actually improving? No consultant gives you this — because no consultant tracks your decisions over time. The audit trail turns your experience into visible, measurable growth.
Deep-dive learning modules across every critical business domain — marketing, sales psychology, financial literacy, negotiation, leadership, operations, risk management, communication, and decision science.
This isn't a course catalog. Every module is sequenced based on your ENVI™ profile — so the system knows which areas to prioritize based on your specific cognitive weaknesses. A Visionary who underweights risk gets different content than a Builder who avoids conflict. Each module ends with a real decision scenario that forces you to apply what you learned under pressure. It's a business library that knows what you need to read next.
A curated community of founders and operators — matched by cognitive profile, business stage, and industry. Monthly peer decision rooms, archetype-matched cohorts, and warm introductions.
Running a business is isolating. The Member Network gives you a room full of people who understand what you're dealing with — not because they read about it, but because they're living it. Members bring real decisions to structured sessions, not pitches. Connections are surfaced by shared ENVI™ profiles, so you're matched with people whose experience is actually relevant to your situation.
A business flight simulator that places you inside high-stakes decisions across strategy, funding, operations, and leadership — calibrated to your ENVI™ archetype.
Pilots don't learn to fly by reading manuals. They use simulators. Genesis does the same thing for business decisions — giving you a safe environment to practice judgment under pressure, see the consequences of your choices, and build the pattern recognition that separates experienced operators from everyone else.
Monthly 45-minute sessions with the founder of AEON NCI — a doctoral researcher in entrepreneurial cognition with executive-level experience across sales, marketing, operations, finance, legal, and ownership.
This is the human element. Professor Hagy reviews your ENVI™ profile before every session, so the conversation starts where it matters — not with 20 minutes of background. You're talking to someone who has built companies, made the hard calls, and studied why business owners make the decisions they do. Not a junior associate. Not a call center. The person who built the system, applying it directly to your situation. Available in the Advisory tier.
Prepay your first month now — before Aurora Venturist launches — and your founding rate of $49/month is locked in permanently. When the platform goes live in Fall 2026, new members pay $79/month. If you cancel or let your subscription lapse, you come back at the $79 rate. Stay active, and $49 is yours for life.
Your $49 covers your first month. No billing until the platform goes live. When it launches, your subscription starts automatically at the founding rate.
$49/mo for as long as you stay active. Not a promotional period. Not a trial. The price you lock in today is the price you keep.
If you cancel or let your subscription lapse, you return at the standard $79/mo rate. The founding rate is a one-time opportunity for early believers.
Every tier includes the ENVI™ Professional Assessment. Start with the platform, or go straight to direct consulting.
No credit card required.
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Understand exactly how you make decisions under pressure. The foundation everything else is built on.
Prepay your first month today — lock in $49/mo for life.
Cancel or lapse? You return at $79/mo.
askAlistar™ on call 24/7, your ENVI™ cognitive profile, decision audit trail, and full Member Network access.
Prepay your first month today — lock in $149/mo for life.
Limited to 15 clients. Application required.
Everything in Professional, plus monthly 1:1 sessions with Professor Hagy — a real consultant, not a chatbot.
Save $7,500 off the $9,999 launch price.
Program launches 2027
The full venture builder capstone — mentor-driven, investor-ready, built to produce a real business.
Join the founding member waitlist. We'll notify you the moment Aurora Venturist goes live — and your early bird rate will be waiting.
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Aurora Venturist launches Fall 2026. Prepay your first month now and lock in $49/mo for life.