Spend four days living, building and solving alongside founders, experienced operators, and Investors who can change your trajectory.
See what this actually isWhat is Outrive Trails?
Most founders aren’t stuck because they lack effort.
They’re stuck because their current room, the people around them daily has never been where they’re trying to go. So the advice is cautious. The feedback is careful. And the big calls get postponed another quarter.
And the journeys to clarity are longer than they need to be.
Outrive Trails compresses that down to four days.
same room,
different outcomes.
Mentors with skin in the game
Mentors who've built what you're building, scaled what you're scaling, and exited what you're hoping to. Operators who've done it, not coaches.
16 founders, not 200
Every seat is chosen on purpose. By Day 2 the room knows your real story — and becomes your co-founders, first customers, inner circle.
The environment does the work
Out of your office. Out of your default self. Goa isn't a backdrop — it's the catalyst that unlocks thinking your desk never will.
Out of your office. Out of your default self. Goa isn't a backdrop — it's the catalyst that unlocks thinking your desk never will.
The Itinerary
Designed to give you clarity that normally takes months.
Arrive
No icebreakers. Just real founders.
No icebreakers. No forced networking. Just a room of founders who understand the realities of building. By the end of the day, you're no longer carrying your biggest challenges alone — you have mentors and peers who truly understand your context.
Solve
Your business on the table.
Unpack your business with experienced founders and operators. Together, you'll identify the real bottleneck, break down your business model, and leave with solutions tailored to your market, stage, and growth goals — not generic advice.
Execute
Clarity into a 90-day roadmap.
Turn clarity into a focused 90-day execution roadmap. Refine your priorities, validate your growth strategy, and build a fundraising plan that strengthens your story, investor readiness, and next raise.
Commit
Pitch, commit, walk out with a plan.
Present your refined vision in an Elevator Pitch Round and receive final feedback from mentors and peers. Leave with a written action plan, lasting mentor relationships, and a founder network that keeps you accountable long after the retreat ends.
16 founders. 4 days. Access that compounds for a lifetime.
These aren't keynote speakers. They're staying for four days. They'll be at dinner. They'll ask the question you weren't expecting. They've made the mistakes you're about to make — and a few you haven't thought of yet.
Sushanto Mitra
Founder & CEO, Lead Invest · India's first private angel network · IIT Bombay · TiE Charter Member · Author: Funding Your Startup and Other Nightmares (Penguin)
130+
Angel network members
90+
Funds in early-stage stack
20+
Startups backed
15 yrs
Ecosystem building
Founder & CEO of Lead Angels, India's first privately owned angel network. Former first CEO of IIT Bombay's incubator SINE. Co-author of 'Funding Your Startup and Other Nightmares' (Penguin).
Sushanto Mitra
Founder & CEO, Lead Invest · India's first private angel network · IIT Bombay · TiE Charter Member · Author: Funding Your Startup and Other Nightmares (Penguin)
130+
Angel network members
90+
Funds in early-stage stack
20+
Startups backed
15 yrs
Ecosystem building
Founder & CEO of Lead Angels, India's first privately owned angel network. Former first CEO of IIT Bombay's incubator SINE. Co-author of 'Funding Your Startup and Other Nightmares' (Penguin).
What you actually leave with
A network built from scratch — access to 130+ members across 5 city chapters: Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore & Hyderabad
The full early-stage funding stack — seed funding, advisory, and scale-up fundraising access across 90+ funds in India and abroad
15 years of pattern recognition — what your startup actually needs next, cut straight from the pitch
The playbook, not the theory — what he teaches is what he has lived, not what he read in a case study
Sambhav Jain
Co-Founder, FamPay · IIT Roorkee · YC S19 · Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2023 · D2C Builder & Angel Investor
$42.9M
Raised for FamPay
2M+
Registered users
YC S19
Y Combinator backed
30U30
Forbes Asia 2023
Sambhav co-founded FamPay in his final semester at IIT Roorkee, skipped campus placements, got into Y Combinator, and built India's first neobank for teenagers — 2M+ users, $42.9M raised from Elevation Capital, Sequoia, YC, Kunal Shah, and Amrish Rau. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2023. Now a D2C builder, angel investor, and early-stage advisor across fintech and consumer brands.
Sambhav Jain
Co-Founder, FamPay · IIT Roorkee · YC S19 · Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2023 · D2C Builder & Angel Investor
$42.9M
Raised for FamPay
2M+
Registered users
YC S19
Y Combinator backed
30U30
Forbes Asia 2023
Sambhav co-founded FamPay in his final semester at IIT Roorkee, skipped campus placements, got into Y Combinator, and built India's first neobank for teenagers — 2M+ users, $42.9M raised from Elevation Capital, Sequoia, YC, Kunal Shah, and Amrish Rau. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2023. Now a D2C builder, angel investor, and early-stage advisor across fintech and consumer brands.
What you actually leave with
How to get into YC — and what to do after. He applied last-minute in his final semester, got in, and used the YC network to raise a $4.7M seed with Kunal Shah and Amrish Rau on the cap table. He'll walk you through it
Building for GenZ and the next consumer — India's 40% under-18 population is the market nobody was building for. He spotted it first. If your audience is young, digital-native, or underserved, he gets them better than most
Zero to 2M users — what product-market fit feels like. FamPay went from an idea in a college dorm to 2M+ users without a traditional distribution playbook. He'll show you how to find traction before you have money to spend on it
Raising your first serious round — from the right people. Elevation, Sequoia, YC, General Catalyst, Greenoaks — India's largest Series A by first-time founders. He knows how to build conviction with institutional investors from scratch
Prachi Shevgaonkar
Founder & CEO, Cool The Globe · Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024 · TEDx Speaker · COP27 Young Scholar · SCMC Pune
150+
Countries, Cool The Globe
30U30
Forbes Asia 2024
TEDx
Speaker — storytelling & climate
COP27
Young Scholar, India rep.
Prachi is a climate entrepreneur, media professional, and master communicator. She founded Cool The Globe — a citizen climate action app used across 150+ countries — after asking one question: ‘What can I actually do?’ Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024, COP27 Young Scholar, Advisor to Tata Power, and one of India's sharpest storytellers in any room she enters.
Prachi Shevgaonkar
Founder & CEO, Cool The Globe · Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024 · TEDx Speaker · COP27 Young Scholar · SCMC Pune
150+
Countries, Cool The Globe
30U30
Forbes Asia 2024
TEDx
Speaker — storytelling & climate
COP27
Young Scholar, India rep.
Prachi is a climate entrepreneur, media professional, and master communicator. She founded Cool The Globe — a citizen climate action app used across 150+ countries — after asking one question: ‘What can I actually do?’ Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024, COP27 Young Scholar, Advisor to Tata Power, and one of India's sharpest storytellers in any room she enters.
What you actually leave with
Find your story — then learn to tell it. Most founders pitch features. She'll teach you to pitch meaning: a narrative that makes people feel something before they decide anything
How to communicate a complex idea simply — she built a global climate movement from Pune on a question a college student asked. If she can make carbon emissions emotionally compelling, she can make your startup land
Brand voice, personal brand, and public presence — TEDx stage, Forbes, COP27, Shark Tank India, UNICEF. She's built credibility across every major platform, and she'll show you how to build yours, starting now
The story-redesign framework, hands on — a live session at Outrive: tell your story, get it torn apart, rebuild it with peer feedback. You leave with a story that actually works, not one you think works
Real conversations. Real feedback. Real access.
Not a template. Your business. Your specific bottleneck. Your next move — written, pressure-tested, and called out in the room before you commit to it.
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Outrive Trails
16 curated founders at real inflection points
Operators with skin in the game, chosen for your cohort
Teardowns, hot seats, decisions made out loud
A written 90-day plan + accountability
Co-founders, first customers, a decade-long circle
Expensive offline events
Anyone who bought a ticket
A 45-min panel + a handshake
Sit in an auditorium, collect business cards
A tote bag and tired legs
A LinkedIn connection you never message
Online cohort / course
Anyone who pays
Pre-recorded video, generic Q&A
Watch lessons, post in a forum
A certificate and good intentions
A comment section
Three forces. One intersection. Everything we do is designed around this philosophy.
New perspectives.
New you.
People who get your chaos
and challenges.
Solutions that fit you.
Not a template.
New perspectives.
New you.
People who get your chaos
and challenges.
Solutions that fit you.
Not a template.
When Step Out, Real Connections & Your Context come together, you don't just grow. You Outrive.
Before you read further
This program isn't for everyone. Here's how to know.
Who is it for
at your altitude.
When you step away from your usual environment, you step away from your fixed identity. The person you become on the trail, at the table with strangers, watching a foreign sunrise — that person has access to thoughts you've never had before.
Transparent pricing, no surprises. Why it costs what it costs and the one question worth asking before you decide.
Payment plan available on request · Cancellation policy shared on application
That depends on what staying stuck costs you. One wrong hiring decision. One more quarter burning on a GTM that isn't working. One investor conversation you weren't ready for.
“One conversation with the right person, at the right moment, in the right room — can collapse 12 months of wrong turns into one clear direction.”
We've seen it happen across 10+ editions. That's why alumni refer. That's why cohorts return to mentor the next one.
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“I will launch my product in the next 90 days. This is what I needed to be honest about. Anybody who is building something, at any stage, should come here.”
“The actual VC stayed with us. I pitched, and the best part was a 1-on-1 session with a mentor. I was questioning a lot of things — my wife is also building in the fashion sector, she should be here.”
“Day 1: my every doubt was solved and every question answered, and the pitching round was energetic. These guys are doing a really good job.”
“20 on 10 for me. Real conversations about team building, leadership gaps, and what scaling is actually costing you and your team. Most people don't talk about that cost. This room did.”
“Understanding how an investor reads your business model changes how you build it — not to please them, but because it forces rigor. I left stress-testing assumptions I hadn't questioned in months.”
“Most networking rooms make you perform your success. Here, you talk about the struggles you've been carrying alone — and you don't just talk, you leave with a written plan for them. That shift alone made it worth everything.”
“Growing fast with a broken model is just expensive chaos. Being around founders at different stages helped me see not just the challenges I need to solve today, but the ones waiting for me ahead.”
“The pitch, the people, the place — everything felt aligned. Every question challenged my thinking and helped me see things that might have taken years to learn.”
“I was having fun while working — the pitching, the sound healing. This community is for serious people who aren't drained of energy. It turns everyone into a fun creature.”
“In just 3 days, we didn't just attend training — we built some amazing friendships. Grateful to the wonderful members for such warm support and great company.”
“I will launch my product in the next 90 days. This is what I needed to be honest about. Anybody who is building something, at any stage, should come here.”
“The actual VC stayed with us. I pitched, and the best part was a 1-on-1 session with a mentor. I was questioning a lot of things — my wife is also building in the fashion sector, she should be here.”
“Day 1: my every doubt was solved and every question answered, and the pitching round was energetic. These guys are doing a really good job.”
“20 on 10 for me. Real conversations about team building, leadership gaps, and what scaling is actually costing you and your team. Most people don't talk about that cost. This room did.”
“Understanding how an investor reads your business model changes how you build it — not to please them, but because it forces rigor. I left stress-testing assumptions I hadn't questioned in months.”
“Most networking rooms make you perform your success. Here, you talk about the struggles you've been carrying alone — and you don't just talk, you leave with a written plan for them. That shift alone made it worth everything.”
“Growing fast with a broken model is just expensive chaos. Being around founders at different stages helped me see not just the challenges I need to solve today, but the ones waiting for me ahead.”
“The pitch, the people, the place — everything felt aligned. Every question challenged my thinking and helped me see things that might have taken years to learn.”
“I was having fun while working — the pitching, the sound healing. This community is for serious people who aren't drained of energy. It turns everyone into a fun creature.”
“In just 3 days, we didn't just attend training — we built some amazing friendships. Grateful to the wonderful members for such warm support and great company.”
“I will launch my product in the next 90 days. This is what I needed to be honest about. Anybody who is building something, at any stage, should come here.”
From sunrise hikes to late-night reflections — every moment taught us something new.
FAQ
The ones that mean you're actually considering this. Not just browsing.
Most retreats are designed around the experience. This one is designed around your outcome. The place, the mentors, the cohort — every element exists to produce one thing: your 90-day action plan. You don't leave with a notebook. You leave with decisions made and a room of people who'll hold you to them.
