The hardtruth yourstartup needs

A closed-room, one day founder intensive.

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12 early stage founders. One day.

Find out which parts of your plan are real and which ones you have been protecting. Hear your pitch stress tested by people with no reason to be polite.

Say the thing you have been avoiding out loud.

If you are in the room, you participate.

First session end of March 2026. Limited to 12 founders.
Join the waitlist to secure your spot.

No slides
No pitching
No phones
No sticky notes
No devices
No scrolling
No recording
No spectators
No comfort zone
No holding back
No excuses
No bullshit
Empty chairs in a room with natural light

You will say things out loud that you have been avoiding. You will be asked hard questions and expected to answer honestly and watch other founders do the same.

The sessions are designed so you never have to share anything you are not comfortable sharing. Some exercises are private by design. You choose what stays with you and what you bring to the room.

We will push on the polished answers. If something sounds rehearsed, we will keep going until it doesn't.

By the end of the day you will know exactly what you need to deal with.

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You leave with the truth you have been avoiding, clarity on what actually matters, a version of your story that survived the room and something you wrote down that you cannot unsee.

You will not leave with a plan, but you will leave with the right questions and the clarity to know what to tackle first.

Who is it for

Founders who want to pressure-test their thinking before they waste another quarter. If you would rather hear the hard truth now than discover it six months too late, this is your room.

Who runs it

Andi Weis

Andi Weis

Design and product strategist with 24 years across startups and corporates. Runs private founder sessions that reshape how companies think about product, positioning and priorities.

Mickey Rummery

Mickey Rummery

Recruitment and design leadership specialist with 20 years in the industry. Founder of Design Outlook and trained service designer who knows what founders get wrong about building teams.

In partnership with Natural Velocity

Melbourne's AI innovation centre for startups and scaleups.

We are not here to make you feel good. We are here to find out what is true.