The community

A founder peer group for the decisions you cannot talk about anywhere else.

A vetted membership for founders in Scotland. Monthly roundtable dinners, honest conversation, and people who have been where you are. Nobody builds alone.

Membership is by application. We keep the room small and the standard high.

The problem

Building a business is isolating, and the usual networking does not fix it.

The hardest decisions land on you alone. The people closest to you do not run a business and cannot see the full picture. Most networking is superficial, a room of pitches where nobody says anything real. So the pressure stays where it started, with you.

The solution

A vetted peer community, built founder to founder.

Focus on Founders is a small, vetted group of founders who meet to talk honestly about the things that matter. Three parts make it work.

A founder in conversation at a candlelit Focus on Founders roundtable dinner
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Vetted membership

Membership is by application, so the room stays small and the standard stays high. You are sitting with founders who take it as seriously as you do.

02

Monthly roundtable dinners

A table of founders, once a month, for honest conversation. No pitches, no panels, just the real version of what people are dealing with.

03

A peer group for high-stakes decisions

The hard calls, talked through with people who have made them. A sounding board you can trust when the decision is yours to make.

The outcome

Better decisions and real relationships.

You make the high-stakes calls with input from people who understand them. You build relationships that last beyond a single event. And the isolation that comes with running a business gets a lot easier to carry.

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Tell us about you and your business.

Membership is by application. The form takes a few minutes. Tell us who you are and why you want in, and we will be in touch about the next step.

Start your application

The application opens in our secure form. We read every one and keep the room small, so be honest about where you are and what you are building.

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Membership

Once you are accepted, membership is a monthly subscription.

Membership opens once your application is approved. The button below activates when payments go live.

Focus on Founders membership

Pricing on application

Monthly roundtable dinners, the peer group for high-stakes decisions, and the full vetted community.

Members also get 15% off dussl with the code FOCUS15.

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Want to see what is coming up? Browse the events calendar for dinners and events.