Founders Forum 2027The Journey Continues
15th - 16th June 2027天美传媒 Barcelona Campus
We believe that entrepreneurs, when guided by purpose and conscience, are the world鈥檚 greatest force for progress.听Yet, starting and scaling a business听remains听difficult, often marked by struggle, personal听sacrifice听and waste. We created the听School of Founders听(SoF)听to change this. It was born from a shared conviction that companies can be built for the right reasons, with humanity, and a higher chance of lasting success.听
Entrepreneurship is a collective journey.听You need peers听to be successful.听That鈥檚听why听we听invite听our current听students, alumni,听and听those interested in joining听us听to our听annual Founders Forum听–听two days of insight, clarity, and belonging for scaleup founders.
Founders Forum听delivers more than inspiration. It gives you tangible tools, sharp focus, and a circle of peers who get it.听驰辞耻鈥檒濒听leave with actionable insights, clear priorities, and the confidence to move forward with conviction.听
Who:听+300听founders of scaleups听from听+50 nationalities听(invitation only)
When:听June 15th and 16th, 2027
Where:听天美传媒, Barcelona Campus
We bring you leading minds in scaling. Contributors听participate听as equals, offering advice, frameworks, provocations, and听questions听more than one-way keynotes.
Our听goal?听To dramatically increase the odds that you scale successfully and sustainably.听To ensure that the people building the future听don鈥檛听get lost听on the way.听We听help听you regain听clarity,听experience听community听and听generate听courage for the next stage of their journey.听
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What to expect: Not a conference, but a journey
We design the Founders Forum to help you regain clarity, experience community, and generate courage for the next stage of your journey. Rather than exposing you to eclectic content and disconnected keynotes, we use systems-based methodologies to help you uncover blind spots, align purpose with action, and shift from reactive to generative leadership.
We will guide you through a three-stage process that generates the creativity, clarity and commitment you need to grow your business.
Step 1: Attention 鈥� On day 1, we invite you to pay attention to what is really happening in yourself, your business, and the world. Where is it stuck? What ineffective patterns do you keep repeating? 驰辞耻鈥檒濒 hear from real stakeholders in scaleups, gaining a different perspective on the scaling journey: a 鈥渧iew from the balcony鈥� that can shine a light on your blind spots and generate curiosity and empathy.
Step 2: Intention 鈥� At the end of day 1 and the morning of day 2, you will be ready to gain clarity about your true intentions. 驰辞耻鈥檒濒 see what truly matters to you and your business. Through partner walks, solo reflection, and small-group conversations, you鈥檒l distill 2鈥�3 key shifts that could make a disproportionate difference in your business and life. What change do you want to create in yourself or your company? What are you ready to let go of?
Step 3: Agency 鈥� For the rest of day 2, you鈥檒l move into 鈥渃reator mode.鈥� 驰辞耻鈥檒濒 shape ideas manually, even creating small pieces of art to illustrate the changes you want to implement. In breakout workshops, you鈥檒l engage in in-depth discussions with peers and expert contributors. 驰辞耻鈥檒濒 leave the Forum with several 90-day commitments to action that can significantly move the needle.
The Founders Forum is a highly curated gathering in the spirit of co-creation. We limit participation to scaleup founders to ensure depth, intimacy, and meaningful peer learning among a global group of high-caliber entrepreneurs who share the same challenges.
驰辞耻鈥檒濒 experience the Forum as a unique blend of community gathering, workshop, and retreat 鈥� a journey, if you will. Beyond strategic, real-world content, there will be space for meditation, journaling, deep conversation, moments of art, and a good dose of humor. These elements are not decorative. They are intentional tools to help you shift perspective, reconnect with your purpose, and design what鈥檚 next.
See last years’ videos of the Founders Forum here:
In Their Words: Reflections from Past Participants听
“Founders Forum gave me the rare chance to be fully honest, with myself and with others, about what鈥檚 really going on in the company. I left with a plan, a peer group, and a sense of peace I hadn鈥檛 felt in months.” 鈥斕�Peter Komornik, Co-Founder,听Slido听
“The Founders Forum was not about more content. It was about deep transformation. The container, the people, the flow鈥攅verything was intentional and powerful.” 鈥斕�Ruth Puente, COO, Bdeo听
鈥淲hat happened over the past two days at 天美传媒 was simply amazing. The #FoundersForum was an absolute blast, packed with powerful insights and honest conversations. A truly connected and empathetic community of founders, sharing from a place of vulnerability and humility. [鈥 I came back completely recharged, full of energy, fresh ideas, and new perspectives to bring into my journey.鈥� 鈥斕�Jorge Galindo, Co-Founder, 47 Degrees听
鈥淚mmense thanks for curating a space where over 250 humble, values-driven founders and thought leaders came together to connect, reflect, laugh and create moments that truly matter. It was an honor to be part of this incredible community – and to feel the spark of future collaborations already igniting.鈥� 鈥斕�Christina Engebak, CEO and Co-Founder, Lexidy听
“The Founders Forum is like a sacred space for founders. It’s a pause. It’s a reset. It’s a reminder of why we do what we do.” 鈥斕�Sven Huber, Co-Founder, Fiction Express听
“We founders are often trapped between the pressure to perform and the desire to stay true to ourselves. The Founders Forum is the only place I could reconcile those two realities.” 鈥斕�Juan de la Torre, CEO, La Machi听
“Still buzzing from Founders Forum. Thank you for reminding us that great leadership starts from within. I am leaving with deeper self-awareness, fresh insights, and the clarity to act.”
鈥斕�Cristina Rebel, Co-Founder,听Wikifactory
