7 May 2025 05:00PM-10:30PM CESTHotel Jacy'z, Gothenburg

Join Us for the Founders Workshop & Dinner: An Evening of Collaboration at Jacy'z in Gothenburg!

Founders Alliance invites you to an exclusive event at Jacy'z Hotel and Resort in Gothenburg on May 7, 2025. Join us for an afternoon and evening of valuable exchanges with your peer founders, including theme-based workshops, meetups and the Founders Dinner at Gogogaga Sky Bar.

In the evening, all Members and specially invited Founders Guests are welcome to attend.

For Founders Alliance Members and Selected Founders Guests opting for this extra collaborative opportunity, there is a cost of 1220 SEK (ex. VAT), invoiced for dinner and drinks.

Experience productive business meetings while enjoying one of Gothenburg's best views - a unique opportunity to connect with peer founders.

Welcome!

    Program (UTC +01:00)

    05:00 PM

    Founders Growth Workshop

    Founders Growth Workshop

    A general workshop to introduce founders to each other and dive deep into key areas of company development. The focus will be on exchange between participants' challenges and opportunities to scale and sustain businesses.Each of you will receive input and share experiences of your growth, including your operative companies and other engagements (investments, impact, and ownership) with input from others.

    Agenda

    1. Short Intro and Welcome: The workshop facilitator will welcome participants and introduce the workshop, and act as the moderator to ensure a great exchange for all participants.

    2. Participant Introductions and Input: Each participant will have time to introduce themselves and explain their number one challenge or opportunity for which they seek input from other founders.

    3. General Exchange on Key Challenges: An exchange on the key challenges identified during the introductions.

    Examples of Areas Covered in Earlier Founders Growth Workshops:

    • How to lead distributed organisations including merged/acquired companies
    • How to scale internationally and the role of the founder
    • Other ownership and engagements, such as investments in other firms
    • The business of doing good: our broader impact engagements within or outside our commercial companies
    • New innovation and what keeps me happy with entrepreneurship as a means: personal balance, health.

    Thank you, and get ready for the networking and Founders Dinner A few days before the workshop, you will get further details on who participate.


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    Jacy'z Hotel & Resort Floor 4
    07:30 PM

    Founders Meetup

    We meet up at Jacy'z Gogogaga Restaurant on Floor 27 for exchange with peer founders before the Founders Dinner.

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    Jacy'z Floor 27, Gogogaga Sky Bar
    08:30 PM

    Founders Dinner

    Join our Founders Dinner for an intimate and engaging environment where you can connect with like-minded founders.

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    Jacy'z Floor 27, Gogogaga Sky Bar
    10:30 PM

    Thank you!

    Overview

    Participants: The Founders Workshop and Dinner is part of the Founders Conference, where Founders Alliance members - large-scale founders - exchange ideas in their Founders Groups during the conference. 

    All members, along with invited Founders Guests, will participate in theme-based workshops, meetups, and dinner at the Gogogaga Sky Bar on the 27th floor. 

    Not included: Hotel stay and flight or train. Book your hotel room at one of the recommended hotels now, as it is a very busy week. We recommend staying either at Jacy’z Hotel and Resort or at the nearby Scandic Opalen, which is a 15-minute walk from Jacy’z.

    Fee: 1220 SEK ex. VAT for the Founders Dinner, will be invoiced in advance. No return.

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    Founders Alliance at a Glance

    Founders Alliance was established in 2002 by Niclas Carlsson. Today Founders Alliance is a premium collaborative business forum for founders of large-scale corporations, owners of international growth companies and engaged in multiple social impact initiatives around the globe.

    Founders Alliance facilitates a platform for collaboration for founders (members) incl. Founders Groups, one-to-one introductions, closed online communities, international business trips and events (hybrid).

    The Founders World Summit, which is the annual culmination delivered for the 11th time in September 24-25 2025 interlinked with the 24th Founders Awards Gala September 25, 2025 at Berns Hotel in Stockholm.

    Its membership comprises over 300 high performing founders owning over 3000 companies in all parts of the world stretching across all industries and areas of expertise. 

    The core of Founders Alliance is independent from state funding, financial actors, advisory firms and academic institutions.

    Want to become a member? Apply here!