Applications open for the Fall ‘26 cohort. • 6 founders per forum. • New cohorts open each quarter.

Applications open for the Fall ‘26 cohort. • 6 founders per forum. • New cohorts open each quarter.

You’re Doing $1M+ in DTC… So Why Are You Still Figuring It Out Alone?

Meet once a month with a curated group of six Ecom founders to solve the problems your team can't help you with.

Toronto · Singapore · Los Angeles

New cohorts open each quarter

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$100M+

in combined annual revenue

6

founders per forum

4 hrs

once a month

What is Council

Council gives you the six founders you build the whole year with.

By the time you’re doing real numbers in ecom, something shifts. Your team needs you to be steady. Your partner didn’t sign up for every 2am fire. Everyone at your level is pretending they’re fine.

The hardest calls of your life get made ALONE, at 2am, with your head between your hands.

So you went to the conferences. You listened to the podcasts. None of it was the thing.

The thing was always a smaller room. A handful of people who’ve built what you’re building and can help solve your toughest problems.

That’s what EO and YPO have quietly given the best operators in the world for decades.

Council brings that model to ecommerce founders.

Once a month, your forum of six vetted founders meets for four hours. Nobody pitches. Nobody performs. You talk about the things you don’t say out loud anywhere else.

What’s said in the forum stays in the forum.

It’s facilitated, not coached. A trained facilitator keeps the room sharp so that the smartest advisors in your life are the founders sitting next to you.

Testimonials

Don’t take our word for it.

“The Council gave me a room full of founders with the same mindset and drive. I walk out of every session with strategies other businesses are actually using, not theory. It showed me we’re doing a lot right, which gave me the confidence to double down. And I can put a real problem on the table without judgment, get honest advice, and give it back. That’s rare.”

Samer Biladi

SkeletonHD

"I give plenty of credit to Ecom North Council for what's turning out to be the best month in my company's history, and climbing. We beat our previous record month by more than 30%. Council has injected renewed life into me."

Dan Pye

Augment Wheels

“The Council Forum has been incredibly informative. The biggest takeaway has been connecting with a much larger community of founders and operators who are all genuinely willing to share their knowledge and experience. It’s a fantastic environment for building meaningful relationships that lead to growth, especially by leveraging the network, expertise, and resources Ecom North brings together. I’m excited to see where these relationships lead.”

Roger Dahger

Oakhill Investments

“I joined Ecom North Council for a community of genuine business owners facing the same challenges I do. After years of landing in groups led by founders more focused on themselves than the members, this was a refreshing change.

Paul Greco

Chilly Moose

“The Council gave me a room full of founders with the same mindset and drive. I walk out of every session with strategies other businesses are actually using, not theory. It showed me we’re doing a lot right, which gave me the confidence to double down. And I can put a real problem on the table without judgment, get honest advice, and give it back. That’s rare.”

Samer Biladi

SkeletonHD

“The Council Forum has been incredibly informative. The biggest takeaway has been connecting with a much larger community of founders and operators who are all genuinely willing to share their knowledge and experience. It’s a fantastic environment for building meaningful relationships that lead to growth, especially by leveraging the network, expertise, and resources Ecom North brings together. I’m excited to see where these relationships lead.”

Roger Dahger

Oakhill Investments

"I give plenty of credit to Ecom North Council for what's turning out to be the best month in my company's history, and climbing. We beat our previous record month by more than 30%. Council has injected renewed life into me."

Dan Pye

Augment Wheels

“I joined Ecom North Council for a community of genuine business owners facing the same challenges I do. After years of landing in groups led by founders more focused on themselves than the members, this was a refreshing change.

Paul Greco

Chilly Moose

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Membership

What a year in council looks like

Your Monthly Forum Meeting

Once a month, four hours, the same six founders, in person, in your city. You bring the problem you can’t solve alone, the toughest thing on your plate, and the room works it with you until you leave with a real answer. Total confidentiality, signed by every member. No exceptions, ever, or your membership gets revoked.

Moderated Slack

The room stays open between forum meetings. Drop any question into a private, moderated channel and get a real answer back from founders who have already been where you are. It’s the brain trust you can text at 11pm.

Business Audits

Paid ads, CRO, 3PL, retention, whatever is quietly leaking money. We match you with a vetted expert from the network who pulls it apart and tells you exactly what to fix.

The Annual Retreat

Once a year the whole cohort spends a few days together in person. Less workshops, more connections. Mornings open with wellness programming, breathwork or movement to reset before the day. Afternoons mix small workshops on what you are actually building with real downtime: shared meals, long walks, and the unhurried conversations. You come back with a clearer head and the people in your corner for the year.

VIP Summit Access

The Ecom North Summit is our flagship event, a room of ecommerce founders and operators we run across Toronto, Singapore, and more. Council members attend all events for free.

Member Dinners & Socials

Once a quarter we host a social or members dinner where you'll meet the wider membership and build real connections with other founders.

How it works

How the monthly forum works

01

The room comes first

Every member is a vetted ecommerce founder or operator, hand-screened for fit and stage. You will not sit next to a tire-kicker. You will not be the smartest person in the room, and that is exactly the point. The advice you get all year comes from the people sitting next to you.

01

The room comes first

Every member is a vetted ecommerce founder or operator, hand-screened for fit and stage. You will not sit next to a tire-kicker. You will not be the smartest person in the room, and that is exactly the point. The advice you get all year comes from the people sitting next to you.

02

The facilitator keeps it sharp

Our facilitators are trained by forum leaders from the EO and YPO world, the same model that has run the best peer rooms for decades. They set the structure to the room, so the six founders in the forum do the real work for each other.

02

The facilitator keeps it sharp

Our facilitators are trained by forum leaders from the EO and YPO world, the same model that has run the best peer rooms for decades. They set the structure to the room, so the six founders in the forum do the real work for each other.

03

What you actually do

Every month you bring one real problem to the forum meeting. The room pressure-tests it, pulls from their own scars, and you leave with three decisions. What’s said in the forum stays in the forum, always.

03

What you actually do

Every month you bring one real problem to the forum meeting. The room pressure-tests it, pulls from their own scars, and you leave with three decisions. What’s said in the forum stays in the forum, always.

Is the room right for you?

Candidate requirements

Founder, owner, or the person calling the shots

Founder, owner, or the person calling the shots at an ecommerce brand

Doing $1M+ in annual ecommerce revenue

Doing $1M+ in annual ecommerce revenue

Based in one of our chapters

Based in one of our chapters: Toronto, Singapore, or Los Angeles. Not in one of these? Tell us your city. Once enough founders raise their hand there, we open a chapter to you.

ZERO risk

Council Moneyback Guarantee

Council is selective on purpose. Every seat changes the room for everyone in it, so we keep it application-only.

Applying is not buying. It is a short application and then a real conversation with our team, so we can both find out whether the room is right for you and whether you are right for it.

And if it’s not the room for you, tell us within 90 days of your first forum meeting and we’ll refund you in full.

If you have read this far, you already know the answer to the only question that matters: how long have you been carrying all of it by yourself?

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FAQs

Questions founders ask

Who is Council for?

How is this different from the Summit?

What is the time commitment?

Where do you meet?

Is it really confidential?

Who runs it?

What does it cost?

How do I join?

What if I miss a session?

Is there a guarantee?