The Founder House 2027 · Founding waitlist now open · 10 seats

Founding trip · 2027

The Founder House

Three nights. Ten men. One great house.

Hot seats in the morning, boats and clays in the afternoon, a chef-cooked long table every night. A retreat for driven men that feels like the best trip you’ve ever taken with friends, because by the end, that’s what it is.

Where

A lake house in the Texas Hill Country

When

Spring 2027 · 3 nights

Who

10 men, by application

Founding price

$3,500 all-inclusive, flights aside

The idea

Not a bootcamp. A great trip with a point.

Most men’s retreats ask you to suffer: four days of cold, dirt and hard miles. The Founder House asks you to show up.

The mornings are focused. Each man brings one real challenge, in his business or his life, and the room works it with him. The rest of the day is the stuff you’d never book for yourself: a day on the water, a round of clays, a dinner that runs past midnight. That’s where the trust gets built, and the trust is what makes the mornings work.

Men sharing a chef-cooked dinner under string lights

A day at the house

Focused mornings. Wide-open afternoons.

A morning hot-seat session in the great room
The hot seat
  1. 7:30

    Coffee on the dock

    No alarm, no agenda. The best conversations start before anyone’s properly awake.

  2. 9:00

    The hot seat

    Two hours. Each man brings one real challenge in his business or his life, and the room works it with him. Timed, focused, no speeches.

  3. 12:00

    Lunch, then out

    Boats, clays, golf or the pool. Nobody has to be fit. Everybody has to show up.

  4. 7:00

    The long table

    A chef-cooked dinner that runs as long as it wants to, with one good question on the table.

  5. Late

    Fire pit

    Nothing scheduled. This is where the real friendships happen.

What’s included

Everything but the flight.

  • Three nights in a house worth flying to
  • Every meal, cooked by a private chef
  • The signature day: boats, clays or golf (you pick)
  • Three morning hot-seat sessions led by Adam
  • Your written 90-day plan and a 3-man accountability pod
  • A group chat and the Circle after you get home

Founding price

$3,500

Per man, all-inclusive except travel. Founding members lock this price for future trips.


$250 refundable hold saves your place and comes off the price.

Only 10 seats. Coaching and Circle members get first pick.

Hold a seat →

The room

Who it’s for, and who it isn’t.

A fit if…

  • You’re building something: a company, a team, a practice, a career
  • You’re good at what you do and tired of doing it alone
  • You’ll share the real version, not the LinkedIn version
  • You want to have a great time doing it

Not a fit if…

  • You want a hardcore survival or endurance challenge
  • You want to be lectured from a stage
  • You’re looking for therapy (Adam will gladly help you find it)
  • You’re here to pitch the room

How the founding trip works

Low risk. High standards.

01

Hold your seat

Join the founding list with a $250 refundable hold. It comes off your price.

02

A short call with Adam

15 minutes to make sure the room is right for you, and you’re right for the room.

03

The trip goes live at 6

Once six seats are confirmed we book the house and set the dates. If we don’t get there, your hold comes back in full.

04

Pack light

Balance due 60 days out. We handle the house, the chef, the boats and the plan. You bring the challenge.

Founding list

Help build the first one.

Tell us which trip you’d come to. The founding members shape the format, the place and the dates.

No payment here. If you choose the hold, Adam sends a secure link and books your intro call.

Which trip would you come to?
The founding trip is $3,500 all-in. Does that work for you this year?
Your seat

Questions.

Do I need to be in shape?

No. Nothing on the schedule needs fitness. If you can ride in a boat and hold a drink, you’re qualified.

Where exactly, and when?

We’re planning on a lake house in the Texas Hill Country in spring 2027. Founding members vote on the final place and dates before anything is booked.

Is the hot seat like therapy?

No. It’s a focused working session on a real challenge you choose: a hire, a pivot, a partnership, a habit, a family decision. Adam keeps it timed, practical and confidential. You decide how deep you go.

What if the trip doesn’t fill?

It only runs once six seats are confirmed. If it doesn’t get there, every hold is refunded in full.

Can I bring my partner or a friend?

The founding trip is men only, so the room can get honest fast. Friends are welcome to apply for their own seat.