It is hard to be a founder. Yet it’s easier with fellow founders around, who can support with knowledge, experience, network and energy.
Moreover, we believe staying active and meeting outdoors help us build stronger connections while giving us a chance for so much-needed breaks from the keyboards and online meetings.
To keep the quality and relevance of knowledge exchange high, we build OutFounders as a curated community. We welcome those from the startup ecosystem who already have the experience to share while being open to learning from others. Specifically:
We’re meeting regularly over active sports and outdoor adventures in and close to Berlin. And going for longer Adventures within Europe few times a year.
Casual meetups to catch up with the community, meet new members and burn some calories over volleyball, padel etc.
Time: 2-3 hrs.
Effort: 200-500 calories.
Moving outside the city for a short getaway over the weekend. Hiking, Bike-packing, Kayaking etc.
Time: 0,5 - 2 days.
Effort: 1000-2000 calories.
Multi-day epic travels to connect, ideate, and learn with others - all while getting fitter outdoors.
Time: 5-10 days.
Effort: 3000-8000 calories.
We’ve started in Berlin. Most of our Socials and Weekenders are in or close to Berlin; and most of the Adventures are within Europe.
Once we’ll see a demand, we’ll start opening more chapters in other startup hubs across Europe and North America.
If you’re not in Berlin and want to see OutFounders events in your city, [let us know] - we’ll pick our next location based on the number of people interested.
<aside> 📣 These are the highlights of our Season 2024 calendar.
Once dates are confirmed, we’ll be posting events in our official calendar on Luma - subscribe here 🔗, to not miss anything and to secure your spot in time.
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A week of skiing, connecting, pitching, and conferencing on Tyrolean slopes. We’ll crush Skinnovation 2024 and stay for few more days. [Read more]
We're getting together a group of 8 Berlin-based founders who want to learn the basics of golf this Summer. This is a half-day Weekender. We’ll head to one of Berlin’s best golf clubs - Stolper Heide for a 2.5 hrs Beginners Course led by a professional golf coach. And finish with a lunch in a Club House. Want even more golf? You can use the driving range, putting green and test grounds for the rest of the day! [Read more and apply]
We’ll head to the water to enjoy Berlin’s Summer and escape from the heat of the city. This will be a full-day trip - expect to paddle quite a bit, as well as hang out with other OutFounders at a marvellous beer garden pit-stops.
Heading North to Baltic Sea shores for a few days of adventurous cycling getaway in great company. This will be an extended Weekend, starting early Friday from Berlin and coming back late Sunday.
Epic 7-days hike - Crossing the Alps North to South, from Germany via Austria to Italy. 110km of hiking with 3.300 m of elevation. Read more about Trans-Alpine Crossing here.
Run, ride and kayak 100 miles across the Scottish Highlands - epic adventure organized by Rat Race where we’ll join as a team.
Escaping from gloomy weather to always warm Canary Islands for a week or two, or longer. We’ll be organizing both sports activities and tech talks while keeping enough time to focus on your work.
We are mostly invite-only at this stage as we’re growing our core community. However if you’re a Founder, Investor, or Operator of a growing tech startup, you enjoy staying active and our vision resonates with you - we encourage you to apply to join.
Read more and see highlights from previous events on 🔗 LinkedIn.
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