Membership
What a seat actually includes.
A seat is valuable for two reasons: what members do for each other, and what YEC puts within reach.
Asks and gives
What members do for each other.
Bring a real problem. Get real help. Offer the same when it is your turn. Hiring calls, vendor referrals, warm introductions, candid feedback, pressure-tested decisions, all from people with nothing to sell you. This is the culture, and it is the larger half of the value.
Member access
What YEC provides.
The infrastructure under the culture: the council itself, publishing through YEC and its partners, live sessions with operators, the member directory, dinners and gatherings, and partner arrangements negotiated for the group.
Member access
What a seat puts within reach.
The council itself
A vetted circle of founders and operators at altitude comparable to yours. Searchable when you need a specific kind of mind. Present when you need a sounding board that has already made the call you are weighing.
The member home
A private community space that holds it all: the feed, the directory, asks and gives, session recordings, and every resource. One place, members only, no public performance.
The member directory
Search the table by industry, location, expertise, and stage. Built for finding the one person who has navigated exactly what you are walking into.
Sessions with operators
Live conversations with people who have done the specific thing you are working through, recorded for the weeks you cannot make it. No keynote energy. The kind of talk you would want over dinner.
Publishing, with substance
Placements through YEC and its partners, including Inc. Expert panels distribute real questions, members contribute real answers, and the work ends up in front of readers who come for signal.
Tables in person
Small, member-hosted dinners and gatherings. The kind of evening where one conversation resets how you think about the next year.
Member spotlights
Profiles that put members at the head of the table: who they are, what they build, and where they could use a door opened. Visibility that drives introductions, not vanity.
Access negotiated for the group
Curated introductions and partner arrangements across travel, software, and growth, chosen because they are useful. Nothing included to pad a list.
Playbooks and templates
A working library of the practical stuff: templates, SOPs, checklists, and session materials. Tools you can put to work the same day.
Built next
Growing as the council grows.
We would rather under-promise here. These are being built with the Founding Cohort, in the order members actually need them.
City tables
Local circles in founder cities, for the relationships that need a zip code.
Focus groups
Small cohorts built around one challenge, with the accountability to move it.
Sprint groups
Less discussion, more action. Goals, timelines, and check-ins that hold.
Monthly topics
One focused conversation across the whole table, instead of random posting.
The point of it
The resource is not an amenity. It is a table of people who make you better, and a standard high enough to keep it that way.
Earn a seat
at the table
Membership is decided through a short application, a conversation, and a review by YEC leadership. We are reading for fit and contribution, not credentials.