Founding is a contact sport. Most people talk about it. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ.

Every Monday, Denizen and the Founders Running Club take the loneliest day of the founder's week and turn it into the sharpest one. ๐Ÿ‘‡

One room. Real builders. Deep work by day, a hard run by dusk. And the kind of momentum that carries you clean through to Friday.

Because founding rewards one thing above all: ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. We start the week with ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ and end the day with a ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง - so you kick the week off properly and keep your edge. Then we hold each other accountable, all the way to the next Monday. ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ-๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค. High-context. No small talk. No dabblers. The rare balance between heads-down focus and the exchange that only happens between people carrying the same weight.

๐Ÿƒ ๐€ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ. Your best ideas show up when your guard is down - when you're moving, sweating, building alongside people who get it.

๐Ÿš€ Built for ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ actively building - shipping product, chasing first customers, raising, leading. Especially powerful if you're solo or non-technical and done trying to do it all alone.

๐Ÿšช This is a community for ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ - ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. Come if you're building with intent.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ•˜ 09:00 โ€“ 09:30, Arrival & Speed Networking

Grab coffee. Meet the room. Say what you're building, find your people, leave with momentum.

โšก 09:30 โ€“ 09:45, Power Round

Out loud, as a group: what you ship today, what you ship this week. We hold each other to it.

๐Ÿง  09:45 โ€“ 12:30, Deep Work

Attack the to-do list, the roadmap, the decision you've been avoiding.

๐Ÿฅ— 12:30 โ€“ 13:30, Community Lunch

We head out together. Low-key, high-quality. The conversations that actually move your business.

๐Ÿ’ป 13:30 โ€“ 17:30, Deep Work

Build alongside other founders - with room for the spontaneous conversations that spark the breakthroughs.

๐Ÿ‘Ÿ 17:30, Switch to Sports Mode

Pack it away. Lycra on. ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐š๐ซ.

๐Ÿƒ 18:00, Community Run

6.95k at 6min/km (route below). We leave and return from the Denizen entrance.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž

โœฆ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž - Your next cofounder, collaborator, or investor, where real conversations happen.

โœฆ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž-๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š - The honest feedback your friends won't give you.

โœฆ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค - Your next client, contractor, or strategic partner is in this room.

โœฆ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ - Be part of the founder community driving what's next in Berlin.

๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž? You spend a Monday with brilliant people and run 7k. ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐ˆ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง

It's about a community where founders show up as ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ. The sweat, the shared effort, the vulnerability of a physical challenge - it strips away the elevator pitch and makes space for real connection. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022

๐ŸŒ Now in 50+ cities

๐Ÿ“… Running + Networking + Community

Join the community โ†’ foundersrc.com/chats Berlin IG โ†’ /frcberlin

๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐‘๐‚: IG โ†’ /foundersrc ยท LinkedIn โ†’ /foundersrc ยท Strava โ†’ foundersRC ยท Web โ†’ foundersrc.com

Day pass: โ‚ฌ10, including one free drink.

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซs

Hi, I'm ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐š, chapter lead for FRC Berlin. I spent my early years competing as a national-level track and field athlete. Later, I moved into the startup world - building inside several startups and scaleups, including ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ (now a unicorn), and several other startups, two of which were acquired. Now I bring that same athlete's discipline to helping other founders make the leap - and switch to founder mindset . ๐Ÿš€

Connect with me on LinkedIn & Instagram.

Hi everyone, Iโ€™m Alena! Iโ€™m a passionate runner and the Chapter Lead of the Founders Running Club Berlin. Outside of running, Iโ€™ve been dancing bachata for years, so if youโ€™re into either, come say hi!

Professionally, Iโ€™ve spent several years in Legal Tech and innovation, with a growing focus on Business Development, partnerships, and connecting people. Iโ€™ve built a strong network across Berlinโ€™s founder, entrepreneurial, and leadership community.

I love bringing people together and creating meaningful connections. Looking forward to meeting many of you through this collaboration!

Feel free to find me on LinkedIn!

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ. ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ๐Ÿ”ฅ