Voice & presence
Mara Ellison
Gets you to say what you actually mean, without the padding and the borrowed founder language.
12 weeks · 6 founders · 1 real stage
Build your voice.
Move people.
Not a course you watch. Twelve weeks of practising out loud, in front of people, until being heard stops being a performance.
It ends with you on a London stage, in front of a real audience.
Six founders. One transformative experience that ends on a stage.
12 weeksSpace to build lasting change
8 live sessionsYou speak in every single one
6 foundersA deliberately small cohort
1 live stageA real London audience
The communication gap
A brilliant idea
means little
if people don’t feel it.
You know the product. The architecture. The opportunity. But the people you need to reach don’t share your context.
A customer needs to recognise their problem. A teammate needs to see the possibility. An investor needs to understand why now.
01From technical detail
02To human meaning
03To clear communication
04To action
Less theory. More doing.That’s Founders Voice.
The difference
This course is transformational
not informational.
What this isn’t
- Information you absorb and forget.
- Slides, frameworks and theory.
- Self-paced videos you watch alone.
- A recording you submit and move on from.
What happens instead
- You speak out loud in every live session.
- You get honest feedback and try again differently.
- You use it in real conversations between sessions.
- You finish with a live speech on a London stage, in front of a real audience.
The coaches
Led by industry-leading coaches
Story & meaning
Daniel Osei
Turns technical detail into something a person outside your field can feel and repeat.
Investor pitch
Richard Vance
Coaches the ask: how investors listen, what they need to hear, and what to do with the hard questions.
Customer discovery
Anaya Sharma
Helps you ask better questions, listen for the real problem, and make the value clear without a script.
The 12-week journey
Not another course.
A place to find your voice.
Every session gives you something real to communicate, a room to practise in, and honest coaching to help you try again differently.
Establish your baseline. Move beyond over-explaining and borrowed founder language. Learn to say what you’re building clearly, in a way that feels genuinely yours.
Is this for you?
You’re good at building.
Now, be good at being heard.
- You’re an early-stage founder, engineer or technical builder.
- You have an idea worth communicating.
- You can explain how it works—but struggle to make the value land.
- You want more confidence and presence.
- You’re willing to practise live and receive honest feedback.
Bring your idea.
Leave your perfect script.
You don’t need to be a natural speaker. You do need to be ready to show up, try something new, and commit across 12 weeks.
- Not self-paced presentation videos.
- Not technical product advice.
- Not a room to sit back and watch.
Live on stageLondon · a real audience
The final stage
The last session isn’t a session.
It’s a stage.
Up to 10 minutes, delivered live, in front of people who have no obligation to listen. No re-takes. No edits. No pause button.
Not a graduation ceremony, and not a practice run with your group. A real room, a subject you care about, and you standing behind it.
LONDON · VENUE & SESSION DATES TO BE CONFIRMED
Applications open · Six places
Something worth saying?
Let’s hear it.
We’re looking for six people with something worth communicating—and the willingness to practise out loud.
Twelve weeks of it, ending with a live speech on a London stage. Small by design. Personal by nature.
The complete 12-week programme£1,200
Refundable application deposit£150
Application deadline13 Nov
Your £150 deposit is deducted from the programme fee if accepted, or refunded if you’re not.
Not ready yet? Start a conversation with the team.
A little more clarity