Most people think of Icarus as the boy who fell. We prefer to think of him as the boy who flew.
He flew. Not because he didn't understand the risk, but because he understood something else. That a life spent on the ground, safe and cautious, watching others soar overhead, was no life at all.
Building can be lonely. It's easy to wonder sometimes what things would've been like if you were just normal. But tbh, normal is kinda boring. Building something great can be one of the most fulfilling things you ever do.
Toronto has incredible talent. But it doesn't have density. Builders are scattered across campuses, apartments, and Discord servers, making it easy to feel alone. Icarus fixes this.
The people around you shape your ambition. So, we're building the highest density of builders in Toronto. The kind of place where a Catan game causes a eureka moment. Or where the person across from you at dinner has the missing piece you've been searching for. The place where you walk out of your room at 3am to get some water and there are still 3 computer screens on.
We're looking for people who speedrun their schoolwork to work on their own thing. People who can't sleep until they push the last feature to Git. People who read papers for fun, argue about architecture over dinner, and who would rather play Catan than go out on a Friday night (if you can't tell we like Catan).
We want people who have the nerve to build wings out of feathers and wax when everyone else is telling them it can't be done.
If you lit up reading this, we'd love to have you in our next cohort.
The Icarus team
Applications close March 15th