Sachin, 23
Young entrepreneur, Kurunegala. Why Launchpad is not just another online course.
First intake opening soon · Free
Build your business here.
Build your business here.
At any age.
Twenty-three or sixty-six. Online shop or spice garden. Jaffna or Galle. Launchpad gives you a real mentor, a circle that keeps you honest, and a group of companies behind you when it works.
Rs 0to join. No deposit, no fee.
7 to 10people per mentor circle
8 wksone small task every day
3languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English
Who it's for
There is no right age to start.
There is no right age to start.
There is only a first sale.
310,000 Sri Lankans left for jobs abroad last year. Plenty more stayed and started something with no map. Launchpad is for both: the bedroom hustler, the retired uncle with a recipe, the weaver who deserves better buyers.
Sells shirts on Facebook from his bedroom. Wants a brand, not a side hustle.
Runs a tailoring studio. Wants bulk orders and a second machine.
Already backed by FLI. Launchpad is how she grows it properly.
Fixes phones. Wants a second shop and staff he can trust.
Retired, restless, and sitting on the family spice recipe.
Weaves every day. Deserves buyers who pay what it is worth.
Hear it from them
Three people. Three ages.
Three people. Three ages.
One way to build.
Under a minute each, in Sinhala. Subtitles follow the language you pick at the top.
Coming soon
An older woman
Starting after sixty, and why the circle needs her.
Coming soon
A young woman
Building from home, and the deals she'd never get alone.
You don't need to know how yet
Never sold online? Never priced properly? Good. That's what we're for.
Most people never start because they're embarrassed by what they don't know. In a Launchpad circle, not knowing is the entry ticket. Someone sits next to you and shows you, then checks you actually did it.
- ?"I can't use a smartphone for business."Day 3 task. Your Circle Champion walks you through it in Sinhala or Tamil.
- ?"I don't know what to charge."Mission 2 is literally that. Every cost in, maths checked by your mentor.
- ?"I'm too old to start."The circle doesn't care about your age. It cares whether you did today's task.
Already happening
Future Life has been backing people like this for years.
Launchpad isn't a promise from a stranger. Future Life Investments already finances small businesses across the island, and celebrates its entrepreneurs at the FLi Diri Abhimani awards. Launchpad is how we find the next ones earlier.
Real · Diri Abhimani 2024
Rs 300,000
Silver Dream Award winner, FLi Diri Abhimani 2024. Imagine your circle's graduate on this stage next year.
Silver Dream Award winner, FLi Diri Abhimani 2024. Imagine your circle's graduate on this stage next year.
Real
Real
Island-wide, not Colombo-only
We're already in your town.
The people who'll check your milestones aren't flying in. They're the Future Life teams already running branches and community programmes from the North to the South.
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How it works
Not a course. A circle.
Courses give you videos you never finish. Launchpad gives you a mentor who runs a real business, seven to nine people who notice when you go quiet, and one task every day. Which one changes behaviour?
1
Apply, free
Two minutes, in your language. Tell us what you sell, or want to sell. No business plan needed.
2
Pick your mentor
Vetted owners and executives. One rule they sign: no selling to mentees. Ever.
3
Run five missions
One per Future Life value. Upload proof, a Champion checks it, you earn points and a poster.
4
Graduate into backing
Pre-qualified business funding, marketing help, shelf space, software. Then come back and mentor.
- 1Innovation
Find the gap
Interview 10 real customers and write down the one problem they will pay to fix.
- 2Integrity
Say what it costs
Price your product with every cost in, show your mentor the maths, and publish the price.
- 3Win-Win
Make the first sale
Sell to someone who is not family. Upload the proof, the payment and the thank you.
- 4Growth
Repeat it
Hit a 4-week sales target your mentor set. Track every day in Squadli.
- 5Synergy
Bring one more
Refer another entrepreneur, or supply a Future Life unit. Your success makes room for someone else's.
The Kindness Pledge. Miss a milestone and you pay a small accountability fine. Every rupee goes to Sathkaara, the group's charity. Not to us. Fair?
The Launchpad app
Your mentor in your pocket. Your proof on the record.
Any phone, three languages, built on Squadli, the system 600+ Future Life staff already use daily. WhatsApp nudges at 07:00 and 19:00. The app keeps score.
Pick a mentor by face, not by brochureSee who they are, what they've built, and how many seats are left in their circle.
Proof, not promisesPhoto of the sale, the receipt, the happy customer. Champions approve every one, so your pre-qualification for business funding actually means something.
Posters, points, and a charity pledgeWins you can print and pin up. Missed days that help someone else.
Milestone 1Choose your mentor
Kurunegala intake · 3 circles open
Arthur CarmazziCulture, leadership · 4 seats
Danushka UdugamaScaling, finance · 2 seats
Kasun PereraMarketing, finance · 6 seats
Duminda PereraMarketing, sales · 5 seats
Day 19 of 56Mission 3 · Win-Win
First sale to someone outside the family
✓
Start Mission 4 · GrowthProof approvedby Champion Nilanthi · +100 pts
Straight answers
The questions you're already asking.
Is it really free?
Yes. No fee, no deposit. The only money that ever moves is the Kindness Pledge fine if you miss a milestone, and all of it goes to Sathkaara.
I'm over 60. Is this really for me?
Yes. Retirees bring savings, patience and networks that twenty-somethings would kill for. Your circle will need you as much as you need it.
Do I have to take a loan?
No. Finishing Launchpad pre-qualifies you for Future Life business funding if you want it. Approval still follows FLI's normal credit check. Nothing is conditional on borrowing, and no mentor is measured on loans.
What does Future Life actually get?
Entrepreneurs who've proven they can execute. Some become customers, some borrow, some supply our shelves and hotels. All of them make the Future Life name mean something in their town. We'd rather say that than have you guess it.
Where and when?
Circles meet at CLIO properties in the intake city, with daily tasks on your phone in between. Sinhala first, with Tamil circles in the second intake.
Your business. Built here.
First intake opens soon. Choose your district and we'll WhatsApp you when it opens.
Future Life Launchpad may contact you about the programme. Opt out any time. No other Future Life company will contact you unless you tick that box separately when you apply.