United Founders is a global community of leaders who've chosen to build alongside each other, not alone. Every member joins on the same commitment: help each other succeed - through shared experience, open advice and honest feedback.
Patrick founded United Founders after 15 years building businesses across Southeast Asia - four companies, 300+ people employed, and more than US$30 million in revenue, with the scars to show for it. He built the community he couldn't find: a room where Bali's founders could speak freely with people who understood the weight of the decisions they were carrying.
As well as helping grow United Founders across the world, he leads United Founders Bali, runs Bali Capital Connect, and works 1:1 with a small group of founders as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor. He speaks to an average of 200 founders a month.
The person who actually keeps the wheels on: events, introductions, member care, and a community that never sleeps. If you've been welcomed, reminded, or quietly rescued, it was probably Nica.
The strongest moments in this community happens between operators who understand each other's world. Our Industry Chairs help make those moments happen: experienced members with real standing in their sector, who set the topics, run our events, and serve as first call for anyone building in their space. Whatever you're building, there's a chair for your corner of it.
Nothing about how this community feels is accidental. The trust, the generosity, the low ego - all of it is deliberate, written down in our community guidelines, and committed to by every member on joining. The full version runs to eighteen; the six below are the most important:
We help each other succeed. Asking for help here is a strength, not a weakness.
You'll meet founders who've sold companies, public figures, the odd Olympian. None of it matters in the room. If you're a builder, you belong.
Teach before you pitch. Direct selling to members isn't allowed - and the member directory is not a leads list.
Conversations run on honesty and vulnerability. Confidentiality isn't a courtesy, it's a condition of membership.
Substance, context, and evidence over opinions. No soapboxes, no politics, no clickbait.
Twice a year, in July and over Christmas, the events calendar stops. Founders rest, families come first, and everyone comes back sharper.
500+ founders and leaders, weekly events, and the conversations you can't have anywhere else. Membership is by application.
Apply for membership →United Founders is expanding beyond Bali. If you're an experienced founder embedded in your city's founder scene and want to build the room it's missing, we want to hear from you.
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