The journal
A curated journal of past dinners + virtual panels + retreat sessions. Visitors read the summary; members read the full transcript. 184 recorded events across 5 years; this page surfaces the ones the founders return to.
Hosted by A VP of Product at a public marketplace · Career stewardship at Director-to-VP transition
A dinner conversation about the calculus of declining a promotion that would have moved the host out of product and into a general-management role. Members discussed the long arc of staying in craft versus stepping into power.
Hosted by A Director of Product at a Series-D fintech · Surviving (and shaping) silent restructuring
A conversation about reorgs that arrive as fait accompli — the host had walked through three in two years. Members shared the language they had used to advocate for product priorities while the org chart was still being drawn.
Hosted by A Senior Director at a B2B SaaS at $150M ARR · The structural loneliness of being the only senior woman in the room
A panel on the experience of being the only senior woman in a leadership cabinet. Members debated whether the loneliness was a feature of progress (we are early) or a bug of structure (we are perpetually starting over).
Hosted by A staff PM who declined VP for the third time · Maintaining individual-contributor depth at the senior level
A conversation about the disappearing IC track in product organizations. Members shared concrete language for negotiating staff-PM scope without ending up in management by attrition.
Hosted by A founder who exited · The first six months after a founder departure
A conversation about the strange middle period after leaving a company you founded — too senior to take a senior role, too restless to take time off. Members compared the months between roles.
Hosted by A VP who took a flat year · Negotiating in markets that have moved against you
Members discussed the data they had each been working with privately — comp adjustments, refresh cycles, the calculus of stay-versus-go in a year when most companies were paying flat. The conversation was unusually direct on numbers.
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