Future Study
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The discipline for the future — Inscholary

World's first!
For your future's future —
Inscholary
is finally here.

The old formulas for success no longer hold.
InScholary is the world's first academic discipline that turns the abstract idea of "innovation" into a structured field of study. As AI replaces what came before, give yourself — and someone you love — a thinking system you can rely on for life.

Why Now

Why the old formulas
are breaking now

01

Every field resets from zero

AI is beginning to replace even highly skilled professions. Careers in the future will look radically different.

02

Innovation is the future.

What was once seen as outside the mainstream will become the path the brightest young people choose.

Tomorrow's brightest will become solo founders, two-person companies, and innovators.
So one question remains — how do we turn yesterday's innovation into tomorrow's?
What is InScholary

Founding
Inscholary

InScholary extends traditional entrepreneurship one step further — a new field that systematizes the innovator's mindset and execution. Frameworks and case studies built from 15 years of startup and operating experience.

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Information

Core knowledge on startups and AI

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Intelligence

Intelligence to read markets and trends

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Insight

Insight others miss

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Intellectual Bank

Intellectual assets for life

Innovators' untold stories
Lecturer

Meet the instructor

Jaeseok Lee — Future Study CEO · InScholary instructor

Jaeseok Lee

Metis · Founder & CEO, Future Study

Former Founder & CEO, MyMusicTaste
Former MapleStory programmer, Nexon
B.S. Electrical Engineering, KAIST

Raised in a family of educators, Jaeseok Lee learned early that education changes the future. At Nexon he launched and ran MapleStory in the US and Europe. To answer how to find and nurture creative people, he co-founded iCreate Creativity Lab with faculty from Seoul National University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

There he built the world's first ICREATE creative-thinking assessment, used in hiring at Kolon, Hyosung, Hyundai Card, Shinhan Bank, and more. At TEDx SNU in 2011 he spoke on blending technology and the humanities — already connecting technology, people, and education.

After stepping down from the lab, he founded MyMusicTaste. By reading global fan demand as data, he created new rules for live entertainment — answering "Will this show sell?" with evidence, not gut feel. The 2015 Presidential Citation for cultural exchange came from that experiment planning K-pop tours with fan voice and data.

After a successful M&A in 2022 proved how IT and entertainment can meet, he founded Future Study to reshape education for the AI era — culminating in the InScholary course.

Curriculum · 12 chapters · 60 sessions

Innovation A to Z —
complete and systematic

From innovator mindset to market analysis, business model design, customer development, and the Silicon Valley ecosystem — inductive cases and data across 6 parts, 12 chapters, and 60 sessions to build full-stack innovation capability.

Part IEssence of innovationCh. 1–3 · 20 sessions (1–20)
Ch. 1
8 sessions · 1–8

Essence of the innovator — 3 types · 3 traits

Read innovator DNA through Builder, Operator, and Inventor types. Define growth mindset, learning agility, execution, and resilience.

3 types3 traitsGrowth mindset
Ch. 2
6 sessions · 9–14

Needs vs pain points · Maslow's hierarchy

Learn the gap between what customers say they need and real needs — and how to find pain points and opportunities through Maslow's lens.

Pain pointsMaslow
Ch. 3
6 sessions · 15–20

Two business types — value creation vs capture

Strategic distinction between value creation and value capture — opening new markets vs solving pain in existing ones.

Value creationValue capture
Part IIBusiness model designCh. 4–5 · 10 sessions (21–30)
Ch. 4
5 sessions · 21–25

7-step business model design

Practice the 7-step process from STP through Why, resources & capabilities, CSF, and fit mapping — turning ideas into executable business models.

STPPositioningCSFFit
Ch. 5
5 sessions · 26–30

Market & industry analysis — 5 Forces · TAM

Read macro and micro context with Porter's 5 Forces, VRIO, and DESERT. Estimate TAM, SAM, SOM and build entry and defense strategies.

5 ForcesDESERTTAM·SAM·SOM
Part IIIVision · technologyCh. 6–7 · 9 sessions (31–39)
Ch. 6
5 sessions · 31–35

Mission · ambition · risk

Disruptive vs radical innovation and Dream Big. Articulate risk appetite and set risk red lines.

Disruptive innovationRisk red lines
Ch. 7
4 sessions · 36–39

New technology ventures (NTV)

Evaluate adoption with 3 Pillars and Benefits×Behavior quadrants. Learn what it takes to break the performance envelope and create smash hits.

3 PillarsPerformance envelope
Part IVCustomer · diffusionCh. 8–9 · 8 sessions (40–47)
Ch. 8
4 sessions · 40–43

Customer development

Product development vs customer development. The 4-step loop from hypothesis to PMF — why customer development comes first, through Xerox vs Apple.

PMF4-step modelHypothesis testing
Ch. 9
4 sessions · 44–47

Diffusion theory · willingness to pay

Rogers diffusion curve, critical mass, early adopter to mainstream paths. Analyze WTP with AUDI and connect to pricing and channel strategy.

Diffusion curveCritical massAUDI
Part VExecution strategyCh. 10–11 · 8 sessions (48–55)
Ch. 10
4 sessions · 48–51

Causation vs effectuation

Goal-driven causation vs resource-driven effectuation. Zero resource to market and bird-in-hand — go to market with what you have.

EffectuationResource-based executionBird-in-Hand
Ch. 11
4 sessions · 52–55

Team building · funding

Early team principles and role split. From FFF to accelerator, angel, and VC — runway management and funding timing.

Team building3F·VCRunway
Part VIGlobalCh. 12 · 5 sessions (56–60)
Ch. 12
5 sessions · 56–60

Silicon Valley ecosystem

Where talent and capital meet — PayPal Mafia, a16z, Sequoia, and how Korean innovators can use global networks in practice.

PayPal MafiaVC ecosystemGlobal network
Next course
Coming soon

AI Fundamental

Follow-on for Inscholary graduates. Four chapters on AI trends, power players, and startup×AI — building practical AI skills on the Fundamental thinking system.

AI trendsStartup×AI4 chapters
12 chapters · 60 full sessions 6-month program 6 parts PDF textbook included Each session: recap → lecture → recap
Why Future Study

Value this course delivers

Originality

100% original — built from scratch

Not a patchwork of others' cases. Frameworks and case studies from 15 years of startup and operating experience.

System

A standardized innovator knowledge system

A structured knowledge system turns innovation from a lottery into a path you can navigate toward answers.

Practical

InScholary Live Q&A Talk

Real-time Q&A on course content. Surprise guest events are held from time to time. (Advance notice via the student group chat.)

How do you build the best team?

"How do you build the best team?"

Not theory — learn through checklists you can apply in the real world.

Desired Outcome

After you complete the course

For students

Confidence about the future

Unshakeable fundamentals in innovation (= the future). A thinking system you can use in college and beyond — innovator DNA that is built, not given.

For parents

Peace of mind

Give your child a powerful capability they can use for life.

Certificate

InScholary certificate

Complete all 12 chapters (60 sessions) and receive an InScholary certificate.

Keynotes, panel talks, and mentoring from global leaders — graduates are invited to offline workshops.