Deeper thinking & stronger decisions | Early‑stage founders
1. Space for your thinking 🌱
Building a startup means deciding in fog.
Imagine you have your startup idea written down and a plan for the next months. Then a potential client asks for something that would take you in a different direction. Income helps, but should you say yes? You feel unsure.
Perhaps you started your own business for more personal freedom or to solve a problem you care about. Now an investor offers funding but expects faster growth and longer working hours. How much freedom and meaning would you give up for money?
My Base Workshop offers you three hours to practice deeper thinking alongside other early-stage founders. A professional space to better understand what matters to you when making decisions.
You can get to know me and my work through the 10-minute video on joergfirnkorn.com.
2. What we do in the workshop
The aim is pragmatic: to strengthen your ability to make decisions.
For yourself: Practice deeper thinking and recognize what matters to you. Strengthen your own clarity and self-trust. This helps you make decisions you can stand behind.
With others: Hear fellow founders think out loud. Their thinking can help you go deeper. Your thinking can help them too.
You bring one open decision from your current work as an entry point. We first slow down and look deeper. That decision is not finalised within the workshop. We then leave the entry point behind and focus on how you make decisions in general in your work and life.
This is a workshop to practice your own thinking. I don’t teach conceptual content or provide answers. Participants don’t analyse each other’s situation or give each other advice.
You share only what you want to share. There is room for what you notice and feel inside alongside your thoughts. Silence is welcome.
3. Your host
I’m Jörg Firnkorn, based in Berlin. I’ve worked as a business ethics professor and co-led a team of 17 AI research scientists at a startup.
My role in the workshop is mainly to stay back and listen. I hold a calm and structured space, and ask some minimal guiding questions.
Your thinking and decision-making remain yours.
More about my background on LinkedIn.
4. Practical details
When: Thursday, 12 November, 18:00–21:00 Berlin time
Where: Online
Language: English
Group: 5–8 early-stage founders
Price: €50 per person
Preparation: Bring one open decision from your current work
For this workshop, you book an individual place. I look forward to meeting you.
If you want to book an entire Base Workshop for your team, you find that option on my website.