The program
Small, confidential peer groups of Bay Area founders building AI-SaaS — all pushing toward the traction milestone that unlocks the next raise, or a business built to last.
Is this you?
Peer groups work because everyone in the room is at the same stage, wrestling with the same kind of decision. Here's the fit.
Right timing? You've got two or three key decisions ahead that shape whether you hit your milestone — and no founders at your stage to strategize with.
What members receive
Practical, early-stage playbooks and tools you can put to work between meetings — not theory, the stuff that moves the milestone.
A space to say the real thing out loud with founders who get it. What's shared in the group stays in the group. Full stop.
Scorecards and light check-ins that keep you moving — so the decisions you make in the room actually get executed.
Not a lecture
Every session is about the calls actually in front of you — pricing, your next hire, whether to raise, how to reach the milestone. You bring the decision; the group helps you pressure-test it and commit.
Then you go do it, and report back. That loop is where the progress happens.
What we work through
The same questions surface again and again — on the podcast, and in the room. These are the ones your peer group helps you untangle.
How you join
Start with a short application. It helps us understand your stage, your product, and the decisions ahead of you.
A conversation to explore fit — both ways. We make sure a peer group is the right move for where you are right now.
We match you into a peer group of founders at a comparable stage, so the room is genuinely useful from day one.
Your group sets shared expectations — how you'll show up, what confidentiality means, and what you're each driving toward.
You meet monthly in person, with light check-ins in between to keep momentum and accountability alive.
The commitment
Investment
One annual membership covers your seat in a peer group, the playbooks and tools, and the accountability that keeps it all moving.
Apply here →Application first — we place by fit, not first-come.
You're not talking to any customers, you're not showing me revenue — then why do you need money right now?Sameer Saran, ParkStash · Inspiring Founders Podcast, Ep. 03
Before you apply
$6,000 per year. That covers the monthly in-person sessions, the playbooks and tools you can put to work between meetings, and steady accountability along the way.
Once a month, for three hours, in person in San Jose. Members hold to about 90% attendance — showing up is how the group stays valuable for everyone in the room.
Each group is small on purpose: 8–10 founders, matched by stage so everyone is wrestling with the same kind of decision.
Yes. What's shared in the group stays in the group. It's a space to say the real thing out loud with founders who get it.
No. The groups welcome founders raising on favorable terms and founders building toward durable independence. What matters is that you're driving toward a real traction milestone.
Pre-seed is the sweet spot: past the idea phase and actively building — a prototype, early users, or first revenue. If you haven't started building yet, it's likely too early.
Apply through the application form. Mash reviews every application personally and, if it's a fit, matches you into a group by stage and focus.
At this stage, the decisions ahead shape whether you hit your milestone. Don't make them in isolation — apply, and get a room of founders at your side.
