So founders can thrive.
We create the space to drop the mask, to gain clarity, maintain energy, and navigate the true highs and lows of your founder journey.
Because building your company doesn’t have to mean carrying it alone.
Three ways to build founder resilience.
Work on founder resilience with us and other co-founders.
Don't carry it alone.
Speaking up is step #1 to building resilience.
Join a Founder Circle with like-minded peers: 8–12 founders in a similar phase. Fuelling real conversation with research-backed themes, real founder challenges, and cases. For founders, by founders.
Upstream Founders Circle · Early Stage
Pre-seed & seed founders, first 1–3 hires
Upstream Founders Circle · Late Stage
Series A+ operators, 20+ FTE
Impact Founder Circles
Purpose-driven founders, grouped by stage
See how you are really doing.
The Resilience Scan is a self check-in for founders navigating the highs and lows of their founder journey. Based on insights from 300+ founders and experts, it starts with a general read and then takes you through the 8 essential areas that drive your personal resilience. 15 to 20 minutes.
Founder coaching and team development.
One-to-one support for the founder, and short sprints with the leadership team. Both draw on the same research, and on coaches who've either built a company at scale themselves or worked therapeutically with founders. Coaching is about taking concrete steps and creating lasting change.
- Difficult decisions and responsibilities
- Overload, focus and personal effectiveness
- Co-founder dynamics and leadership
One day a year, only for founders.
Resilient Founder Day brings the wider network into one space: honest conversations, small-group sessions, founder-only exchange, and a shared dinner. The next edition will be announced soon.
What founders say
“An eye opener: Great to know that you are not alone.”
“Like-minded founders in other phases of their company, but all with the same challenges. those moments of recognition are rare and very valuable.”
Bring resilience to the founders in your community.
We work with VCs, accelerators, family offices and founder communities on keynotes, workshops, and co-created circles with the RSLNC Inc. format and coaches, hosted alongside your team.
From the research, the circles and the coaching room.
Launching the Impact Founder Circles
Together with Achmea Impact Ventures and 4impact capital, we launched the Impact Founder Circles. Open to impact founders across the country.
Launching the Upstream Founder Circles
From 50 applications we formed two Founder Circles with Upstream: one for early stage founders and one for advanced stage founders.
Theme 1. Maintaining your sense of purpose
The founders who keep going all share one thing. A clear why. Here is how to check in on yours.