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Outrive Trails · Founder's Trail · Edition 08

Stop circling.
Start deciding.
Goa changes that.

Four days in North Goa. An operator who's been where you're going. You leave with your 90-day action plan — with the room of people who'll hold you to it.

Location
Goa, North India
Dates
Jul 10–13, 2026
Cohort
21 curated founders
Mentor
1 at the frontier
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Goa · July 2026 Edition 08 21 Founders Curated 6 Seats Left Invite Only Sangeeta Bavi — Anthropic India Ashish Mittal — TurningIdeas Ventures 10+ Editions 200+ Alumni Goa · July 2026 Edition 08 21 Founders Curated 6 Seats Left Invite Only Sangeeta Bavi — Anthropic India Ashish Mittal — TurningIdeas Ventures 10+ Editions 200+ Alumni
What is Outrive Trails

A designed field lab. Not a retreat. Not a course.

Goa boutique property10+ Editions run200+ Alumni

Most founder journeys to clarity are longer than they need to be. You sit through generic programs, talk to well-meaning advisors who don't know your market, and make pivotal decisions without the one person who's already been exactly where you are.

Outrive Trails compresses that down to four days. Not by teaching — by putting you in a room where the environment, the mentors, and the cohort do what no course can. You leave with decisions made. Not notes to act on someday.

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.
Mentors with skin in the game
No slide decks. Sangeeta sits inside Anthropic. Ashish has cut cheques on 100+ companies. Operators who've done it — not coaches.
21 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.
Why Outrive Trails

Most programs send you home with notes.
We send you home with decisions.

Here's what four days actually looks like compared to the other ways founders try to solve the same problem.

Outrive Trails
Online Course / Cohort
Who's in the room
21 curated founders at real inflection points
Anyone who pays
Mentorship
Operators with skin in the game, chosen for you
Pre-recorded video, generic Q&A
What you do
Live teardowns, hot seats, decisions made out loud
Watch lessons, post in a forum
What you leave with
A written 90-day action plan + accountability
A certificate and notes
The people after
Co-founders, first customers, a decade-long circle
A comment section
Transformation
Designed. Deliberate.
Fades by Thursday
I'm not sure I'm at the right stage.
We don't curate by stage. We curate by inflection point. Some alumni came with a year-old startup. Others with 50 employees. What matters is whether something isn't moving the way it should.
Is this just another networking trip?
The people are a side effect, not the product. The product is your 90-day action plan — made in the room, out loud, with accountability built in. The connections happen because the conversations are real.
Why this trail exists

You don't have a knowledge problem. You have an access problem.

Your GTM isn't landing. You've added an AI feature and you're not sure if it's the product or just a badge. You're burning time on decisions that don't compound. You're fundraising without a real investor in the room who understands your market. And you've been doing it long enough to know another podcast isn't going to fix it.

“You're not stuck for lack of trying. You're stuck because the room you're in doesn't have anyone who has already been where you're headed — and knows exactly what's waiting there.”
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Founders in conversation
Before you read further

This program isn't for everyone. Here's how to know.

NOT for you if —
  • You want a certificate to add to your LinkedIn
  • You're looking for a networking event with good canapés
  • You want someone to validate that your idea is great
  • You're not ready to be honest about where you actually are
  • You want frameworks, templates, and worksheets to fill out later
  • You want inspiration without accountability
THIS IS for you if —
  • Your GTM is not landing — and you've run out of explanations for why
  • You added an AI feature — and still aren't sure if it's the product or just a badge
  • You're fundraising — without a real investor in the room who understands your market
  • You're burning time — on decisions that don't compound — and you know it
  • You want the real answer — even if it's uncomfortable — not the polished one
  • You're at an inflection point — and the room you're in has no one who's already been there
Goa property at golden hour
The Itinerary

Four days of brunches, dinners, deep work and real conversations.

ArrivalsStrategyExecutionReflection

No one is performing yet. That's the magic of the first evening.

— Edition 07 Alumna

Day 01 · Arrivals

The first evening is unstructured by design. Founders arrive, settle in, and meet each other without any agenda. By the time the first mentor circle begins, the room already knows what everyone is carrying. The conversations that start tonight often define the four days.

6 seats remaining for this edition
Founders Goa · July 10–13, 2026 · North Goa
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The mentor

An operator who's been where you're going.

Not a speaker. Not a coach with frameworks. An operator who's built through exactly the problems you're sitting with — and will tell you so directly.

Saurabh Mangrulkar

Saurabh Mangrulkar

Founder & CEO, Beep · Shark Tank India · Angel Investor · TEDx Speaker

Saurabh has built from nothing, scaled through chaos, raised institutional capital, and now sits on the other side of the table as an angel. He's seen the same inflection points play out at every stage — early founders who can't find distribution, scaled operators who've outgrown their GTM without realising it, and funded companies burning on the wrong things.

Beep (EventBeep)Shark Tank India S1Inventus CapitalSilicon Valley QuadTEDxGSEA WinnerTiE PuneGrowthSchool Mentor
What he brings to the room
01
The question you've been avoiding
Every founder has one. A decision deferred, a number that doesn't add up, a strategy that sounds right but isn't working. He finds it — and names it out loud — faster than anyone you've paid to advise you.
02
A GTM read that matches your actual stage
Whether you're still finding distribution or you've outgrown the one that worked — he's seen both break the same way. Channel, message, timing, or product. No frameworks. A diagnosis.
03
What an investor actually sees in your business
He's pitched, been funded, and now writes cheques. Three vantage points on the same question. He'll give you the read most founders only get after the rejection.
05
What you leave with

Not learnings. Decisions.

Most programs give you more to think about. Outrive Trails gives you less — because the decision has already been made. In the room. Out loud. In front of people who matter.

Proven across 10+ editions
200+ founders out · 10+ editions run · 6 seats left
01
An AI strategy that's actually yours
Not 'use AI.' A specific view on where AI creates a durable edge in your business — and where it's noise. Reviewed by someone at the frontier of what's possible in 2026.
02
A GTM that fits your exact stage
Not a framework. A go-to-market approach pressure-tested by someone who has built and rebuilt GTM across categories, company sizes, and capital constraints.
03
Fundraise clarity — or the honest reason to wait
Whether you should raise, how to frame it, and what an investor actually sees. From someone who makes that decision.
04
A capital-efficient operating model
Stop burning on the wrong things. Start compounding on the right ones. The decisions that make the next 18 months sustainable — not just exciting.
05
Twenty founders who know your real situation
Not LinkedIn connections. People who heard the real version of your problem. They become co-founders, first customers, and a decade-long inner circle.
What founders say after

The words we didn't write for them.

I left with a co-founder and a product decision I'd been stalling on for a year. We landed our first paying enterprise customer within 60 days of getting back. One conversation with Ashish was worth more than six months of advisory calls.

RK
Rohan Kapoor
Founder, Stacknova · B2B SaaS · Bengaluru

Sangeeta identified our real AI strategy in twenty minutes — I'd been calling it something else for eight months. I restructured our positioning that same evening. We closed our seed round three months later.

NM
Naina Mehta
Co-founder, Crux AI · Seed Stage · Delhi

The hot seat on Day 3 was the most uncomfortable — and most useful — twelve minutes I've spent as a founder. I'd been avoiding the real problem for two quarters. Ashish named it in four sentences.

VR
Vikram Rajan
Second-time Founder · D2C · Delhi

I came as a content creator, genuinely unsure if I even had a business. I left with a retainer model, a pricing structure, and three brand partnerships already in the pipeline.

PS
Priya Shah
Creator & Founder, The Brief · Mumbai

I've done off-sites and leadership programs before. This was different — nobody performing, no slides. The person sitting next to me at dinner on Day 2 is now my co-founder.

AM
Aman Mathur
Founder, Resolve · Fintech · Hyderabad
Investment

Transparent pricing. No surprises.

Everything it covers. Why it costs what it costs. And the one question worth asking before you decide.

Founders Goa · Edition 08
₹95,000
⏰ Applications close June 30, 2026 · 6 seats remaining
Per seat · All-inclusive · Payment plan available
  • Four days at a boutique property in North Goa
  • All meals — brunches, lunches, dinners, evening sessions
  • Full designed program — sessions, hot seats, deep work
  • Your mentor for the full four days — not just during sessions
  • Priority Maps & 90-Day Sprint document, yours to keep
  • Outrive Trails alumni community access — permanent
  • Continued mentor relationship — the trail doesn't end at checkout
  • Travel to Goa not included

Payment plan available on request · Cancellation policy shared on application

The real question

Is this worth ₹95,000?

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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FAQ

Questions worth asking.

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.

How to join

Four steps. One direction.

01
You request an invite.
A short, honest form. Where you actually are. What you're trying to build through. No CVs. No decks. Four minutes.
02
We read it carefully.
Every application is read by a human. We're looking for founders at real inflection points — not perfect pitch decks.
03
You're placed in the right trail.
Matched to this edition, these mentors, this cohort. If it isn't the right fit, we'll tell you which one is.
04
You show up. You leave different.
With your 90-day action plan. With people who know your real situation. With a mentor relationship that doesn't end.
Goa dawn
Applications close Jun 30 · 6 seats · Goa · Jul 10–13

The right room is waiting. Are you?

21 founders. An operator from the frontier and the trenches. Four days in Goa. You leave with your 90-day action plan — and the people who'll hold you to it. The cost of staying stuck is always higher than the cost of showing up.

Not sure yet? Message us directly. We're real people. We respond.