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Origin House founders . Minneapolis

By conversation. By fit.

Membership is selective and accepted on a rolling basis. Tell us what you're building and what you're betting on.

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Who fits

The ones who are honest, obsessed, and unfinished.

We look for the ones who can't stop thinking about the problem, who show up before anyone is watching, and who know they can't build it alone. The category doesn't matter. The obsession does.

Honest about where they are
About the work, the team, and what hasn't been figured out.
Can't stop thinking about the problem
It follows them into weekends, walks, and showers.
Show up before anyone watches
The work happens long before the launch.
Building something real, with help
Open to counsel, not waiting for permission.

What membership means.

A desk in the house.

A real workspace in Minneapolis, open whenever the work calls for it.

Minneapolis HQ

A check when the fit is right.

Equity-aligned, shaped to your situation. No template, no cohort clock.

Select founders · custom terms

Operators on speed dial.

People who've built and sold companies, there when you need a real conversation.

Confidential by default

Warm introductions.

To investors, builders, and first customers, when there's a real reason to make them.

By introduction

The Origin Card.

Software credits, partner discounts, and house perks as the network grows.

Credits & perks

Unfolded over time

From a note to a membership.

  1. 01
    you write

    Invitation

    Send a note. Real words, not a deck.

  2. 02
    we call

    Conversation

    A call with a partner. No pitch theatre.

  3. 03
    we shape

    Membership

    Terms shaped to you, never a template.

  4. 04
    we keep going

    Ongoing

    For as long as the work is real.

The deal

What we don't do.

Terms shaped to each founder. No template deal. No cohort clock.

  • The usual
    Template terms.
    How we do it
    Terms shaped to you.
  • The usual
    Cohort timeline.
    How we do it
    Rolling. Your pace.
  • The usual
    You owe a deliverable.
    How we do it
    We win when you win.
A note about what happens next

Every note is read by a person on our team. If what you sent makes us want to know more, we'll write back to set up a call.

The call is the real first step. We learn what you're building and where we can help. If it's a fit, we put a custom offer together.

- the team at Origin House
The note

Tell us what you're working on.

Every note is read by a partner.

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The ones we hear most.

Yes. Shaped per founder, never a template.