One week
Short enough to fit around real work. Long enough for trust, rhythm and useful collaborations to emerge. The constraint gives the house energy: everyone knows the window is temporary, so people pay attention.
Startup house
A startup house built for focused work and real connection.
SOTI organizes one-week startup houses where a selected group lives together, keeps building their own projects, and shares the kind of high-trust environment that normally takes months to create. The house is a base for work, meals, intros, feedback, local rooms and the small repeated moments that make people actually remember each other.
Small selected group
The format depends on selection. SOTI is for people who bring energy, generosity, ambition and a genuine interest in what others are building. A startup house becomes weak when it grows into anonymous networking.
Work + community
Residents do not pause their lives for a retreat. They work during the week, then use the house to unlock feedback, intros and momentum. The point is not to manufacture a fake program; it is to make real work more socially alive.
Better than loose events
Startup events can be useful, but they often reset every night. A house gives the week memory. People meet someone outside, bring the thread back home, compare notes, and turn one conversation into a more useful next step.
Operating pack before arrival
Accepted members receive context before the house starts: who is coming, what the week might unlock, house norms, useful links and a draft agenda. This helps people arrive with better asks and fewer cold introductions.
Not a hotel with branding
The physical house matters, but the product is not accommodation. The product is proximity: the right people, repeated context, shared meals, useful rooms and enough trust for honest conversations to happen without a stage.
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FAQ
What makes SOTI different from a startup retreat?
A retreat often optimizes for escape. SOTI optimizes for dense connection around real work: people continue building while living with a selected group that can sharpen the week.
Where do SOTI houses happen?
SOTI houses move by edition. Past and upcoming editions include European and US locations, with each house designed around its local context, cohort and the rooms that can make that specific week useful.
Can teams join?
Sometimes. SOTI is primarily person-led and fit-led, but founders and small teams can be a strong fit depending on the edition and the shape of the room.
Is it open registration?
No. You can request a spot, but acceptance depends on fit and capacity. The value of the house depends on the people in it, so the group has to be shaped deliberately.
What should I expect to get out of it?
Useful feedback, sharper context, warmer relationships, potential collaborators, better intros and a more memorable week around your existing work. It is not magic; it creates the conditions for the useful things to happen faster.