Don't carry it alone.
Speaking up is step #1 to building resilience.
Join a Founder Circle with like-minded peers: 8–12 founders in a similar phase. Fuelling real conversation with research-backed themes, real founder challenges, and cases. For founders, by founders.
Upstream Founders Circle · Early Stage
Pre-seed & seed founders, first 1–3 hires
Upstream Founders Circle · Late Stage
Series A+ operators, 20+ FTE
Impact Founder Circles
Purpose-driven founders, grouped by stage
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Experienced founders past the "figuring it out" phase.
Circles are grouped by phase. Early-stage founders sit with early-stage founders. Scale-up operators and second-time founders sit with peers at the same stage.
- Group size8–12 founders per circle.
- CadenceSix sessions a year; a rhythm that survives a bad quarter.
- Format2.5h structured conversation + a shared dinner.
- Each sessionA real founder case and one of the eight resilience themes.
Six sessions. Real conversation. Shared dinner.
Every circle meets six times a year for 2.5 hours, followed by a shared dinner. Each session is built around a research-backed theme, a real founder case, and a guest speaker who has lived it. The room stays small so the conversation stays honest.
Ready to grow your resilience?
Speaking up is step #1: Sign up for an open circle