01
The tools got stupidly good
Research. Design. Copy. Prototypes. Work that once needed a small army can now begin with one curious person and a decent prompt.
A seven day business building retreat for aspiring founders
You’ve talked about it.
Come with an idea. Leave seven days later with something tested, published and real. No code or startup experience required.
Stop imagining it.Enter the week.
00:30
Where
Funchal, Madeira
When
8 to 15 Mar 2027
Crew
20 people
Required
No code. No pedigree.
A seven day business building retreat
Your idea does not need another Notion page. It needs apulse.
The domain you bought. The deck with three slides. The voice note called “big idea FINAL.” Bring it. We are going to find out if the thing has legs.
No code requiredAI is your unfair internReal people, not personasCharge actual moneyTouch grass dailyLeave with receipts
Why now
The oldest excuse just died.
AI can buildthe first version.
It cannot give you the nerve to
press publish.
No permission required
“I’m not technical” had a good run. Now you can research, design, write and prototype before lunch. The new bottleneck is courage. Annoying, but fixable.
1 → 20
Idea to crew
02
Taste beats credentials
The machine can generate options. It cannot care which one matters. Your judgement, obsession and weird little insight are the actual edge.
03
Waiting is still expensive
Your idea is not ageing like wine. Another year in your head will teach you less than one messy week in the world.
The tools are ready. The only question is whether you are.
This is a work trip with a pulse
Make. Move. Belong.
Build until your brain needs air. Go outside. Come back sharper. Eat with people who give a shit.
01
Make
Prompt it. Draw it. Break it. Sell it. Give the idea a life outside your head.
02
Move
Swim in the Atlantic. Climb something volcanic. Your brain is not a browser with 47 tabs open.
03
Belong
Twenty people, one long table. The people are not the networking opportunity. They are the point.
The Lockin vault
Your phone is not invited.
AI is fast. Your attention is rare. And your brain cannot do meaningful work between three Slack pings and a “quick” scroll. On arrival, the phone goes in the vault. Dramatic? Yes. Effective? Also yes.
Scroll to lock in
8 to 15 March 202720 placesFrom £1,495
Camp 01
Madeira
Central Funchal
A volcanic island in the Atlantic. Private apartments. A workspace in the city. Mountains when your brain melts. Long dinners when the work is done.
Reserve with £99. Balance due 25 January 2027.
The city
The mountains
The island
Camp 02
Coming spring 2027Bali
Same seven day reset. New latitude. Build hard in the morning, come back to life outside it.
Dates, the exact base and the full camp details are coming soon. Join the early list and hear it before everyone else.
Hear about Bali first
The seven day arc
The idea goes in on day one. Something you can show, sell or kill comes out on day seven.
Seven days.No founder cosplay.
Pick→
Make→
Test→
Ask→
Fix→
Push→
Ship
Day 01The idea goes in
Pick
One idea. Not twelve. Put the rest out of their misery.
Day 02First version
Make
Prompt it. Sketch it. Hack it together. Ugly and alive beats perfect and imaginary.
Day 03Reality check
Test
Show it to someone who is not your mum. Watch what they actually do.
Day 04The brave bit
Ask
Make the offer. Say the price out loud. Survive the silence.
Day 05New information
Fix
Something broke. Excellent. Now you know where to look.
Day 06All signal
Push
The idea has a pulse. Give it everything you have left.
Day 07Proof comes out
Ship
Show the receipts. Open the vault. Leave as someone who started.
No panels. No applause for a deck. Make the thing. Put it in front of humans. Ask for money.
Reality handles the rest.
Funchal, 21:47
That tiny moment when the imaginary thingworks.
Not a moodboard. Not a plan. A living, breathing first version. Ugly as hell. Beautiful.
Bring home something better than inspiration
A customer. A dead end. Or a clue. Just do not bring home thesame question.
£1
A stranger pays. Suddenly this is not imaginary.
10
Real people use it. A tiny signal with a massive pulse.
NOPE
You kill a bad idea before it eats another year. Also a win.
Success is useful. Failure with evidence is useful. Another year of “I’ve been thinking about…” is not.
Camp 01 in Funchal, 8 to 15 March 2027
Another year will pass either way. Make this the week you stopped being “about to.”
Reserve a place for £99
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