Once a year I leave a coffee meeting thinking to myself “Holy shit I’m doing it wrong.”  Today was one of those days.

For those of you who don’t know Rob Woodbridge, he’s a serial entrepreneur, advisor and tech executive here in Ottawa.  Rob emailed me offering his advice about our company, team and our success.  Having been in our situation numerous times before, I wouldn’t dream of saying “no” to the chance to have someone like Rob as a friend.

Without getting into the private details of our conversation, one thing became crystal clear:  Success is about surrounding yourself with the right people.  This statement is obvious, and we do our best at this.  We have a wonderful board of advisors and actively participate in groups like Fresh Founders and events like Democamp.  But there is a difference between talking at Democamp about your latest wins and speaking openly with peers at YCombinator “Founder Dinners” or Techstars’ private dashboard reviews.

So what?  Well I’m proposing something I’m calling Founder Food.

I’m looking to assemble a group of 5-6 founders/entrepreneurs to have a long dinner once a month.  The idea is to share a meal together where we can speak openly, share dashboards, new product ideas, wins, pains and learn to help each other.

There are only two rules:

1. You have to attend monthly.  The date and time is set in stone.
2. You have to openly contribute.

The idea is to find the right 5-6 people who all approve of each other.  If you’re interested, send me an email or DM me on Twitter.

Disclaimer:  Credit for this idea (and several future ones) go to Rob.