Introducing The Founder’s Transition Lab: A Private Membership for Business Owners Preparing for What’s Next
Most business owners spend years preparing for the deal. Very few prepare for life after the exit.
That’s where The Founder’s Transition Lab (FTL) comes in—a high-trust, private membership program designed specifically for founders navigating the personal side of succession and business exit planning.
Who It’s For
We define a founder as anyone who holds ownership—full or partial—in a business they’ve helped shape. Whether you:
Built it from scratch
Bought into a business
Inherited a legacy
—if you’re leading today and making decisions that affect the future, you’re a founder in our book.
The Lab is for owners who are:
Within 10 years of exit or succession.
Wondering who they’ll be without the business.
Seeking clarity on a post-exit vision that feels authentic.
Looking for a trusted peer group that understands the emotional complexity of transition.
Research shows that 75% of owners regret their exit within one year. Not because the deal terms went wrong, but because they hadn’t prepared personally—for the loss of identity, structure, and purpose that comes with stepping away. The Founder’s Transition Lab was created to help you avoid that regret.
What It’s For
The Founder’s Transition Lab helps you design a next chapter that is as meaningful as the one you’re leaving behind.
Through the Lab, you will:
Gain clarity on what you truly want—not just what others expect.
Reconnect with your values, family priorities, and legacy goals.
Explore who you are beyond your business identity.
Build a personal roadmap that aligns your wealth, relationships, and life purpose.
Move forward with confidence instead of uncertainty.
This is more than exit planning. It’s founder transition readiness—the process of becoming emotionally, relationally, and strategically prepared to step into your future.
How It Works
Your journey begins with the Founder’s Transition Readiness Assessment, a proven tool that reveals where you stand across six dimensions of exit readiness: emotional attachment, vision, trust, communication, capacity, and business transition planning.
From there, you’ll experience three phases of work inside the Lab:
Reveal – uncover the hidden patterns, beliefs, and attachments shaping your decisions.
Align – clarify what you truly want and align your next chapter with core values and relationships.
Act – build capacity, have courageous conversations, and create a clear, actionable roadmap toward exit.
The structure includes:
Trial Run: A complimentary group experience with 6–8 founders, giving you a real feel for the Lab.
Curated Cohort: Small, confidential peer groups of non-competing business owners placed together based on readiness.
Monthly Sessions: 12 guided, two-hour virtual sessions that blend reflection, strategy, and peer dialogue.
One-on-One Coaching: Personalized coaching sessions to integrate insights and address blind spots.
Digital Roadmap: A personalized platform (via 90.io) to track your evolving plan, goals, and issues.
Quarterly Education: Expert-led learning on topics realted to the six pillars of exit readiness.
Key Features
12-Session Transition Curriculum (Reveal → Align → Act).
Executive Coaching grounded in Core Energy methodology.
Founder Peer Group—6–8 carefully matched founders walking the same path.
Optional Assessments like the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) for deeper self-awareness.
Post-Exit Visioning tools to ensure you create a chapter that excites you.
Confidential Environment where candor, trust, and real conversations flourish.
Transition Roadmap—a tangible, documented plan for your life after exit.
Ongoing Membership Options—support that continues into and beyond your actual exit.
Why It Matters
Most CEO peer groups focus on running a better business. The Founder’s Transition Lab is different. It’s not about scaling, hiring, or operations—it’s about preparing you for succession, identity shift, and the emotional side of transition.
Because without that preparation, regret is common. And regret doesn’t come from financials—it comes from stepping away without knowing who you are, what matters most, or what comes next.
At the Lab, we help you avoid that trap. You’ll exit with clarity, purpose, and confidence—on your terms.
Next Steps
If you’re even considering an exit in the next 10 years, now is the time to begin. A well-planned, regret-free transition takes 12–24 months of preparation.
Here’s how to start:
Vote for a Trial Run date at founderstransitionlab.com/vote.
Join a complimentary Trial Run with other founders exploring what’s next.
Enter a curated cohort and begin your journey of clarity and transformation.
Don’t be one of the 75% who leave wishing they had done it differently.
Your business exit deserves to be intentional.
Your future deserves to be yours.
