The Founder's Circle
You built the career. Now build the life.
A free community for professionals making the leap from corporate life to building something of their own — powered by The Gap Strategy. Learn to identify the gap in the marketplace that only you can fill, and build a business around it.
What Is The Founder's Circle?
You've spent years mastering your craft inside a company. You've filled gaps for other people's businesses. Now it's time to fill the gap in the marketplace that only you can fill — and build something of your own.
The Founder's Circle is a free community for professionals transitioning from corporate life to entrepreneurship, built around The Gap Strategy framework. Every week we apply the same principles that accelerate careers to building businesses: identify the gap, fill it with intention, and make yourself indispensable in your market.
Real strategies, hard-won lessons, and a proven framework — no fluff, no gatekeeping. Hosted by Cindy Keyes, creator of The Gap Strategy.
This Is For You If You Are…
- Leaving or recently left corporate to start your own venture
- Building a business while still employed and need a clear strategy
- Ready to apply The Gap Strategy to find your place in the market
- Wanting to leverage your corporate skills as a founder
- Tired of doing this alone and ready for real community and support
What You'll Learn
Identify Your Market Gap
Use The Gap Strategy framework to pinpoint the unmet need in your industry that your unique background and skills are perfectly positioned to fill.
Fill It With Your Unique Skills
Learn how to translate your corporate expertise into a compelling offer that solves a real problem — and makes you the obvious choice in your niche.
Build Indispensability in Your Market
Apply the same principles that made you indispensable in corporate to build a business that clients can't imagine operating without.
Meeting Schedule
Weekly Virtual Call
Every Wednesday at 9:00 AM PST
90 minutes via Zoom
Private WhatsApp Group
Ongoing peer support between calls
How It Works
Sign Up Below
Enter your name and email — it takes 30 seconds.
Get Your Invite
Cindy will personally reach out within 24–48 hours with your WhatsApp group invite and Zoom link.
Apply The Gap Strategy
Join the weekly call. Learn to identify the gap in your market, fill it with your unique skills, and build a business that only you could create.
Join The Founder's Circle
No cost. No catch. Just community.
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