Vancouver Island · By invitation

Life built
on purpose.

A small, curated group of business owners who take the business seriously, and the rest of their life just as seriously. A real strategic plan, honest conversations, and a room that holds you to what you said.

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A small roomBusiness and the whole lifeInvite only, then a conversation
The problem

Most of us run the business on instinct, and the rest of life on whatever's left.

You've built something real. But be honest: is there a written plan with real numbers behind it? A forecast you check against actuals, assumptions you've said out loud, someone who asks how the quarter actually went? For most owners the answer is instinct, momentum, and a good year covering for a bad system.

And the rest of life gets even less. Your health, your marriage, your kids, your money, how you actually spend a week. Nobody's measuring those, and nobody's asking.

So both drift. The business more slowly than you'd think. The rest faster than you'd like.

FOUND is the deliberate correction to that drift. A real strategic plan for the business, with the numbers. Then the same discipline applied to everything else.

A notebook and coffee on a wooden table overlooking a misty lakeSaturday, 6:40 a.m.
What it is

A room that takes the business seriously, and the whole life too.

  • A small room of people who have built something real and want it run on a plan, not a gut feel.
  • Serious business strategy: the numbers, the assumptions, the next ninety days. Then the same rigour applied to everything else.
  • People who will support you and, more importantly, challenge you. When you bring a problem, the room shares what it looked like from where they sat. Not advice. Then you decide, and the room follows up.
  • Commitments made out loud, tracked in one place, and a room that holds you to them.
What it isn't

You've seen the other versions. This isn't one of them.

  • Not a networking group. Nobody's here for your referrals.
  • Not a mastermind that stops at revenue. The numbers get the full treatment. So does the rest of your life.
  • Not a motivational weekend. You'll go home with a plan, not a feeling.
  • Not a place to talk about change without doing anything about it.

Am I actually living the life I'm working so hard to build?

The question underneath all of it
What is FOUND

Five words. The standard the room holds itself to, in business and in life.

01
F

Focus

Get clear on what actually matters this year, in the numbers and in the life behind them.

02
O

Ownership

Where you are is your call, and so is where you go next. Circumstances are real. Excuses are optional.

03
U

Uncomfortable

Growth costs something. If it's comfortable, it probably isn't working.

04
N

Navigate

Build the actual path. Measure it. Course-correct when reality disagrees with the plan.

05
D

Discipline

Keep the promises you made, after the motivation wears off. That's when it counts.

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Where it starts

It begins with a weekend
at Lake Cowichan.

It's invite only. Someone you know pointed you here. See what the kickoff weekend looks like, or if this already sounds like the room you've been missing, tell us who you are.

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