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Dynamite Circle vs Founders Network
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Dynamite Circle
Founders of bootstrapped, profitable, location-independent businesses in software, e-commerce, services and media.
Founders Network
Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme.
Nội dung hồ sơ ghi nhận
- Role or title: Dynamite Circle: Business founder; freelancers, employees, multi-level marketers, C-suite executives, upper management and department heads are excluded; Founders Network: Must be a full-time founder of a technology startup.
- Minimum company revenue: Dynamite Circle: At least US$100,000 per year in business revenue (standard DC membership); Founders Network: No published minimum company revenue.
- Industry restriction: Dynamite Circle: No published industry restriction; Founders Network: Technology startups only; service firms are excluded.
- Annual dues: Dynamite Circle: $697 a year; Founders Network: $900 a year.
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| Dynamite Circle | Founders Network | |
|---|---|---|
| Hồ sơ | ||
| Loại | Invitation-only community | Networking organization |
| Thành lập | 2011 (Founded in 2011 by Dan Andrews and Ian Schoen, who had started the Tropical MBA podcast in 2009.) | 2011 (The About page credits founder Kevin Holmes, a former tech startup founder, with starting the organization in 2011.) |
| Trụ sở chính | Not documented | San Francisco, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Members in 50+ countries and 200+ cities, with in-person meetups across seven continents and annual conferences in Bangkok and Mexico City. | Members in more than 25 cities worldwide; in-person chapter meetings named for San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, London and Mexico City. |
| Thành viên | 1,400as of September 2026 | 600as of September 2026 |
| Chi hội | No formal chapters. The organization runs local meetups in cities including Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Tokyo, Barcelona and Portland, and states it holds 200+ in-person meetups a year. | The organization does not publish a chapter count. Its About page says members are in "over 25 cities"; individual chapter events are announced case by case. |
| Primary audience | Founders of bootstrapped, profitable, location-independent businesses in software, e-commerce, services and media. | Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme. |
| Thành viên điển hình | Members are business owners rather than freelancers or executives, running bootstrapped companies with consistent recurring revenue above US$100,000 a year; the premium tier is limited to founders above US$1 million. | The organization describes its members as vetted full-time tech startup founders; it states that members have collectively raised more than US$5 billion, that average funding per member is US$1.1 million, and that 50 percent are serial entrepreneurs. Service firms are explicitly excluded. |
| Qualification | ||
| Vai trò hoặc chức danh | Business founder; freelancers, employees, multi-level marketers, C-suite executives, upper management and department heads are excludedCertain professional categories are also excluded, specifically coaching, consulting and recruiting.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | Must be a full-time founder of a technology startupStated as "You are working full-time on building your tech startup. No service firms."verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Doanh thu tối thiểu của công ty | At least US$100,000 per year in business revenue (standard DC membership)The organization also requires consistent recurring revenue rather than one-off income.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | No published minimum company revenue |
| Giới hạn theo ngành | No published industry restriction | Technology startups only; service firms are excludedThe membership requirements text explicitly excludes service firms.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | Sometimes |
| Sponsor required | No | Sometimes |
| Application process | Applicants confirm they meet six published requirements, agree to the code of conduct and submit an application with written answers about themselves and their business. A team member reviews each application personally and notifies the applicant within 48 business hours. DC BLACK adds a discovery call with the founder and revenue verification through a signed profit-and-loss statement, followed by facilitator-led placement into a mastermind group. Referrals from current members are encouraged. | Applicants either arrive with a member invitation or request one through the site. The published flow is a short application of about two minutes plus an optional longer addendum. A membership committee reviews complete applications by the last Friday of each month and notifies applicants of the decision the same day. |
| Selectivity | "Only a fraction of applicants are accepted", per the requirements page; no acceptance rate is published. | Not publicly disclosed. The organization calls itself invite-only and says it researches applicants' backgrounds, but publishes no acceptance rate or rejection statistics. |
| Chi phí | ||
| Phí thành viên hằng năm | $697 a yearStandard DC membership: "$697 per year - one-time annual payment", covering the online community, app and free local meetups.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | $900 a yearLaunch Plan (idea-stage founders), listed at "$75/mo billed annually" on the benefits page; the annualised figure is derived from the published monthly rate.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Chi phí sự kiện | Not publicly disclosed in aggregate. The events page states that local meetups and Juntos are typically free, and that "Global conferences and retreats have ticket prices that are listed on each event page".verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | All memberships are annual commitments; monthly payment plans are offered on some tiers. Discounts are advertised for portfolio companies of partner venture funds and accelerator graduates, without published amounts. |
| Membership term | Annual | Annual commitment, renewed annually; monthly payment plans available on some tiers |
| Cấu trúc | ||
| Meeting frequency | 200+ local meetups a year plus 13+ organised events annually; DC BLACK masterminds meet monthly | Continuous online forum; roughly 100 events a year including about 40 webinars, plus city chapter meet-ups and two annual conferences |
| Peer forums | Online community and mobile app for all members; DC BLACK members are placed in facilitated mastermind groups of five to seven peers matched by track | An online mentorship forum open to all members, plus peer advisory roundtables at the top tier; there is no standing confidential forum group of assigned peers |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed beyond a published code of conduct | The organization describes the platform as a confidential space for founders; it does not publish a confidentiality agreement. |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Event-focused, Forum-based | Virtual, Chapter-based, Forum-based, Event-focused |
| Các diễn đàn đồng cấp bảo mật | Yes | Yes |
| Các chi hội địa phương | Partial | Yes |
| Thành viên trực tuyến | Yes | Yes |
| Cộng đồng trực tuyến | Yes | Yes |
| Danh bạ thành viên | Yes | Yes |
| Sự kiện | Yes | Yes |
| Lập trình | ||
| Chương trình giáo dục | Partial | Yes |
| Phát triển lãnh đạo | Partial | Partial |
| Hội nghị thường niên | Yes | No |
| Du lịch | Partial | No |
| Chương trình dành cho gia đình | No | No |
| Chương trình dành cho vợ/chồng và đối tác | Not documented | No |
| Lập trình thế hệ tiếp theo | No | No |
| Thảo luận về đầu tư | Partial | Yes |
| Cơ hội đầu tư | No | Partial |
| Thành phần từ thiện | Not documented | No |
| Trọng tâm kết nối | High | High |
| Trọng tâm xã hội | High | Low |
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