Part of the reason for hair-combustion price is, I believe, the desire to keep out the poors–I couldn’t cite the blog post if I wanted to, but there is one where Forte said he only wanted successful people in his courses because the benefit of the in-person cohorts (which he’ll no longer be leading) is the networking. It’s all about the people who have already “made it” and not providing that same opportunity to those who are struggling to make it.