e-commerce
Matty
Founder, [DTC Brand] · Sydney
Built a 7-figure DTC brand in his early 20s with no funding. Surfs every morning he can. Cooks better than most chefs. First one in the kitchen at every residency.
Founder Family · Application only
You built the business. We're the people who get what that cost you.
Founder Family is a private international community for profitable founders. Built for the ones who'd rather have great friends than a bigger calendar.
Less than 300 of 6,000+ applicants accepted · 10 new members per month · Average member earns $100k+ per month · Members in 34 countries
A note from AOM's co-founder
The quiet problem
Success made you lonely.
You built something that works. The money came. The freedom came. Then a strange thing happened. The people you started this for got further away.
Old friends stopped asking. The mastermind Slack turned into a revenue scoreboard. The people closest to you are proud of you, but they don't really know what a six-figure month feels like.
You can be in any city on earth this weekend, and still eat dinner alone.
How it runs
Three rooms. One family.
Founder Family runs on a rhythm of in-person residencies, community live calls, and an always-on private hub.
01
IRL Experiences
Live and build alongside members in places most people only dream of. Greek islands, Japanese hot spring towns, the Costa Rican jungle, the Alaskan wilderness. Go to as many as you want.
02
Virtual Campfire Chats
Live calls with the whole community. Hard questions, honest answers, real conversations. Wisdom of the room, not a stage.
03
The Private Hub
An always-on space to drop a question, share a win, find a member in your city tonight, or get a brutally honest read on your next launch.
Where we live
Live and build with your people, around the world.
Founder Residencies are the gravitational center of the community. Not retreats. Not conferences. We rent a villa, a castle, a treehouse, a camper van, and we live, work, eat and play together. The setting is always somewhere unforgettable. A 9th-century castle in the Aosta Valley. A stone-walled Renaissance mansion in the Elaphiti Islands. A snow-dusted hot spring town in Nagano. A jungle haven in Bali. The group is always your peers.
Upcoming residencies
Asia
Kusatsu Onsen, Japan
Jan 18, 2027
Asia
Kusatsu Onsen, Japan
Jan 30, 2027
North America
Alaska, USA
Aug 17, 2026
Europe
Aosta Valley, Italy
Jun 12, 2026
Asia
Bali, Indonesia
Oct 04, 2026
Apply to join us at the next one.
Apply for MembershipOne room, every vertical
12 months. One giant think tank.
The agency owner teaches the SaaS founder how to hire. The crypto founder helps the ecom owner with tax. The creator shows the educator how to scale a launch. Different industries. Same operator brain. That's the unlock.
Most represented industries in the room
AgenciesE-commerceSaaSCreatorsEducationReal EstateCommunityCrypto / Web3
Real founders. Real friendships.
Built by founders. Held together by friendship.
"I joined three masterminds before this. Money compared in all of them. Real friends made in none. Founder Family was the first room where the question was 'are you actually happy?' before 'what's your revenue?' I came in skeptical. Eighteen months later, two of my closest friends are people I met at the Lombok residency."
Daniel R.
Founder, [DTC Brand] · Lisbon
"I run a SaaS. My biggest unlock this year came from an ecom founder I met at the Ios residency. Twenty minutes of conversation about retention and pricing changed how I think about my entire business. The room compounds in ways you can't predict."
Amelia C.
Co-founder, [SaaS] · Austin / Bali
"I spent two years as the only woman in every founder room I walked into. Founder Family was the first one I felt like I belonged in without performing. The word family isn't marketing. It's the only word that fits."
Mei L.
Founder, [Agency] · Tokyo
34
countries
100+
cities
1
global family
A glimpse of the room
The kind of people you'll be in the room with.
A small sample. The room runs deep.
agency
Kemp
Founder, [Marketing Agency] · Austin
Scaled and exited a marketing agency by 26. Reads two books a week. Will give you a brutally honest read on your offer in ten minutes flat.
creator
Sofia
Founder, [Brand] · Lisbon
100M+ views and a digital product business behind it. Quiet operator. The first person members message before they launch anything.
SaaS
Yuki
Co-founder, [SaaS] · Tokyo / Bali
Building a profitable SaaS without VC. Splits her year between Tokyo and Bali. Will tell you when your idea is bad, kindly.
An honest fit check.
This is for you if…
- You're running a profitable business doing $5k+ per month
- You'd rather build a great life than scale at all costs
- You're willing to travel and live abroad a few times a year
- You like being challenged by people sharper than you
- You give as much as you take
- You don't need a guru, you need peers
- You believe friendship compounds
This isn't for you if…
- You haven't started a business yet
- You measure success only in revenue
- You can't make it to in-person experiences
- You want a course, not a community
- You're looking for clients, not friends
- 70-hour weeks are your identity
Less than 300 of 6,000+ applicants accepted.
10 new members per month.
Selection isn't ego. It's protection. One off-fit member changes the temperature of every dinner, every chat, every residency. The room only stays this good because we say no to most who ask. The average member is 28, running a profitable business, and grouped by stage so you're always alongside peers.
Our promise
10x the value in your first year, or your money back.
If you immerse yourself for 12 months and don't get back 10x the cost of membership in business value, friendship, perspective, or all three, tell us. We'll refund you in full. We can offer this because almost nobody has ever asked.
Joining is simple.
Submit your application. If we see a match, you'll be invited straight to an alignment call. The call is low pressure. We're just making sure Founder Family is a great fit for you, and you're a great fit for the room.
One more thing
You can keep doing this alone. Or you can come home.
Founder Family is here when you're ready.
Takes around 5 minutes.
Common questions