Founding cohort · Austin-based, remote-friendly
Witan is a peer advisory group for founders. Eight people, twice a month, two hours. Facilitated. Confidential.
Apply for a seatThe hot seat
An illustrative composite. What a session is designed to produce.
The founder brings
“My head of sales is underperforming. She was my third hire. We're friends. I've given her two quarters to turn it around. I know what I need to do. I don't know how.”
The group asks
First fifteen minutes. No advice.
The group notices
“You keep saying 'we.' You mean 'I.'”
The founder leaves with
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Fill out the form. Tell us what you're building and why this matters to you.
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A 20-minute call. Not a pitch. We're looking for fit, not credentials.
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We'll let you know within 48 hours. If it's not right, we'll say so directly.
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Payment link arrives with your acceptance. $200/month, permanently, for founding members.
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Eight people. A group lead. A room. Twice a month.
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That's it. Bring what's actually keeping you up.
$200/month
Founding member rate. Locked permanently.
Standard rate from cohort two: $500/month
Apply for a seatPeer advisory is a crowded category. Most options are a content factory with a group chat. Witan is a room.
Masterminds Hampton, YPO | 1:1 Coaches | Online communities | Witan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group size | 10-30 | 1 | 500+ | 8 |
| Format | Conferences + Slack | 1:1 calls | Feed + threads | Facilitated room |
| Confidentiality | Variable | High | None | Absolute |
| Audience | Sometimes present | N/A | Always | Never |
| Facilitator | Rare | N/A | Moderators | Every session |
| Price | $6K-25K/yr | $1K-5K/mo | $0-500/yr | $200/mo founding |
Group size
Format
Confidentiality
Audience
Facilitator
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0:00 – 0:15
One word. One sentence. Temperature reading, not performance.
0:15 – 0:25
Last session's commitments revisited. What happened.
0:25 – 1:30
One member's real problem. The group asks questions first. Advice comes second.
1:30 – 1:50
Smaller items, quick asks, things on anyone's mind.
1:50 – 2:00
Everyone names one commitment. Specific. Owned. Witnessed.
Witan. Old English, circa 700 AD. The council of wise advisors to the Anglo-Saxon king. Not appointed. Chosen. Not servants. Peers who earned their seat by speaking plainly when it mattered most.
Every ambitious person deserves a Witan.
Who’s at the table
Operator. Spent years inside PE-backed companies leading teams through post-acquisition integration, system migrations, and org redesigns.
The best decisions always came from a small room of people who had been through it and would tell you what they actually thought. That’s what Witan is. A room like that, built for founders.
LinkedIn →The founding cohort
Members are being selected now. The founding cohort forms when eight seats are filled. As members join, first names and industries appear here. Full names remain private.
Founding cohort · Austin-based, remote-friendly · Eight seats