​Design, experiment, and validate your vision with your target audience in a 10-day retreat in Sri Lanka

​Howpe, Sri Lanka

​We will be staying in a beautiful villa in Howpe, Sri Lanka. It's the best location to spend time in nature with a healthy lifestyle, while staying focused and productive.

​The villa is very close to the beach, features a great co-working space, and has a relaxing outdoor area.

​Co-create the future of society

​Sanctuary is a curated, health-conscious 10-day retreat and design sprint.

​As a project owner or founder, you can prototype and test your socio‑technical infrastructure project.

​Residents of the lightweight co-living retreat will interact with your project and provide real-time feedback, and our team will provide strategic support.

​Who it's for

​Early‑stage product teams, AI/Web3 protocols, community/DAO platforms, and organizations building coordination infrastructure.

​What you leave with

• ​Evidence pack: raw observations, structured insights, and a concise executive summary provide clear direction for future development

• ​Prioritized feature roadmap: strategic clarity and next steps for feature implementation tie insights into technical updates

• ​Blueprint for PMF: repeatable process to replicate use cases and scale your project

• ​Connections: self-driven experts with complementary skills support you with your goals

• ​Peace of mind: healthy food, and time for movement and restful sleep help you decompress and focus on what matters most

​We will co-create an ideal space to recover, grow individually while testing your project to offer insightful feedback.

​Case study — Josh (AI/Web3 founder) - Bonfires.ai

​Outcome: Product clarity + momentum in 7 days; time saved ≈ 8 weeks vs. remote testing; cash avoided: $10k–$20k equivalent research/program costs.

​What changed:

• ​Focused on the right early adopters (on‑chain/AI‑aware) and cut distracting audiences

• ​Converted fuzzy ideas into a feature roadmap and clear next actions

• ​Reduced anxiety; left with a “road to drive on” and a reusable structure for thinking

​In Josh’s words:

​“Being present with people testing it is irreplaceable — a continuous stream of feedback and a road to drive on… this focus lets me optimize my energy for maximum return.”

​You can read the full research report and case study here.

​How it works

• ​Application: co-creation of strategic goals for the Sanctuary

• ​Day 0 (online) – Intent: goals, constraints, success metrics; strategic workshops; retreat co-creation

• ​Days 1–2 – Arrival: prototyping and onboarding

• ​Days 3–4 – Field tests: live use in context; capture frictions and emergent behaviors

• ​Day 5-7 – Decision Jam: review observations; kill, keep, combine features

• ​Day 8-9 - Review: tweaks and analysis

• ​Day 10 – Synthesis: reflection and wrap-up

• ​Day 11 (async) - Report: summary of key insights and strategic recommendations

​Why Sanctuary works

​Running a project or startup can be stressful. The Sanctuary offers an environment to fast-forward the progress of your project while lowering your stress levels and regulating your nervous system.

• ​Real world > online: Live use surfaces the human, social, and protocol dynamics you miss online

• ​Proven design process: Strategic alignment sessions (Design Sprint, Foundation Sprint, etc.) with predictable outcomes deliver results fast.

• ​Curated peers: Cross‑disciplinary critique compresses feedback cycles and sharpens decisions.

• ​Just‑enough structure: Guidance without prescriptive activities; you know what's best for you.

• ​Exercise in nature: An environment that motivates you to run, swim, surf, or work out when you want to.

• ​Delicious, protein-rich food: Eat healthy and recover your body.

• ​Space for solitary time: Keep your brain sharp and focused to get stuff done.

​Cost & research investment

​The cost for accommodation for 10 days will not exceed €1000 per person. Depending on the number of participants, the shared cost for accommodation will be lowered with each additional participant.

​After submitting details about your project, we will assess your goal and separately collaborate on a scope of work for the design and research collaboration.