Thunderview is a monthly dinner in Denver for startup CEOs.
Forty vetted founders, one room, one evening a month. No pitching, no service providers, no job-seekers — just CEOs trading the truth about what’s actually happening inside their companies and their heads.
Why it exists
Running a company is one of the loneliest jobs there is. There’s a mountain of stress you can’t share with your employees, your board, or your significant other. I founded Thunderview CEO Dinners to give founders the one thing that fixes that: a room of peers who aren’t your team, your investors, or your co-founders — people who can hand you an honest, unbiased outside perspective because they’re carrying the same weight.
What a dinner is like
One evening a month, 40 CEOs in a single room for about three hours: introductions, dinner, and a speaker. The attendee list goes out ahead of time with every member’s “ask,” so the introductions are real and useful rather than random — you walk in already knowing who in the room can help you, and who you can help. We’ve run 35-plus of these over three years.
Who’s in the room
A deliberate mix — early-stage, scaling, exited and bootstrapping CEOs, plus a few VCs — across backgrounds, stages and markets, with a strong focus on representation for traditionally underrepresented founders. The membership stays healthy because members actually show up for each other: you help with other people’s asks, and you refer the next great CEO into the room. It’s for company CEOs, not just tech — and not for folks looking to sell to the room or land a job.
Why I do it
We start companies because we can’t help ourselves. The smart founders find a room full of people who are just as crazy and want to help. I’ve started a lot of companies — a couple that worked, plenty that didn’t (the whole messy record is here) — and the community I needed didn’t exist, so I built it.
Forty seats, and they close when they’re full. If you run a company and you want in, apply at thunderviewceodinners.com. If you’d rather talk startups with me first, the blog is where I think out loud.