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A full room of founders seated on sofas and armchairs at North Kollective in Austin, watching a speaker off frame under a wood-beamed ceiling

The room where Austin founders build a personal board of directors

Two hours, once a month, always free. No application, no invite gate, no revenue floor.

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Live Business Interview

, 3:00 to 5:00 PM

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Where

North Kollective

9185 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78758

Anyone can walk in.

Cost

Free

Free on purpose. The moment there is a ticket, the room has to sell tickets.

Bring one person. Two is better.

Nobody pays and nobody has to do anything. Somebody beside you keeps you honest about showing up, and one more person hears what gets said here.

Who is already in the room

No order. No ranking. Everybody in the room.

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Abby Roberge
Abby RobergeComedian. Co-founder, Melrose Podcasts
Alec Rios
Alec RiosFounder and CEO, Austin YPN
Austin Distel
Austin DistelFormer CMO, Jasper. Creator, Agentic Society
Austin Netzley
Austin NetzleyFounder and CEO, Operations.com. Founder, 2X
Bennett Looper
Bennett LooperDocumentary filmmaker. Course creator
Calvin Anderson
Calvin AndersonNFL player. Real estate investor
Connor Cullip
Connor CullipOwner, 9 Line Companies
Griff Whalen
Griff WhalenReal estate investor, 1,200+ doors
Griffin Wooden
Griffin WoodenFounder, Goodpain Athletics
Jackson Mitchell
Jackson MitchellAuthor, Walk On Mentality
Judson Kauffman
Judson KauffmanFounder, Terradepth. Co-founder, Desert Door
Justin Day
Justin DayAI SEO and positioning
Matt Lupi
Matt LupiOwner, Simple Plan Austin
Michael Ross
Michael RossChief investment officer, Five Points Community Capital
Mike Chu
Mike ChuBusiness coach. Five-time seven-figure CEO
Mike Speciale
Mike SpecialeOwner, Sett Studio
Oliver Williams
Oliver WilliamsFounder, Los Sundays Tequila
Rahul Arya
Rahul AryaCTO Architecture, Fortune 500 company

The opposite of any networking group that any founder's ever been to.

No egos. No negativity. No sales.

There will never be sales from the stage. Not from the speakers, and not from the sponsors, who get interviewed about how they built their company instead. Anyone can walk in. No application, no invite gate, no revenue floor.

The longer answer is on About Network of Directors.

The ground rules, answered in the FAQ

The Flow

About twenty-five people seated in a lounge, listening to a speaker off frame
01Meet and GreetGrab a drink or a snack and mingle with the Kollective members and other owners in the room.
Austin Netzley on stage at a Network of Directors panel in Austin
02Interview a BusinessA founder takes the stage and gets interviewed on how they built the company and what carried it.
A golfer mid-swing in an indoor simulator bay
03Golf Sim and ContestsSimulator bays, a contest or two, and the rest of the afternoon to keep the conversations going.
Bennett Looper on stage at a Network of Directors panel in Austin
No egos. No sales.No negativity either. Nobody sells from the stage, not the speakers and not the sponsors either.

When the room meets next

StatusUpcomingDateDoors3:00 PMUntil5:00 PMVenueNorth KollectiveCostFree
Two hosts on stools in a fireside talk with a standing moderator and a seated audience in a lounge

Live Business Interview

North Kollective
9185 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78758

One business owner on stage, interviewed live about the business and how it is structured. Last month's Agentic AI Panel ran nearly two hours.

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RSVP is on Partiful.

The speaker

  • Speaker announcement coming soonRSVP now and you'll hear first.
  • Who is in the roomA third just started, a third runs companies doing $2 to 10M, a third has built and sold before.
  • Bring one personTwo is better.

The Flow

  • Meet and Greet
  • Interview a Business and Their Business Structure
  • Golf Simulator, Contests and Networking

Doors at 3:00. The interview starts at 3:15 sharp.

Questions people ask before they come

Is it actually free, or is there a pitch at the end?

Free and open, every month. No application, no invite gate, no revenue floor, and nobody is selling from the stage.

Will somebody try to sell me something?

No. There will never be sales from the stage, and that includes the sponsors, who get interviewed about their founder story instead.

Do I have to speak or present anything?

No. Come, listen, and talk to whoever you want to talk to. The stage is for the interview.

Is this for somebody at my stage?

Yes. A third of the room just started, a third runs a company at two to ten million, and a third has built and sold before. This room is not beneath anybody.

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Friday, October 23, three to five in the afternoon, Austin. Free.

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