Where builders figure out what is worth building, before there is a company to build it in.
At MN Rising Professionals, Molubah shared Origin House plans at the booth. Building a community happens through real conversations and shared work.
the stage
The stage before the company exists. You have the conviction and the skill, but no team, no product, no proof. We treat that gap as the work, not as a warm-up for it.
the room
Builders move faster surrounded by other builders. The house is built for interruption and argument: same people, same room, week after week, asking each other the questions that would take months to find alone.
the work
Pressure-test the idea, assemble the team, write the first check, run the experiments that produce evidence. Each phase opens on proof, not on a calendar. Paced to the builder.
Operators, not observers. The people you actually work with when you're in the House.
Founder & CEO
Molubah Seley is Founder & CEO at Origin House. He is a 3x venture-backed founder with experience building companies across AI, retail, and real estate.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, studied Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at Carleton College, and has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by J.P. Morgan Chase. He is also a recipient of the Minnesota Innovation Award.
Founding Partner & Studio Director
Kathy (Thu) Mai is a Founding Partner and Studio Director at Origin House. She leads strategy, studio operations, investor relations, business development, and GTM.
Kathy is also a co-founder and president of T2P Consulting, a boutique consulting and advisory firm focused on developing and supporting early-stage startups and small businesses.
Prior to venture building, she spent almost two decades in various roles in upstream and midstream oil and gas business, supporting tax, accounting, operations, asset planning, new ventures, and corporate development.
Kathy is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
Board Chairman
Tim Lambrecht is the Managing Member of Blind Shot Ventures LLC; an investment fund focused on early-stage businesses and real estate development ventures. Prior to founding Blind Shot, he spent two decades in the mining, supply chain and finance sectors, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Hi-Crush. Tim is a graduate of Indiana University.
Start an application, or spend an afternoon in the House and see how the room works before you commit to anything.
