Founding Residency · Version 1

The Six Days

Six days built so that nothing is decorative. Every session, every meal and every evening has a job to do.

How the six days work

Built around the curve, not against it

People arrive performing, flag in the middle, and go home without a structure that survives the journey back. This week is designed around exactly that.

Light on purpose

The empty afternoons aren't wasted. They're where the conversations people remember actually happen.

Deep work is protected

No session is ever allowed to run into a deep work block.

Nothing is compulsory

Every morning session is optional, and nobody is made to feel anything about skipping one.

Day 01, GroundDay 01

Ground

Land, and drop the act. Nobody says their job title tonight.

Arrive & settle

Nothing scheduled. Pool open, tea on. The first hours are yours.

The Card

Five questions, answered alone, before you've met anyone properly. Sealed and put away.

The Problem in the Room

No job titles, no revenue, no pitch. One question: what are you stuck on that you haven't told anyone?

Dinner

Seating rotates every night from here on.

Bonfire

Unstructured and optional. Early close.

Day 02, ClarityDay 02

Clarity

Find the bottleneck you actually have, not the one you'd say out loud.

Morning run

Shared effort builds trust faster than any networking session.

Speed Rounds

Timed one-to-ones, everyone rotates. One question each way, no pitching.

Paired Diagnosis

Twenty minutes each way on each other's business. A stranger can see your bottleneck.

Workshop with Chetan

Client acquisition and cold outreach, while attention is highest.

Deep Work · silent

Three and a half hours. Nobody interrupts.

Founder Stories

Three people, fifteen minutes each, uninterrupted.

Day 03, DepthDay 03

Depth

Energy is lowest on day three. So this is the heaviest working day, by design.

Yoga

Breath, mobility and stillness. It settles the head rather than draining the body.

Hot Seats · round one

The whole room works one person's real problem for forty-five minutes.

Walk & Talk

Assigned pairs, forty-five minutes around the campus.

Deep Work · long block

Four hours, the longest of the week.

The Deck

A card game of questions you wouldn't normally ask a stranger.

Day 04, VoiceDay 04

Voice

Be heard and be seen. Teach the room in the morning, face a camera in the afternoon.

The longer run

Optional challenge at the end. The session people talk about afterwards.

Member Sessions

Three people teach for thirty minutes each on what they're best at.

The Cut

Assemble two days of your own phone footage. We sit with you if you want help.

The Screening

Everyone watches everyone's, together. Short, warm, usually very funny.

Assam Night

Local food, local music and the place itself.

Day 05, BuildDay 05

Build

Ship one real thing. The week has to produce something that exists.

Hot Seats · round two

Sharper now, because everyone knows each other's business.

Workshop two

Audience, systems and what happens after the first clients.

Ship Something

Send the email, publish the offer, launch the page. Before dinner.

The Collaboration Hour

Who's working with whom, on what, starting when.

The Commitment

One 90-day commitment, said out loud and written down.

Jam Night

Instruments out. Whoever can play plays, whoever can't sings anyway.

Day 06, CarryDay 06

Carry

Most of what a week gives you evaporates on the way home. This morning stops that.

The Card · again

Answer the same five questions, then read them next to your night-one card.

Pairing

Leave with one person who knows your commitment. Check-ins in both calendars.

Closing

What changed, in one sentence each.

Lunch & departures

We drop you back to Guwahati and confirm you landed.

The Card

Five questions. Answered twice.

On your first evening you answer five questions before you've met anyone properly. On the last morning you answer them again, then read both cards side by side.

The Vision State · Five Questions
  1. 01What am I building?
  2. 02Why?
  3. 03Who is it for?
  4. 04Who can help me?
  5. 05Who needs my help?

On night one, almost nobody can write a single name under the last two. By day six, both are full of names, all of them people in the room. That difference, in your own handwriting, is the whole thing.

How you meet everyone

By day three, a real conversation with every person

Six days of meals and good intentions doesn't reliably get everyone talking. So it isn't left to chance.

Day 02

Speed Rounds

Short, timed one-to-ones. One question each way. By the end of the hour you've spoken to everyone.

Day 02

Paired Diagnosis

Twenty minutes each way on each other's actual business. The first real relationships form here.

Day 03

Walk & Talk

Assigned pairs, forty-five minutes. Walking side by side gets people further than sitting across a table.

Day 04

Member Sessions

Three people teach what they're best at. Everyone finds out who actually knows what.

Day 05

The Collaboration Hour

Who wants to work with whom, on what, starting when. Real proposals.

Nightly

Rotating tables

You never sit with the same people twice.

What I needUp all week on a board in the workspace. People write needs they'd never say out loud.
What I can help withSomeone walking past at 11pm sees it, and knows the answer.
Food, movement & evenings

Sharp at 4pm, not full at 2pm

Food is for steady energy, movement fixes your sleep and bonds the group, and every evening has a different job.

Food

Protein-led breakfast. A deliberately light lunch that protects the afternoon. A rich, generous dinner. Coffee until 2pm. Vegetarian, vegan, Jain and allergies handled before you arrive.

Movement

Runs on days 2 and 4, yoga on days 3 and 5, gym and pool open all week. No experience needed, and all of it optional.

Evenings

Bonfire, Founder Stories, The Deck, Assam Night and Jam Night. Alcohol is available, nobody is ever pushed to drink, and every evening has a finish time.

What you leave with

Not a feeling. Things that exist.

Your footageTwo days of your own process cut into a short piece, plus professional photos and video of you working.
The two cardsThe same five questions, night one and last morning, in your own handwriting.
One shipped thingNot a plan. Something live, sent on day five.
A diagnosisYour real bottleneck, named by a room that knows your business.
A commitmentOne specific 90-day commitment, made out loud and written down.
A partnerOne person who knows your commitment, with check-ins already in both calendars.
The roomNot contacts. People who've sat with your actual problem. This is the reason to come.
Practical details

Getting there, and what's included

Where is it?

A quiet spot in Assam, a few hours' drive from Guwahati. You just need to reach Guwahati, by flight or train, and we pick you up from there and drop you back at the end.

What's included?

Everything in one package: your stay, all meals, the workspace, fitness, every session and the pickup from Guwahati. The only thing not included is your flight. We share the exact price on a short call.

Version 1 · 15 to 20 people · From 16 November

Would you fly to Assam for this?

Read through it. If it looks like a fit from both sides, we'll speak.

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