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You're invited. Here's who else will be in the room.

Meet the founding members, and invite to our founding members only social.

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Damian Tenuta & Louisa Li
March 20, 2026

Founders House is a wellness club for founders in New York City with coworking, sauna, cold plunge, yoga. We're opening our first location in Manhattan, and we're building the founding member community now.

One question comes up almost every time we interview a new member: "Who else is in the community? Will I actually fit in?"

It's the right question to ask. Because it’s not about really about the space, it’s about the people. Here's who's already a founding member (apply to join→ ).

Nick Freeman

Marco Experiences. Built Instagram Stories (0 to 500M users), then Brex Cash, now Marco (5,000+ teams).

Karishma Thawani

KEY. Ex-Apple, ex-Coca Cola. Raised $5M+. 500+ stores including Erewhon. Forbes coverage.

Taylor Prokes

Hundred Mile Group. CEO — The Big Ass Calendar, All Day Running Co, All Day Sauna Co, Running Man Fest. Grew Jesse Itzler's brand from 300K to 2M+ followers.

Casey Reede

Courtside Talent. Former D1 tennis player. Running brand campaigns with Sloane Stephens & Fortune 500 brands.

Our founding members are building in AI & tech, health & wellness, consumer & CPG, fintech, and entertainment.

What connects all of them isn't the size of their last round or the name of their last employer. It's that they're building for scale, and they're doing it without burning out.

They want to find their people. Not just a network, but the kind of relationships that make the hard days easier and the good ones worth celebrating.

Come meet in-person. We're hosting a founding members-only social. Unwind and connect with yoga to start, then social hours with healthy bites and NA beverages.

Founding Member Spotlight: Amanda Calabrese, Sequel

In early investor pitches, she heard the same thing: too small, too niche, too early.

Now her product is in Yankee Stadium.

Six years ago, Amanda Calabrese and her co-founder were cutting up tampon prototypes between their Stanford classes.

They were athletes. The products they relied on weren't working, and the tampon hadn't been redesigned since 1931.

So they built a new one.

Then came hundreds of pitches. Most of the people across the table were men who had never thought about the problem. Amanda's line to them: "Do you know women? Ask one if she likes her tampons."

She built it anyway.

Starting this season, 1.5 million women will walk through Yankee Stadium's doors. Every one of them will know about Sequel.

Amanda joined Founders House six months ago. She met founders who had heard the exact same words from the exact same kind of rooms.

This is why we're building Founders House. So founders don't quit before they end up here.

Damian and Louisa

Co-Founders

Founders House