The spreadsheet says the business works.

Your calendar says you're doing most of it for free.

Financials tell you what happened. Economics tells you what your customers, your costs and your own time are actually doing, long before the numbers notice.

If your engine stalls at Economics, this week is yours.

The question we're asking: which of your numbers is a belief, and which would you trust least?

One shared scenario, argued out across the room, alongside your own model. Read it as a set of behaviours rather than a forecast, and find where you're quietly subsidising the business.

No spreadsheet needed. No prior sessions needed. Nothing to prepare. If you came to The Business Engine, bring your sheet.Why we’re here?

Give serious AI-native founders in Singapore an edge so they keep moving from building to delivering.

Who it’s for?

  • Actively building (pre-MVP, post-launch, late-stage)

  • Want’s likeminded peers and structured problem-solving

  • Interested in at-least weekly cadence

  • Open to committing if the value is real

How the day plays out?

10am — Doors open

As we say in Singapore, OTOT.

12.30pm — Lunch & SocialBYOF. Meet your peers. Build real relationships over food.

1:30pm — The Work RoomFrom founder topics that broaden your awareness, to real-time problem-solving. This is where you build your founder muscle and keep moving

5pm — “Next move”

We roundup & wrap here.

The Work Room

We bring a veteran.You come with something real: what you’ve done, what changed, what’s stuck.This is your time to focus on being a founder, leader, business owner. Not just tech, not just AI, but running a business.It could be: Pipelines. Product. Marketing.Segments. Users. Traction. Flywheels.Budgets. Teams. Funding. PricingContracts. Taxes. Regulation…Bring a problem, leave with a decision/direction/solution that’s yours. Follow-up next week.Weekly Founder Topic20-30 mins, talk or learningShort session on a real founder topic, drawn from the room, or brought by someone who’s lived through it.Founder Cases2-3 cases, up to 45 mins eachFacilitated and collaborative problem-solving with your peers in the room.

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