What’s UpNext: Signals from the Global Startup Circuit
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
It is midsummer. Most people slow down. We did the opposite. On Tuesday we ran the first Founder Engine session with 70 founders in the room.
This week we are spotlighting two founders building things worth paying attention to. Three events are coming up across Latin America and Scandinavia. And the
Final Thought connects a 58-year IMAX story to what every founder gets wrong about timing.
Let's get into it.
Founder Engine Recap
70 Founders, One Live Build, Zero Slides
July 28, 2026 | Powered by Gatherly
129 registered. 70 showed up. They had 78 group conversations and 138 one-on-one conversations before the night was over. Almost two interactions per person. Nobody came to watch. They came to work.
The format was simple. Edwin opened with the core problem most revenue-stage founders face. You built the company. Now you are the company. If you stop selling, pipeline dries up. If you stop posting, nobody sees you. If you stop following up, deals go cold. The session was built around fixing that.
