Weekly Discussions: Our community comes together to help you reduce anxiety and stay healthy while you build your business
Live Interviews: Join our Founders Forum events and learn from leaders about the importance of self-care and how they handle stress in challenging times
Experience the Power of a Community: Learn tips for success from other founders. Share stories with like-minded entrepreneurs. Learn tips on reducing anxiety, keeping calm, and thriving as a fellow founder.
The lowest point in my life was after I sold my company for $169M!
"Years of grinding away at work as I chased the entrepreneurial dream took a toll on both my physical and mental health. I was filled with anxiety and suffered depression in silence. The thrill of success was suffocated by the crushing effects of stress. In hindsight, I wish someone had taught me how to navigate the rollercoaster of highs and lows I experienced for many years while running my businesses.
I've created the Founders First System to save other entrepreneurs from the stress and anxiety I suffered through. This proven set of simple tools will help you stay healthy and happy while pursuing your entrepreneurial dreams. The Founders First System is saving founders from the crippling effects of stress and improving their lives every day. Join us on this journey and it will improve yours."
- Aaron Houghton, Founder of the Founders First System
What Entrepreneurs Say About Founders First
"A group of like minded professionals coming together to share their personal and professional concerns with a mediator that can help guide us towards a new and more rewarding direction."
- Martha Brown, Owner and Lead Designer, TAB Designs
"It opened my mind to new techniques for self care and helped me take a step back to evaluate how I'd been doing certain things to my detriment."
- Andrew Zwerner, CEO, Chassi
“The Founders First Community has connected me with other entrepreneurs and made us accountable to each other for our own well-being. We measure our progress around a common language and shared set of metrics, and encourage each other on a better path towards success and happiness.”
- Erik Severinghaus, Founder & CEO, SimpleRelevance
"The Founders First System provides valuable tools to help you manage your emotional and mental state as you navigate the challenges and demands of entrepreneurial life. I used it to finally integrate meditation into my daily life. This is one of those things that I have been trying to do for a very long time. The Founders First System gave me a simple and approachable method that I am finding very effective."