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Investor @ Tribe Global Ventures

11mo

I love a good offsite! Beyond the learnings and the strategising and the planning, and beyond the deep conversations with other founders and investors, there's something magical found in stepping away from the noise of the day-to-day business and getting some clear headspace. I remember a great talk by Glen Richards where he said that founders need to 'lift their line of sight' and for me that is what these offsites do. But the biggest takeaway is always the cohort of epic humans who share a similar path ahead. This particular offsite combines personal growth with venture growth, mixing the two to help founders scale internationally. Here's a short snippet where we talk more about the upcoming Tribe Global Ventures offsite.

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Do you wanna talk a little bit about the off site, the one that's coming up? Yeah, absolutely. So 11:50 of November off site right on the border of Queensland, NSW and we're disappearing away with 20 beta B founders to talk all things growth and scaling. So we'll be covering scaling your organization and teams and particularly with a focus on entering the UK and U.S. markets. So we'll deep dive through frameworks and tools, mindset, organizational structures, articulating your messaging. Like, how do you actually pitch your value prop and what you do clearly and dos and don'ts of UKUS expansion. So it's one of those things. I love doing it. We've run a number of these. I love the group that comes together and that space for really honest and transparent conversations. And there's so much content on this stuff, but it's actually applying it specifically to your organization, your startup. So for founders who are interested, we do have some places still available. All the details are up on the site, I'm sure. On what had them to the show notes as well, but if you're a beta B.Tech founder, we'd love to see you there. Will you done? Will you add it? I will. It's only a suggestion, but don't forget who's made it. I'm looking forward to it. I was finalizing the edits on the podcast we're about to release with one of our portfolio apply ID. We had Claudia and Russell and a lot of that podcast is about market entry into UK expanding and and a lot of the lessons learned and why I enjoy these off sites is it's really getting to the heart of some of the challenges so we can proactively learn about them and not make those similar. The mistakes. Although as Russell rightly points out, it's important to have a process where you're able to make mistakes and move quickly and I guess these off sites are about how do you provide some of that information? Proactively. And I think it's a just a good way for a whole bunch of people who are grappling with the same things to get together and have a bit of time where they can bounce. There. Or kick around the problems that they're having or challenges that they're having with other people who are going through it too, like that sort of cohort or tribe. Aspect is really important. I think learning from your peers, not just us, yeah, it's a great way to expand those networks, but people are product of their environment and ideas come out in certain environments and the location that we choose is a magnificent location that has some really great aspects about it. And being able to switch off a bit, come together, really think deeply for a couple of days about the business. You just don't get that in your day-to-day operations. No, absolutely. And often we know what it's like as founders you tell yourself this narrative of I can't afford this time away from the business right now or I can't afford this investment. But the value you get in terms of refocusing on the right things coming away from the off site and not making those mistakes and the savings that you make by learning those lessons in advance. But to your point, Laney, I think that the cohort value is just phenomenon and that's really the the legacy after the off sites and missions that we run is that bonded group of other founders. That you continue that journey with for those shared learnings and a group chat that just has, Yeah, I was speaking that truth. The last one you ready was thoughtful stuff, but also some very funny degenerate stuff and I love that that one keeps you sane. And the one we ran in February, it's still got everyone engaged on the chat, you know, And now, so I yeah, I think that cohort part is really critical.

Investor @ Tribe Global Ventures

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More info via https://www.tribeglobal.vc/offsite

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