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A group of men hiking a ridge trail above the clouds

The company
you keep.

A private club for young, ambitious founders. Membership is by application, and a person reads every one.

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Every guy in here is building something.

Search the club by what people know. Ask for twenty minutes. Get a straight yes or no.

Small on purpose.

Most founder groups keep growing until nobody knows anyone. FEW. is built for young guys running real companies who want a few brothers in it with them. A person reads every application, circles stop at eight, and introductions only happen when both sides say yes.

Who
Young founders, mostly in their 20s
Membership
By application
Circles
Eight founders each
Where
Across the US, online and in person

Who you'd sit next to.

Roofers, software guys, restaurant owners, a former Marine selling solar. What they share is how seriously they take the work.

  • Marcus Hale, Founder & CEO at Northline Roofing
  • Ravi Raman, Co-founder at Ledgerly
  • Theo Lindqvist, Founder at Field Notes Coffee
  • Andre Okafor, Founder & CEO at Kindred Health
  • Jonah Brecker, Co-founder & CTO at Patchwork
  • Mateo Marín, Founder at Casa Marín Hospitality
  • Daniel Reyes, Founder at Brightside Solar
  • Henry Weiss, Founder at Thread & Pine
  • Elijah Grant, Founder at Grant & Co. Studio
  • Leo Park, Founder at Openroom
  • Caleb Morris, CEO at Ironwood Logistics
  • Nate Haddad, Co-founder at Verso Legal

Sample profiles for illustration. Real members appear here only if they choose to.

From application to the people you'll keep.

  1. 1.

    Apply

    Ten minutes. Tell us what you're building, what you'd bring to the room, and what you hope to find here.

    FEW.Application · 3 of 5

    What would you bring to the room?

    A skill, a story, a habit. The thing people call you about.

    I've hired and fired more salespeople than I'd like to admit. Happy to sit with anyone building their first sales team
    BackContinue

  2. 2.

    Get reviewed

    A person reads it, usually within a week. If something is unclear we ask. Revenue and funding inform the decision, they don't make it.

    FEW.Application status

    Welcome in, Daniel.

    We read your application twice and talked about it once. You're joining the Emerging Founders community.

    1. Application receivedTue, Oct 14
    2. In reviewThu, Oct 16
    3. ApprovedMon, Oct 20

  3. 3.

    Join your community

    Emerging or Established, based on where your company is today. Both share one network and one directory.

    FEW.Circles

    Accountability · every other Tuesday

    Southwest Builders

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    6 of 8 seats taken

    This week

    Daniel: “Offer out to a sales lead. If she says yes I stop knocking doors in January.”

  4. 4.

    Meet people

    Ask for an introduction to any member. They see why you asked and decide. Contact details are shared only when both of you say yes.

    FEW.Introductions

    Marcus Hale

    Northline Roofing · Nashville

    Daniel asked to meet you

    “You built a sales floor that runs without you. I'm about to try. Twenty minutes would save me a year.”

    Happy to meetNot right now

    Emails are only shared if you both say yes.

  5. 5.

    Keep showing up

    A circle that meets every other week, goals you check in on, and a nudge two weeks after an intro to ask how it went.

    FEW.Two weeks later

    Did you and Marcus end up talking?

    Yes, we metNot yet

    How useful was it?

    12345

    “He sent me his comp plan and his first hiring scorecard. We're grabbing lunch when I'm in Nashville.”

Rooms worth being in.

Most of what happens at FEW. is run by members. We host a few things ourselves and make it easy for everyone else to host the rest.

Young founders talking around a table on a mountain cabin deck

  • Founder conversations

    Online · monthly · 20 to 40 people

    One member, one hour, one decision he'd make again or never repeat. Cameras on, no recording.

  • Member-led meetups

    Anyone can host

    Saturday runs, pickup games, coffee before work, a workshop on hiring. Propose it in the app and we help fill the room.

  • Accountability circles

    Eight founders · every other week · six months

    Same guys, same time. Say what you'll do, then report back. It's the part members say they'd miss most.

  • Retreats

    Planned for 2027

    A few days somewhere remote with people you already know from the club. Members get first say on where.

Four men resting side by side on a mountain trail
Three young men walking down a city street

Two communities. One network.

Emerging Founders

Founders building something serious, before $1M in annual revenue or outside funding.

Most of the hard decisions happen here: first hires, first real customers, whether to raise at all. You are matched with people working through the same questions this month.

Established Founders

Founders past $1M in annual revenue, or who have raised $1M or more in outside capital.

Smaller rooms for people running teams and carrying more weight. Conversations about leadership, capital, exits and the life around the company.

Revenue and funding are different things, and we treat them that way. Either one past $1M points to the Established community. Every placement is still a decision a person makes, and you can move as your company does.

Three men standing together on a rocky mountain

The right people change everything.

Membership

You only pay once you're accepted. Applying is free, and you can cancel from your account whenever you want.

$49a month

Or $490 a year, about two months free.

  • The member directory and double opt-in introductions
  • A seat in a founder circle of up to eight people
  • Monthly founder conversations and member-led meetups
  • Member rooms for wins, questions and opportunities
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