T-group for Startup Leaders
New York
Weds-Fri ~ June 10-12, 2026 ~ Westchester ~ New York
Transform Your Ability To:
- Give & receive feedback
- Express & regulate your emotions
- Build trust & deepen connection
- Influence individuals & groups
- Engage in conflict & repair
- Attune to others & read the room
Over the course of three days, you’ll receive a little bit of conceptual content and a lot of iterative practice that will help you transform the interpersonal side of your startup leadership.
A T-group is not a support group where you talk about struggles and get advice. Instead, we employ a “here and now” approach which means you’ll engage with the real interpersonal dilemmas that emerge in the T-group, and then hear the honest feedback no one else may be telling you:
When and how you are most influential to others
What other people (really) think and feel about how you act and how you lead
How your relationship to your own power is helping or hindering you
HOW TO APPLY
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we are hosting only one T-group for Startup Leaders on the East Coast this entire calendar year.
5/1 Update: The early bird application window has closed. We now have just one spot left in the June retreat !!!
Early Bird Application Window
Save $500 and increase your chances of getting in!
We are reserving just four spots for Early Bird applicants and those will fill on a first-come, first-serve basis
Can’t make this year’s retreat? Join the list to Get Notified When 2027 Applications Open
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Eligibility To Participate
(1) You must identify as a “startup leader and operator”
Note: founders or leaders who are in between companies are eligible, but former founders/leaders who are no longer operators and are now coaches, consultants, advisors or investors are not
(2) You must be a current/former coaching client of ours OR a direct referral from one of our clients, T-group alums or colleagues
Note: If you’re a startup leader/operator who has found this program on your own and your T-group intentions are sincere, please apply! We may need to do a screening phone chat so we can personally vet your application, but we’re always open to welcoming new members to our community.
Retreat Schedule & Location
The T-group takes place over three days, from 1030am on Wednesday to 3pm on Friday.
All T-group activities and meals will take place at a spacious private estate home in Briarcliff Manor, NY (Westchester County)—the perfect location to feel like you’re “away” on retreat, yet still within easy reach of Manhattan
Our program is immersive & intense. Expect to be fully engaged the entire time you’ll be onsite —> Weds: 1030am-10pm; Thurs: 8am-10pm; Fri: 8am-3pm.
During breaks, we’ll invite you to take full advantage of our retreat location to: get outside for a walk; play foosball or billiards in the game room; or find a tree-lined spot to relax and reflect with views of the Hudson River.
Lodging & Transportation
You’ll spend Weds & Thurs nights in your own private room at a hotel conveniently located just a short drive away—to ensure you can fully rest and recharge after a rich day of group interaction & learning
To help you plan transport on Weds morning and Fri evening, please note that our retreat site at Briarcliff Manor is located:
~ 35 miles north of Midtown Manhattan
~ 3 miles from the Tarrytown Railroad Station
~ 90-min drive north of JFK and EWR airports and ~70-min drive north of LGA airport
Program Fee
$4,500 which includes:
the T-group program (facilitation & support materials)
private accommodations (king bed) for both Weds & Thurs nights at the Courtyard Marriott in Tarrytown
delicious meals & snacks prepared by our guest chef Russell Markus from Essential Herbs
one follow-up coaching call to help you integrate learnings
Facilitators
ADDITIONAL Q&A
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Let us know you’re interested in future dates by submitting your email here and we’ll be sure to keep you posted!
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After the Early Bird spots fill, we usually won’t accept participants at a discount. However, if the program fee is outside your budget, please submit an application and select “Standby” in the question re: payment & guarantee level. We will then reach back out to you to discuss your specific situation.
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Once you are accepted into this T-group retreat, we will ask you to submit payment of your full program fee to confirm your spot. Our official policy is that, once paid, the fee is non-refundable and you should take that into consideration when you commit to attending.
In reality, of course, we hate seeing startup leaders lose money as much as we hate scrambling to refill spots in a T-group.
If you realize you can no longer attend T-group:
(1) please let us know ASAP and what the nature of the conflict is (i.e., we will view a family emergency differently than, say, an industry conference you want to attend just got scheduled for the same day.)
(2) We will make a good faith effort to refill your spot either at full or reduced-price, and then refund you whatever we were able to recoup from the new participant taking your spot. (Note that the earlier you cancel, the more likely it is we will be able to refund you closer to the full amount you originally paid.)
(3) If we are unable to fill your spot, we want you to assume/expect your refund will be $0 — and it will be our discretion if the situation merits us deviating from that policy. (We have done that in the past, for example, for a death in the family, or some other severe + unexpected personal conflict.)
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In 2013, Anamaria’s then-co-founder Michael Terrell and she launched a mission to bring the power of T-group from the Stanford GSB’s legendary course “Interpersonal Dynamics” to the tech startup community.
In true startup fashion, they piloted their first weekends in early 2014 out of her living room, and scaled the program from there. From 2014-2020 they helped over 230 startup leaders transform their abilities to connect and lead.
Starting in 2021, Anamaria brought T-groups back to her living room (and backyard!) and in 2024 shifted locations again to various hotel/retreat locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2026, David and Anamaria expanded their T-group For Startup Leaders to the East Coast (New York!).
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Additional questions? Reach out to Anamaria at: hello@anamaria.coach
