Participation includes a 4-day retreat, monthly peer groups, and a lifetime community membership.
The program is based on T-groups, a form of experiential learning popularized by Interpersonal Dynamics, the most popular elective at Stanford GSB. You have open, challenging, and confidential group conversations that provide insights into how others perceive you and how you understand yourself.
Get support and accountability as you deepen and apply your insights into your current professional and personal challenges over the next 6 months.
After the fellowship founders receive a lifetime community membership that includes peer group support, founder events, and more.
Built on Stanford's Interpersonal Dynamics curriculum, our program has earned a world-class 87 NPS.
Cultivate
Self-awareness
Identify blind spots in your leadership style and understand exactly how you need to grow to have greater impact.
Strong relationships
Learn how to strengthen relationships with co-founders, colleagues, investors, customers, and partners.
Peer support
Form honest relationships with other founders who can support you without being biased by having a stake in your company.
Due to limited space, applications are typically accepted by nomination only. Applicants must be founders of early-stage startups that have raised over $500k but haven't yet raised a Series A.
If you are interested in joining the Grove Fellowship or want to learn more, please email hello@grovefellows.com.
Zero cash cost. We take an advisor-scale equity grant (0.05-0.25%) to make the program sustainable for future founders, structured as a $20k investment in your company on a standard YC SAFE at your most recent valuation with a side letter that says we invest the program in lieu of cash and we will refund the grant if you are unsatisfied for any reason in the first 30 days so long as you participate in the program in good faith.
Retreats are held in the Bay Area including Santa Cruz, Sonoma and Napa, CA.
April 30-May 3
Retreat
(
Santa Cruz, CA
)
June 2nd, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Jul 7th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Aug 4th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Sept 1, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Oct 6th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Nov 10th, 1-5:30pm
In-Person (San Francisco)
August 20 - August 23, 2026
Retreat
(
Santa Cruz, CA
)
Sept 15th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Oct 20th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Nov 17th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Dec 15th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Jan 19th, 9-11am
Virtual Session
Feb 23, 2027, 1-5:30pm
In-Person (San Francisco)
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FELLOWS PROGRAM
FOR FOUNDERS & CEOS
Late Seed to Pre-IPO
Our flagship program for scaling founders. Features the core LIT Retreat plus 9 monthly peer-learning groups. (In-person and online hybrid)
Executive
FELLOWS PROGRAM
FOR EXECUTIVES
High Impact Senior Leaders
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