PEER ADVISORY CIRCLE
Join the PAC
Who do you call when you’re panicked about a business decision? For most entrepreneurs, the honest answer is: nobody.
Let’s change that.
The Peer Advisory Circle (PAC) is a 12-week cohort for early-to-mid stage entrepreneurs in Summit County, Ohio.
The details
LENGTH: 12 Weeks
COHORT SIZE: 10-12 Participants
LOCATION: Akron, Ohio
TUITION: $1,175
Applications for the 2026 Cohort are now open
The application asks real questions. It’s designed that way so you can get a sense of whether this is the right fit, and so we arrive at the first session ready to tackle the challenges together.
Applications close July 17, 2026.
WHAT 12 WEEKS LOOKS LIKE
The structure here is different by design.
Whatever challenge you’re facing is what we focus on in the curriculum. The structure exists to create consistency and safety. What gets addressed in your one-on-one sessions is determined by what you’re actually navigating.
The four session types each do a different kind of work:
Office Hours
One-on-one strategy sessions where your actual situation gets examined. This is where patterns surface and decisions get unstuck.
Interactive Labs
Structured group sessions built around creative activities. Making something together tends to reveal things that direct conversation won’t.
Action Hours
Time to do, not learn. The format is defined with you at the close of the preceding Office Hour. It’s your time to cross off things on your to-do list with facilitated support, help from your PAC, or solo. However you work best.
Come Play
Informal peer connection with an art activity as the entry point. This is where the peer relationships form. It’s also where the program loosens up enough for something real to happen.
Explore the 2026 Schedule below
Why this exists
Most entrepreneurial programs are built on one assumption: if you know enough, you’ll do the right things. The people who come to this work have plenty of knowledge and are loaded with information. So why do they still feel stuck?
They’re stuck because the weight of keeping it all moving creates a paralyzing response to uncertainty. What good is all that information if the noise in your head is too loud to hear yourself think?
A path forward does exist. But, finding a safe enough space to get out survival mode is a different problem than most programs are designed for.
Until now. The PAC is built for that problem.
WHO THIS IS FOR
You’re probably right for PAC if:
You’re still working a day job and building something on the side and you’re not sure whether to push or hold
You’ve already started a business and you’re hitting the same roadblocks
You’ve been through other cohorts or programs and left with more templates and less movement
You’re not sure a business is even the right path but something about the way you’ve been working, or the roles you’ve been playing, isn’t sustainable anymore, and you need space to figure out what is
What you have in common is this: something about how you’re seeing your situation is getting in the way of where you want to go.
This program is not for you if you’re looking for someone to hand you a plan, tell you what to do, or hold you accountable to a to-do list. That’s not what this is.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE HERE
If you’ve made it this far, you probably already know the feeling:
- Pressure that doesn’t have a clean source.
- A sense that you’re working hard and still somehow falling behind yourself.
- Exhaustion from not being able to explain it to anyone who isn’t living it.
That feeling rarely gets named in rooms designed for strategy and execution. Those rooms fast because they assume you’re ready. You’re handed frameworks for a problem you haven’t fully named yet.
This program starts by helping you name that problem.
The 12 weeks are designed to give you enough distance from the noise to hear what you actually think. Clarity will come from examining what you’re building, why you’re building it, and whether the path you’re on is the one you actually chose.
Pivot your idea, stall, or keep going are all valid outcomes here. Success is measured by reclaiming control over the decision. That’s the work that will inherently be more sustainable and successful because whatever you decide to do will be built on an intentional, solid foundation.