The journey of a founder is often demanding and lonely, but you don’t have to walk this road alone.

Join an Econa female founder circle and become part of a small, close-knit cohort of 5-8 peers who keep you anchored as you navigate the whitewaters of entrepreneurship.

Share what’s on your mind with a like-minded group of peers.  Whether you’re challenged by stress, leading your team, burnout, finances, balancing work with family time, co-founder dynamics, product challenges, or problem solving – this is a place you can turn to for guidance and support.  Your founder circle is a trusted place where you can belong, open up, be vulnerable, share, be heard, listen, validate, celebrate, and talk about the things you can’t talk about with employees or may be reluctant to share with family and friends.

Each circle will be led by an experienced group facilitator who understands firsthand the high highs and low lows of the founder journey (meet our facilitators below). Leave each session with more clarity, connection, and a deeper community of people who resonate with you and support your journey.

What the experience is like:

• One 90-session every other week over Zoom, for six months
• A 3-hour initial kickoff retreat over Zoom
• Meet with the same circle of 5-8 peers each session
• Deepen connections in a tight-knit community of successful women entrepreneurs who are committed to radical self-inquiry and to personal and professional growth
• Reflect, share, and dive deep on the topics and issues that matter the most
• Build a trusted group container with agreements, norms, and ground rules for your circle
• Measure your growth with clinically-informed entry and exit assessments developed by Econa’s world-class faculty of entrepreneur mental wellness experts
• Program fee: $2999, with the option to cancel before your second session
• Group members may choose to renew their commitment for the next six months

Our founder circle applications are now closed.

Dr. Adrienne Heinz is a licensed psychologist who works with entrepreneurs in her clinical practice, participates in entrepreneur support collectives, and has researched mental resilience among military Veteran entrepreneurs. Dr. Heinz also serves as a consultant advising on workplace wellbeing strategy, digital mental health solutions, and cultivation of public-private partnerships to expedite healthcare innovation. She cares deeply about entrepreneur mental health and strives to unlock their intrinsic resilience using science-based strategies. Dr. Heinz also serves a clinical research scientist at the VA National Center for PTSD and Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research complements, informs, and inspires her clinical practice and she has been awarded over 1.5 million dollars in federal and private funding, resulting in over 50 peer-reviewed publications. In May, 2015 Dr. Heinz lost her little brother, biotech entrepreneur Austen Heinz, to suicide.  Austen’s silent suffering on the entrepreneurial journey moved her to help disrupt stigma in this community, connect entrepreneurs in whole-hearted ways, and create support structures to guardrail against mental health pitfalls.  Watch her story on CNN.