The Good Life Collective

Make your next big decision with people who’ve already made it.

A private circle of founders and investors who keep redesigning how they live and work, and who believe AI is changing both.

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Inside

Real decisions, straight answers, within hours

Members bring what they’re actually weighing, and people who’ve been there answer honestly, including when the answer is “don’t sign.”

The decision clinic

A vendor contract, a hire, an investment, a product bet. Post the options and which way you’re leaning, and get the view of people who’ve made that call before.

Where and how you live

Moving country, residency and tax, schools, healthcare. Members who’ve already made the move walk you through the traps before you hit them.

Building with AI

Which models and tools are worth paying for, how members run agents in their own businesses, and the numbers behind what they’re building, from first prototype to paying customers.

The roundup

Most weeks the best threads get summarised in one post, so you can have a busy week and still catch up in five minutes.

In person

Whenever members end up in the same city, we meet: long dinners, and the odd retreat, like a couple of quiet days at a Benedictine monastery in Montserrat.

Fit

Small on purpose

Members are picked one by one, to help each other rather than sell or perform.

It’s for you if

  • You run your own work or invest, and you’re still redesigning where and how you live.
  • You take your health, family and time seriously, privately rather than for show.
  • You’d rather have dinner with four people who matter than drinks with forty who don’t.
  • You can change your mind when someone shows you you’re wrong.

It isn’t if

  • You’re here to sell something to the members.
  • You’re building an audience.
  • You need the group to agree with you before you hold an opinion.
Members

In their words

“I know exactly where to go to quickly catch up on the latest developments or to receive battle-tested advice when processing tough challenges.”

Donnacha MacGloinn

“The highly intelligent members from different backgrounds are keen to share insights and help me with specific questions. … The optional IRL meetings are the icing on the cake!”

Ruud Raaijmakers
Joining

How it works

Apply

A few questions about you, your work, and why you want in.

Talk to Jean

A short call to see if it’s a fit, both ways.

Get your invite

Join the private group and come to the next dinner.

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$350 a year. Read the manifesto to see what we stand for.