Founding cohort · Austin, TX

Your council.
Your reign.

Eight people, twice a month, two hours. A group lead holds the room. Everything said stays in the room. No curriculum, no speakers, no networking. Just your hardest problems, worked by people who get it.

Claim your seat

8

advisors

monthly

2 hrs

$0

rev minimum

“Not a mastermind. Not coaching. A peer advisory room for people building something real.”

Your councilYour reignConfidentialFacilitatedEight seatsNo audienceReal problems onlyAustinFounding cohort
Your councilYour reignConfidentialFacilitatedEight seatsNo audienceReal problems onlyAustinFounding cohort

In Anglo-Saxon England, the Witan were the wise council to the king.

Not servants. Not consultants. Peers who spoke plainly to the one with the crown.

You are the one with the vision, the risk, the decisions. What you need is a council.

Who sits at this table

01

The builder

You're deep in product. Customers are coming. You haven't talked to another founder in weeks. You need eight people who understand what 'I shipped it but nobody came' actually feels like.

02

The second-timer

You've done this before. The problems are different now, bigger, more nuanced. You don't need 101-level advice. You need peers operating at your altitude.

03

The operator-turned-founder

You ran teams, divisions, maybe someone else's company. Now you're building your own. The loneliness hit harder than you expected.

04

The quiet builder

You're not on Twitter. You're not raising a round. You're building something real, mostly alone, and you'd kill for a room of people doing the same.

How it works

01

Apply

Fill out the form. Tell us what you're building and why this matters to you.

02

Conversation

A 20-minute call. Not a pitch. We're looking for fit, not credentials.

03

Get accepted

We'll let you know within 48 hours. If it's not right, we'll say so directly.

04

Claim your seat

Lock in your founding rate. $200/month, permanently.

05

Meet your Witan

Eight people. A group lead. A room. Twice a month.

06

Show up with your real problems

That's it. Bring what's actually keeping you up.

$200/month

Founding member rate. Locked permanently.

Standard rate from cohort two: $500/month

What a session looks like

0:00 – 0:15

Check-in

One word. One sentence. Temperature reading, not performance.

0:15 – 0:25

Commitments

Last session's commitments revisited. What happened.

0:25 – 1:30

Hot seat

One member's real problem. The group asks questions first. Advice comes second.

1:30 – 1:50

Open floor

Smaller items, quick asks, things on anyone's mind.

1:50 – 2:00

Close

Everyone names one commitment. Specific. Owned. Witnessed.

This is not

  • A networking event
  • A coaching program
  • A course with homework
  • A Slack channel
  • Content you consume

This is

  • A room
  • Eight peers
  • A group lead
  • Real problems
  • Commitments you make to each other

The name

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.

Claim your seat

Founding cohort · Austin, TX · Eight seats

We read every application. Expect to hear back within 48 hours.