Studio notes
28 October 2026
4 min read
Why we cap every cohort at sixteen
Bigger classes look good on a sales page. Small ones are where people actually finish.
Studia team
When we started Studia, our first cohort had forty people. Half of them stopped showing up by week three. The ones who stayed told us the same thing: they felt invisible.
What changes at sixteen
Sixteen is small enough that a mentor can read every project each week. It is also big enough that you see a range of approaches and never feel watched.
The trade-off
Small cohorts fill quickly and cost more to run. We think it is worth it. Our completion rate went from 48 percent to 92 percent after the change.