Program
Founders' Retreat
Five days off the grid for solo founders at a turning point. Walks, fires, long meals, and the questions you have been avoiding.
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May 2026
Comporta, Portugal
12 solo founders
5-day immersive
What to expect
A learning architecture designed around relationships and rigor.
Radical disconnection
No pitches, no panels, no Wi-Fi worship. Phones go in a drawer on day one.
Quiet companionship
Eleven other founders carrying questions of similar weight. Conversations that cut to the bone.
Guided reflection
Daily practices — walking, writing, listening — designed by people who've sat where you sit.
Nothing to perform
No deliverables, no decks. Just the chance to think clearly for the first time in years.
Who is this for
Solo founders three to fifteen years in, facing a real inflection — a hard pivot, an exit, a partner conversation, or a quiet sense that something needs to change.
The curriculum
Phases that build on each other.
- 01
Day 01
Arrival
Settling in. The first long walk. A simple shared meal.
- 02
Day 02
What you're carrying
Surfacing the question beneath the question.
- 03
Day 03
What you've avoided
The conversations and decisions you have been postponing.
- 04
Day 04
What's possible
Imagining the next chapter without the noise of the current one.
- 05
Day 05
Return
A small commitment. A new rhythm. Back to the world, slightly changed.
In their words
“I came in tired and a little cynical. I left with five friendships I will keep for life and a clearer sense of why I started this in the first place.”
Marta Reis
Founder, Atelier Reis
The investment
€4,800 — all inclusive
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