Lyceum — Not the right fit?

I attended the Lyceum webinar yesterday and had to really think about it. After sleeping on it, I still have the same doubts. This is a personal doubt about whether it's right for me — not about the program as a whole. But I think it's worth working through out loud, for myself and for others on the fence.

To get straight to it: the capstone. The question is whether I have a capstone-sized problem I'd want to spend twelve weeks solving. And when I inventory mine honestly: I don't work for a company that would embrace anything like this, I'm not an entrepreneur and don't want to become one, and the problems I actually care about at that scale are political — which may not fit the classroom arena. Happy to discuss that part, but I'll leave it there.

One idea I'll float before closing: the inverse of my problem is somebody who HAS a capstone-sized problem and no time to build it. If you run a business and there's a project you'd want out of this program, there's a version where you sponsor a seat and I build yours as my capstone. You get the project and a trained person who knows your problem; I get twelve weeks with real stakes instead of a hypothetical. Half-baked, but that's what a post like this is for.

With all the hype around it, I figured I'd share my hesitation. It may resonate with others here. Please share your thoughts — and if either half of that sponsor idea sounds like you, my DMs are open.

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Lyceum — Not the right fit?