November 5 – 9, 2026 · Tulum, Mexico
Five days for founders who've built a business that works and can feel something new pulling. This is where you find it, with the room and the people to actually build it.
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You've built something you're genuinely proud of. It works, it pays you, people see you as the one who figured it out. And lately there's a new energy humming underneath it. A pull toward something else. A bigger idea you keep circling back to. A version of your work that feels even more like YOU. You can feel it on the edge of your awareness, even if you can't name it yet. That pull is not a problem to fix. It might be the most exciting thing that's happened to your business in years.
So picture this. You wake up in a villa in Tulum, the pool still glassy, coffee in your hand, nowhere to be and nothing due. Over a slow breakfast, someone asks you the question you've been too busy to ask yourself, and for once you have the room to actually sit with it. Later, by the pool with your journal or mid-conversation with a founder who just gets it, the thing you've been circling starts to take shape. You're not forcing it. It's coming to you, because for the first time in a long time there's nothing in the way.
Then you remember where you actually are. Back to back calls. A calendar with no white space. The idea you keep promising you'll get to, still waiting. You're so busy delivering the thing you built that there's no room left to figure out what comes AFTER it.
That's the whole reason this retreat exists. Five days, a small group of founders, one villa in Tulum's La Veleta neighborhood, and the dedicated time you've been wishing for but never let yourself take. The sessions point you at the real questions. The space gives you room to answer them. You come home knowing what's next, with the first moves already in motion.
The villa
A private villa in Tulum's La Veleta neighborhood, fully staffed and designed for a group like this. Eight bedrooms, each with its own private bathroom, so everyone gets real space of their own. A big pool surrounded by sun loungers and lush greenery. And you are minutes from town, with cute shops, coffee, and some of Tulum's best restaurants an easy walk away.
A note: The villa has fast, reliable WiFi throughout, so you can actually get work done. That said, this is still the Tulum jungle. The occasional bug or gecko comes with the territory, and honestly that is part of the charm. Come ready to embrace it.
Large Private Pool
A spacious pool ringed with sun loungers and umbrellas, plus a big outdoor table for meals under the open sky. Lush greenery all around, and it is all yours.
8 Ensuite Bedrooms
Eight bedrooms, each with its own private bathroom. Five king rooms, plus rooms with two beds for anyone who wants to share. Everyone gets their own space.
Living Room + Main Kitchen
A large living room with a deep L-shaped sofa, plus a full main kitchen for shared meals and late-night talks. This is where the group comes together.
Walk to Town
You are in the heart of La Veleta. Cute shops, coffee spots, and some of Tulum's best restaurants are all an easy walk away.
Fully Equipped
Smart TVs in every room, kitchenettes in several, A/C, and fast WiFi throughout. Everything you need to actually live comfortably for a week.
5-Star Concierge
A 5-star concierge team on hand throughout the stay for whatever the group needs. You just show up and be present.
The shape of the days
Some mornings are wide open. Some are spent floating in a cenote. Some afternoons are sessions that crack something open. Some are sun loungers and slow conversations. Each day holds its own shape. The through-line is the same: space. To think. To land. To breathe.
This is a sample schedule to show you the rhythm. The exact flow stays loose and is subject to change.
Put it all down.
You land, settle into the villa, and do the hardest thing on a founder's list: stop. There is nothing to produce tonight. Just a welcome dinner at the long table, the chef cooking, the group meeting for the first time. The unwinding starts the moment you set your bag down. Choosing to be here is the whole beginning.
Name what you have outgrown.
A slow, open morning, then Mel leads the first alignment session. An honest look at the beliefs and stories you have been carrying as facts, the ones quietly running your business from the back seat. You say them out loud. You decide what to keep. By the chef dinner that night, something has already loosened, and the group feels like people you have known far longer than a day.
See the life you are actually living.
Your alignment session with Jasz today. A real look at the life you are actually living, what fits who you are, and what quietly needs to change. This is the clarity that becomes the foundation for every business decision you make once you are home. Then the evening is yours: walk into town with the group, find your own table, and let the conversations wander where they want to go.
Let it land.
Most of the day is spent floating in the cenotes, in water so still it does something to you. This is not the day off. It is the work. Everything the last two days cracked open needs somewhere quiet to settle, and there is nowhere quieter than this. Back at the villa, a final chef dinner and a closing circle to name what you are carrying home. You will not want it to end.
Leave lighter than you came.
A slow last breakfast together, numbers swapped, plans made you will actually keep. You head to the airport with a clearer head, new friends, and proof in your own body that the space was always yours to take. The integration does not wait for some future version of you. It starts the moment you get home and catch yourself deciding from clarity instead of pressure.
Tuesday and beyond
The work does not end when you board the plane. You leave with the thing you came to find: a real sense of what is next, and the first moves to make it happen. The idea you have been circling for months is finally taking shape. The people you met are people you can text with your big ideas and to celebrate your wins.
Back home, you feel it right away. You make decisions from a place of knowing instead of second-guessing. Your week feels less reactive. You sit down to build the new thing and you actually build it, because for once you know what it is. You message the founder you sat next to at dinner about the idea you have not stopped thinking about.
You feel more like yourself. Lighter. Genuinely excited about your work again, maybe for the first time in a while. Sure about what you are moving toward, and at peace with what you have already outgrown. And, honestly, probably the next trip already on your calendar.
That is what these five days give you. Not a souvenir. A clear next chapter, and the energy to go build it.
What you get
A real sense of what is next. The most valuable thing you can leave with: a direction you can act on the second you get home, not a vague feeling that fades by the time you unpack.
Sessions that crack something open. The kind of conversation that makes you go quiet for a second because you finally heard yourself say it out loud.
New connections with founders who have also built real things and understand exactly what your life looks like. The kind of people you text when something big happens.
And the proof, in your own body, that you did not have to wait. You gave yourself the time and the room, and the next chapter showed up. You came. That was the whole thing.
Your hosts
Jasz Rae Joseph
Host
Jasz has spent years hosting networking events and bringing the right founders into the same room. Dinners, intentional gatherings, rooms where people walk in not knowing each other and walk out with a new client, a new collaborator, or a new best friend. This trip is the same instinct, scaled up to five days in Tulum.
She also runs Jasz Rae Digital, the marketing agency she founded in 2021 because she refused to trade her time for a salary. The business gives her exactly what she wants this trip to give you: the ability to travel, to connect, and to be genuinely out in the world while the work still gets done.
On Saturday, Jasz leads an alignment session. A look at the life you are actually living, what is in alignment with who you are, and what needs support. The kind of clarity that becomes the foundation for every business decision you make once you get home.
Melissa Ripp
Facilitator
Mel is a writer, guide, and founder of Peapod Marketing and PR Consulting. She has spent more than two decades helping entrepreneurs clarify their voice and shape their ideas into meaningful work.
In Tulum, she leads the alignment session on Friday. Her premise: high-capacity founders are usually stuck not because they need more strategy, but because they are quietly carrying beliefs and stories they have been treating as facts. The session is a structured space to name those out loud, examine them, and decide what to keep. No homework. No action plan required. Just the kind of clarity that is hard to find when you are still in the middle of your own life.
Investment
The villa, nearly all meals from Thursday dinner through Monday breakfast (Saturday dinner is on your own in town), airport transfers, all experiences, and all sessions with Jasz and Mel are covered. A $500 deposit holds your spot, with flexible payment plans for the balance.
Not included: flights, travel insurance, and personal expenses.
Shared Room
$3,000
$500 deposit to reserve your spot
Private Room
$3,500
$500 deposit to reserve your spot
Before you say yes
Founders who want to step out of the day-to-day, create real space, and connect with others who get it. People who know relationships matter in business and want to give themselves room for the bigger ideas and the harder questions. We keep the group small (up to 10) so the mix matters as much as the resume.
Yes, if you want to. There is open time every day. If you want to work, great. If you want to journal, explore, or sit with a big idea, also great. We are all busy founders here. No judgement either way. The point is space for you AND your business AND fun. Wifi is generally great, but we are in the jungle, so plan accordingly.
High-speed and reliable throughout the villa. That said, you are still in the Tulum jungle, so the rare hiccup is possible. You will be well connected.
Most people come alone. The whole point is meeting your people. After the opening dinner, you will not feel alone.
A private chef customizes meals around the group. Once your spot is reserved, we send a short questionnaire to capture allergies, restrictions, and preferences. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free are all things we can handle.
Yes, with the same common sense you would use traveling anywhere. The villa has concierge support throughout the stay, and we organize all transportation between the villa and our outings together. You will not be wandering around alone at night unless you choose to.
Yes. Many people come a few days early or stay through the following week. We are happy to share recommendations for villas and hotels in Tulum.
Early November is one of the best windows of the year. Hurricane season is winding down, the heat eases off, and the water is still warm. Expect 80s during the day, light humidity, and the occasional brief shower.
Once your spot is reserved, it is yours. We do not offer participant cancellations. If anything outside our control means we have to cancel, we will work to reschedule the trip or issue refunds. The $500 deposit holds your spot, and payment plans are available as long as you are fully paid by October 1, 2026.
Claim your spot
This is not a commitment. We will follow up personally once we review your submission. If it's a good fit, we will send you a link to pay your deposit and lock in your spot.
Have questions before you decide? You can book a 15-minute call with Jasz and we'll talk it through.