Event Schedule

Journey to the Genesis Residency (Group Departure)

The journey begins! Meet the crew at our Melbourne CBD meeting point and hop on the buses as we kick off Genesis together. New faces, first conversations, and the start of an unforgettable weekend — all before we even arrive.

Residency Check-In

Guests are welcomed into their luxury shared houses, complete with cosy spaces, modern comforts, and everything you need to feel at home. Meet your housemates, explore your new environment, and settle into the space where your week’s journey begins.

Residency Check-In

Guests are welcomed into their luxury shared houses, complete with cosy spaces, modern comforts, and everything you need to feel at home. Meet your housemates, explore your new environment, and settle into the space where your week’s journey begins.

Residency Check-In

Guests are welcomed into their luxury shared houses, complete with cosy spaces, modern comforts, and everything you need to feel at home. Meet your housemates, explore your new environment, and settle into the space where your week’s journey begins.

Residency Check-In

Guests are welcomed into their luxury shared houses, complete with cosy spaces, modern comforts, and everything you need to feel at home. Meet your housemates, explore your new environment, and settle into the space where your week’s journey begins.

Lunch & Leisure

A restorative midday pause designed to nourish both body and mind.

Lunch & Leisure

A restorative midday pause designed to nourish both body and mind.

Lunch & Leisure with special Guest Simon Wright (Intervalley Ventures)

A restorative midday pause designed to nourish both body and mind.

House Kick-Off & Goal Setting

A curated house meeting where residents come together to define personal and collective goals, establish expectations, and shape a supportive, growth-focused environment. This intentional session anchors the house’s journey and elevates the residency experience from the very first day.

House Kick-Off & Goal Setting

A curated house meeting where residents come together to define personal and collective goals, establish expectations, and shape a supportive, growth-focused environment. This intentional session anchors the house’s journey and elevates the residency experience from the very first day.

House Kick-Off & Goal Setting

A curated house meeting where residents come together to define personal and collective goals, establish expectations, and shape a supportive, growth-focused environment. This intentional session anchors the house’s journey and elevates the residency experience from the very first day.

House Kick-Off & Goal Setting

A curated house meeting where residents come together to define personal and collective goals, establish expectations, and shape a supportive, growth-focused environment. This intentional session anchors the house’s journey and elevates the residency experience from the very first day.

Creative free time & Matching

Somatic Practice & Nervous System Science Workshop

A calm, spacious wellness pause designed for gentle restoration. Residents can take this time to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with themselves, whether through journaling, breathwork, light stretching, or simply enjoying the soothing atmosphere of the house.

Leads Without the Grind: Your First AI Marketing Workflow

Here we will walk through how AI marketing workflows work in the real world, share examples, and unpack how founders can think about automation in a way that’s sustainable and human.

88 Doors

Instead of pitching or performing, residents are invited into structured, small-group conversations focused on one simple but powerful question: “Whose door can I help open?”

Prompt Engineering Foundations Deep Dive

A hands-on technical lab for founders, operators, builders and creatives who want to unlock the full power of AI. This workshop takes residents beyond basic prompting and into structured, high-performance frameworks that elevate productivity, creativity, and decision-making across their work.

Grants, R&DTI & Non-Dilutive Capital

A practical session unpacking how founders can access equity-free funding — including grants and the R&D Tax Incentive (R&DTI) — without derailing momentum or building for compliance instead of product.

Funds x Founders: Strategic Matchmaking Session

A high-intent matching session designed to help founders understand how to strategically position themselves in front of investors. This workshop flips the script, instead of chasing capital, residents learn how to attract it by becoming fund-ready, data-ready, and narrative-ready.

Genesis Hackathon: Rapid Innovation Sprint + Claude Code Deep Dive Mentoring

A fast-paced innovation sprint where residents collaborate to build, prototype, or test ideas using emerging AI tools and rapid-development frameworks.

Breath Work Session

The Breath Portal is a fast, embodied reset for founders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. Your nervous system and health are your most valuable business assets – and in this workshop, breath becomes your access point to clarity, regulation, and sharper decision-making. Step out of mental overload and back into grounded focus, ready to lead, create, and move forward with intention.

SOS Model: Culture for Communities

A powerful, culture-building workshop for community leaders, operators, and ecosystem builders. This session explores the SOS Model — Structure, Ownership, and Shared Identity, the proven framework that underpins thriving, resilient communities.

Funds x Founders: Strategic Matchmaking Session

A high-intent matching session designed to help founders understand how to strategically position themselves in front of investors. This workshop flips the script, instead of chasing capital, residents learn how to attract it by becoming fund-ready, data-ready, and narrative-ready.

House Dinner Experience

A relaxed, cozy dinner at your house. Food is delivered straight to your door, giving everyone a chance to unwind, recharge, and bond with housemates. 

House Dinner Experience

A relaxed, cozy dinner at your house. Food is delivered straight to your door, giving everyone a chance to unwind, recharge, and bond with housemates.  

Go Live: Your GTM Blueprint

A strategic, fast-paced session where founders craft a clear, actionable GTM blueprint. Through guided frameworks and real case breakdowns, residents learn how to position, package, and launch their product with clarity and confidence.

Founder’s Table - Led by Léonie (Racine) and Trish (Mesa)

As part of GENESIS, FOUNDED — a Founder’s Table hosts an intimate, guided dinner experience exploring the lived reality of building something from the ground up.

Community & Impact Pitch Night

A high-energy, community-driven pitch evening where residents present ideas that drive social impact, cultural change, and community innovation. Each pitch is followed by expert insights, storytelling feedback, and frameworks for communicating impact authentically.

Super Secret Startup Shit Mixer

Welcome to the revolution. We are the next generation of Startups/founders striving for more.

Movie Time: Lounge & Wind Down

A calming end-of-day ritual where residents gather for a cozy film experience designed to help you relax, reset, and connect. Sink into comfortable seating, unwind with your housemates, and enjoy a gentle pause from the high-energy residency flow.

Super Secret Startup Shit Mixer

Welcome to the revolution. We are the next generation of Startups/founders striving for more.

Rooftop Coding Under the Stars ✨

Human-Powered Connection. Head to the rooftop balcony for some coding and chats under the stars ✨ 

Investor X Founder Chats Under the Stars ✨

A dedicated evening lab where tech-minded founders, builders, and operators dive into focused co-working, idea testing, and collaboration, paired with AI-powered matchmaking that connects residents with the right people based on their goals. This is where technical minds cross-pollinate, exchange insights, and spark high-value conversations that don’t happen anywhere else.