Founders for Life Fellowship
A curated entrepreneurship community,
focused on founders’ long‑term success.
For founders, by founders who’ve made the climb
and now are willing to guide you.
A curated community of founders, for life.
The Fellowship is a curated group of tech founders — guided by Sherpas and Gurus, operators who have successfully built and exited companies, and now guide the next generation through the climb.
That commitment runs on a 10+ year horizon, and it’s tied to the founder — not any one company. Success counts whether it arrives with the first venture, the second, the third, or a successful corporate career.
It's not a startup course. It's not a startup accelerator. It's not a one-off startup program that ends when the government funding dries out. It's a curated peer community designed for the decades-long arc of achieving success — through pivots, exits, and second acts.
Financed by Fellows’ success.
Startup courses charge up-front, startup accelerators care only about the success of founder’s current company, government-financed startup programs run only until they are paid for.
The Fellowship fixes that. The Fellowship is financed by the pledge from its Fellows to share a fraction of future revenues.
What makes Fellowship unique.
Skin in the game
We only win when founders win. As Sherpas, we are fully aligned with our Fellows. Their win = our win.
A decade-long horizon
Our focus extends beyond the founders’ current company. We stay with Fellows through pivots, exits, and whatever comes next.
Peers who get it
Entrepreneurship is a lonely sport. The Fellowship is a safe space for founders on parallel journeys, facing similar challenges. We create bonds through shared experiences, retreats, and time spent together — not Slack channels.
Beyond financial success
Building a company touches every part of a founder’s life. That’s why at the Fellowship we meet Fellows where they actually are. We know the good, the bad, and the ugly of building successful companies — and we’re incentivized to be brutally honest about all of it.
Alpha cohort · Now forming
Join the climb.
We’re building the Alpha cohort. Three ways to take part.
Prospective Fellows
We’re looking for more founders. If becoming a Fellow sounds like your path, reach out — and tell us why we should invest in you.
Gurus
We’re looking for more Gurus. If you’re a world-class expert in any part of entrepreneurship and want to shape the next generation, get in touch.
Investors
We’re looking for investors. We love connecting Fellows’ companies with the best investors out there — let us know if we should add you to the roster.