Founder Overload
Growth created pressure. Pressure created complexity. The systems and habits that got you here are no longer enough to take you further.
Working harder with diminishing returns
Miami · Private · By Invitation
Helping Miami Founders Thrive
You built the business. Now build the leader it needs.
305Founders is a private growth community for serious Miami founders who want clarity instead of chaos, performance without burnout, and growth without carrying everything alone.
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The Reality
You were never meant to
You were never meant to
do this alone.
Growth Uncertainty
You know the next level exists. You can see it. But the path from here to there is unclear, and there is no one you fully trust to help you map it.
Clarity is the missing resource
Isolation at the Top
No one sees the full picture. No one challenges you at your level. The higher you climb, the fewer people around you understand what you are carrying.
Loneliness that cannot be spoken about
The Paths Forward
Three Ways Founders Grow Here
Each pathway is designed for a different need. Most founders engage more than one over time. It begins with Founder Blueprint, the operating system for founder-led growth.
Start Here · Flagship
Founder Blueprint
Leadership for Organizational Excellence
A complete operating system for founder-led companies. We analyze the founder and the business across six drivers, build a one-page blueprint for the next stage of growth, and install the leadership rhythm that makes it real. Coaching and structure in one engagement, delivered the way the best operating systems are.
VisionLeadershipPeople
StrategyExecutionResilience
02Peer Advisory
Vistage
Confidential peer advisory groups
Monthly full-day sessions with a curated group of CEOs and founders who challenge you at your level, hold you accountable, and help you make better decisions. The world's leading peer advisory experience, led locally in Miami.
- Peer-level challenge
- Shared accountability
- Outside perspective
- Better decisions
03Sales Performance
Performance Edge
Sales systems that scale without you
Build a revenue organization that performs without founder dependence. We turn sales from individual effort into a structured system: strategy, process, methodology, leadership, and accountability that scale predictably.
- Predictable pipeline
- Sales team leadership
- Process discipline
- Scalable revenue
Leadership Assessment
Are you the bottleneck to your
Are you the bottleneck to your
company's next level?
Take the 305Founders Leadership Scorecard, the first step of a Founder Blueprint. You will receive a clear, private assessment of where you may be holding your company back, and what to do about it.
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The Principals
The Leaders Behind 305Founders
Carolina Duran
Leadership Advisor · Vistage Chair
- Certified executive coach to CEOs
- Vistage Chair, Miami
- Certified in Positive Psychology and Maxwell Leadership
Carolina guides founders through the most demanding transition in leadership, from running the business to leading the organization it is becoming.
Carlos Garrido
Sales Strategist · CEO Advisor · Vistage Chair
- Founder, Performance Edge and Sandler Training Miami
- Vistage Chair, Miami
- Investment banker and growth advisor for over 30 years
Carlos works with founders who have built strong companies and now need a sales organization that can grow without them at the center of every deal.
Events
Founder Breakfasts
A monthly private breakfast for Miami founders. An intentionally small gathering where leaders speak candidly, in confidence, about what is challenging in their business and what growth lies ahead.
A curated experience that gives founders and CEOs a real sample of how Vistage and 305Founders work.
Apply to Attend →
Questions
Frequently Asked
If your question is not here, reach out directly. Every inquiry is handled personally.
305Founders is a private, invitation-only growth community for serious Miami founders. It brings together three pathways under one roof: Founder Blueprint for leadership and operating rhythm, Vistage for confidential peer advisory, and Performance Edge for building a sales organization that scales.
Founders and CEOs of established, growing companies, typically from 1 million to 100 million dollars in revenue, who want clarity, accountability, and a trusted group of peers and advisors as they reach the next level.
Founder Blueprint works on you and your company as a system. Vistage surrounds you with peers who challenge your thinking every month. Performance Edge builds your revenue engine. Many founders begin with a Blueprint and add the others as the right moment arrives.
Start with a private conversation or take the Leadership Scorecard. One of the principals will reach out personally to understand where you are going and which pathway fits.
Completely. Confidentiality is fundamental to everything we do, from a first conversation to a peer group session.
Get Started
Start the Conversation
Share a few details and one of our principals will reach out personally to explore how 305Founders can support where you are going.
- ✓ Private and confidential
- ✓ No commitment required
- ✓ Response within 24 hours
- ✓ Reviewed personally by the principals
Clarity beats hustle. Systems beat stress. Peers beat isolation.
Private · By Application · Miami, Florida