Collective Insights shares the thinking from inside Collective, a private network of investors and business owners. Through Collective Insights you’ll get long-format interviews with industry experts, distilled takeaways from member calls, field reports from our events, and the perspectives that emerge from our community.
This is your access point: field notes from events, long-form conversations with expert guests, quarterly synthesis of the ideas shaping markets, and live roundtable calls on geopolitics, AI, sentiment, and global macro.
If you're looking for ways to engage more and be part of a community, Collective has deeper layers: an invitation-only Core membership where members shape the experience together, and a 90-day Core Preview to try it first.
How exactly can I be part of this?
Free Subscriber
A light way to follow along and get a sense of what happens inside the Collective network. As a free subscriber you’ll receive:
Occasional posts and event recaps
Field Notes: photo essays from Collective events
Selected excerpts from member conversations
Insights Subscriber — $100/month or $1,000/year
Full access to insights and conversations from inside Collective.
Seasonal Roundtable Sessions (live) with expert guests across geopolitics, markets, AI, commodities, and more.
Collective Conversations: Long-format video interviews filmed at our events with investors, founders, and operators
On the Phone With... series: detailed, written analysis and key insights from expert calls
The Common Thread: quarterly synthesis of themes, ideas, and opportunities emerging across conversations
Priority access to Collective dinners in major cities ($500 per dinner)
Substack Chat and community
Core Membership — $10,000/year
The heart of Collective. An invitation-only, curated network of exceptional investors, founders and operators who have been gathering for years.
If you’re interested in joining the Core Membership, submit an inquiry here. We review applications on a rolling basis and conduct brief conversations with all prospective members.
The Core Membership Preview — $2,500, one-time 90-day trial
Spend 90 days seeing what the membership is really like: meet members, join the calls, come to a dinner.
For 90 days you have the full member experience:
A live seat on every member call (On the Phone With…), small and direct with the guest
Complimentary dinners while you’re with us; just RSVP
The member rate for retreats and the annual member event
The full Collective Conversations archive, plus everything an Insights subscription includes
The member group chat, and a personal welcome to get you settled
If by the end of your 90 days you’re sold, your annual Core membership starts that day and we credit the full $2,500 you’ve already paid toward it. If you decide it isn’t for you, no problem at all; we’ll set you up with a full year of Insights so you stay close to the conversation.
Full Core membership is by invitation, $10,000 a year. A limited number of Previews open each season.
Whether you follow along lightly or step fully inside, our hope is the same: meaningful conversations, connections with exceptional people, and experiences that stay with you.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often do you publish?
Everything we share comes out of real conversations and gatherings, so our rhythm follows the experiences themselves, not a fixed calendar (and we like it that way). In practice something lands most weeks: an On the Phone With… briefing from a member call, an In the Room With… recap from a dinner or event, or a batch of Collective Conversations filmed at our retreats. We hold those retreats roughly quarterly and release two to four Conversations at a time. Roundtable Sessions run live, seasonally. Nothing goes out to hit a quota; it goes out because something worth sharing actually happened.
Can I access past content?
Yes. Paid subscribers get our full archive of posts and videos; free subscribers get selected excerpts and Field Notes.
How do Collective dinners work?
We host intimate dinners (8-12 seats) in major cities with expert guests. Insights subscribers can register when seats are available ($500). Core Preview and Core Members attend complimentary (RSVP required).
What’s the difference between Collective Insights and the Core Membership?
Insights is access to the ideas: the conversations, the written analysis, and the full archive on your own time, plus live Roundtable Sessions and the option to attend dinners ($500). Core is the inner network: an invitation-only membership ($10,000/year) built around live member calls, complimentary dinners, the member rate for retreats and the annual event, the member group chat and directory, and a direct line to us. Insights is following the conversation; Core is being in the room. Not sure which is right? Core Preview lets you try Core for 90 days before you decide.
What is the Core Membership Preview?
A 90-day way to experience full Core membership firsthand, for $2,500. You join the live member calls, come to dinners complimentary, get the preferred member rate for events, and join the member group chat. A single payment covers the full 90 days, and at the end you decide which path to follow.
What happens at the end of the 90 days?
Two easy paths. If you're sold, your annual Core membership starts that day and we credit the full $2,500 you've already paid toward it. If it isn't for you, no problem at all; we'll set you up with a full year of Insights so you stay close to the conversation.
Can I extend or repeat a Core Membership Preview?
Core Preview is a one-time, 90-day experience: the way into the Core Membership, not a standing tier.
How do I apply for the Core Membership?
If at any time you’re interested in joining the Core Membership, you can fill out the application here. Or, simply start the trial via the subscribe page linked below.
Please keep in mind, everything we share through Collective Insights is for informational purposes only. For anything investment-related, you should consult a qualified financial advisor who can help assess your individual needs, risk tolerance, and goals.
