Sunset over the pool and Pacific coast at the Momentum Residency villa

A 14-Night Founder Residency in Puerto Escondido

A focused residency for solo operators or small founding teams building with AI who want protected deep work, mandatory training, chef-led meals, and a serious room.

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Sep 25-Oct 914 nights in Puerto Escondido
6-8 foundersCurated room, application required
Training + chefProtected deep work, meals, and daily training

Not a Vacation

The setting is beautiful. The container is built for pressure, output, and momentum.

Not a Wellness Retreat

Training, execution, and peer pressure are mandatory.

Not a Casual Mastermind

The room is curated because every seat changes the room.

AI Makes Solo Founders More Capable. It Also Makes the Missing Piece More Obvious.

AI can help you code, write, research, design, and automate. It cannot look across the room and call out your blind spot.

  • You are productive, but isolated.
  • Your tool stack gets sharper while your body gets easier to neglect.
  • Training stays on the list instead of in the calendar.
  • You miss team energy, shared pressure, and high-quality feedback.
  • You know your current environment is softer than your ambition.

You do not need more information. You need a room that raises your standard.

Chef serving a prepared nutritionist-optimized meal at the villa dining table
Chef-led meals optimized by a nutritionist, without daily food decisions.
Open living room and ocean view at the villa
Shared space built for reset, work, and tactical sessions.
Fire pit burning calmly at night by the ocean
Evening reflection and accountability by the fire.

For 14 Nights, You Step Into a Controlled Environment Designed for Momentum.

You are removed from domestic distractions, low-performance surroundings, and the isolation that quietly erodes output.

You are placed inside a rhythm with mandatory training, protected deep work, tactical founder sessions, and a room that raises your standards by default.

  • A structured daily rhythm from morning to night.
  • Mandatory training with no opt-outs.
  • Deep work blocks with peer accountability.
  • Tactical founder sessions with men building seriously.
  • Evening reflection and accountability by the beach.

This is not relaxation. It is pressure, applied correctly.

Three Upgrades. One Integrated Container.

Physical momentum, protected work, and serious peer input inside one controlled environment.

1. Physical Momentum

Physical momentum you can see, feel, and keep building after you leave.

Visible ROI loop.

Founders keep investing when the return is visible. The training reset is built to shorten the feedback loop so progress becomes visible, frictionless, and hard to drop.

  • Train for visual impact, not fatigue.
  • Learn muscle prioritization for your frame.
  • Use nutrition principles you can travel with.
  • Integrate physique building with deep work.
2. Execution Upgrade

Eliminate friction. Protect attention. Raise output.

Protected work blocks by default.

Meals, logistics, and environment are handled so your attention can go where it actually compounds.

  • No domestic maintenance eating your day.
  • No food decisions or logistics sprawl.
  • Two serious deep work windows.
  • High-agency peer pressure toward output.
3. Brotherhood

The right room gives you more of the map.

Direct input from 6-8 builders.

One founder may see acquisition. Another may see automation. Another may see the product bottleneck you are about to hit. The room compounds the map.

  • Get the one insight that changes your next 6 months.
  • Pressure-test ideas before they cost you.
  • Trade isolation for sharp feedback and camaraderie.

A Typical Day at The Momentum Residency

Eight protected work hours keep the day compatible with running a company full time. The structure supports the work instead of replacing it.

7:30-8:15 AM45 min
BreakfastChef-prepared meal. Nutrition handled before the day starts.
Fuel
8:15-9:00 AM45 min
Daily SetupSet priorities, assign agent tasks, and define the one or two outcomes that matter.
Setup
9:00-10:30 AM90 min
Mandatory TrainingStrength, physique, conditioning, and technique. No opt-outs.
Training
10:30-11:15 AM45 min
Recovery + ResetShower, refuel, downshift the nervous system, and get ready to execute.
Reset
11:15 AM-2:15 PM3 hours
Deep Work Block 1Protected execution time. Build, ship, sell, write, automate, or solve the highest-leverage problem.
Work
2:15-3:00 PM45 min
LunchChef-led meal, recovery, and light conversation.
Fuel
3:00-8:00 PM5 hours
Deep Work Block 2A full five-hour operating block for uninterrupted work. On selected days, a short tactical room check-in may be folded in for bottlenecks, feedback, or strategy.
Work
8:00-9:00 PM60 min
Dinner + DecompressionChef-led dinner, informal conversation, and a final reset before the fire.
Dinner
9:00-10:00 PM60 min
Fire + AccountabilityEvening reflection, standards check, and next-day commitments.
Fire

Schedule note: This is the baseline rhythm, not an identical daily script. Some days will flex, with a few deliberate surprises built into the residency.

Wide villa interior with pool, lounge chair, and Pacific ocean view
Private coastal base

A Private Tropical Villa on Mexico's Pacific Coast.

Everything is included. Everything is engineered for output.

Pacific-front resetOcean views, pool, beach access, and built-in decompression.
Work-ready infrastructureHigh-speed internet and dedicated workspace zones.
Chef-led foodMeals optimized by a nutritionist and aligned to training, cognition, and consistency.
Daily support handledAirport pickup, daily housekeeping, laundry, and fewer domestic decisions.

This is not luxury for comfort. It is luxury for control.

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Proof Before Hype.

Built from real operating experience, real infrastructure, and a real environment.

Built from operating experience, not a coaching funnel.

Boris Giller built and exited 180 Smoke, a national retail brand across Canada, then applied the same systems thinking to body, discipline, and execution.

This residency is a compression of that operating philosophy into a real environment.

Real villa. Real working infrastructure. Real logistics.

This is not a vague retreat concept. The villa, chef, workspace setup, and daily structure are already part of the plan.

You are stepping into an operating environment with actual constraints and support, not just a headline and a dream.

Facilitated by Boris Giller

Founder, 180 Smoke Built and exited Built physique post-40

Boris Giller is a post-exit founder and operator who built and sold 180 Smoke after scaling it into a national retail brand.

After the birth of his third son, he rebuilt his own training and execution rhythm using the same operating lens: environment, feedback, standards, and repeatable systems.

The residency compresses that approach into a real room with training, food, deep work, and peer pressure pointed in the same direction.

Chef-led Nutrition

Meals, macros, and consistency handled for you.

Training and Programming

Daily sessions run inside a structured plan.

The Momentum Residency is a compression of that framework.

Make the return visible fast enough to keep investing.

After the birth of his third son, Boris rebuilt his body after 40 without drugs, peptides, or heroic willpower.

The full before/current gap is about 18 months, with the biggest visible change happening in the first 6. That matters because founders understand ROI: when a system shows return quickly, you keep investing.

The fitness side of the residency is designed as a kickstart: right training, nutrition basics, technique, and schedule, with enough visible progress to get your brain hooked and enough understanding to protect the habit when life gets busy again.

Boris with his three children before rebuilding his training rhythm
After 40. Three kids. Low consistency.
Boris training in the gym after rebuilding his physical routine
18 months later. Biggest change in the first 6.

This Is Built for a Specific Type of Man.

Application required. 6-8 seats only. The cohort is curated because the room is part of the product.

This is for you if:

  • You are already building or generating income.
  • You are serious about upgrading physically.
  • You want proximity to high-agency men.
  • You are tired of operating below your potential.
  • You can commit 14 focused nights.
  • You value execution over theory.

This is not for you if:

  • You are a beginner without a business.
  • You are not willing to train daily.
  • You want a casual coworking escape.
  • You prefer passive participation.
  • You are looking for a low-accountability retreat.

Every seat matters.

Investment

Cohort 1 - September 25 to October 9

All-inclusive. Fourteen nights. 6-8 founders maximum. Pricing is transparent below. The fit call is for alignment and questions, not for revealing the number.

14 nights full residency All meals, chef, training All sessions and programming Airport transport Daily housekeeping

Shared Room

$8,500

USD per founder / All-inclusive

The full residency container with shared villa accommodation.

  • Shared villa accommodation
  • Same training, meals, sessions, and cohort access

Private rooms are the first to fill. Applications are reviewed in the order received.

Seat secured with a $500 deposit after acceptance. Balance due September 4, 2026. If the cohort does not run, deposits are refunded. Participant cancellation terms are provided in writing after the fit call.

Application Process

Application takes 4-5 minutes. Six short steps. You get a yes/no fit response within 48 hours.

01

Submit Application

A short screening form that covers identity, business stage, and why now.

02

Fit Call

A 20-30 minute conversation. We assess fit. You assess the program. No pressure.

03

Secure Your Seat

If it is a mutual fit, you hold your seat with a $500 deposit and move into onboarding.

Step 1 of 6

Start Application

This application takes 4-5 minutes.

It covers identity, business stage, team size, training commitment, timing, investment comfort, and final fit.

Please complete this step before continuing.

By submitting, you ask Boris to review your application and contact you about the residency. Your answers and basic technical data are stored by the application system and sent by notification email. Do not include medical information. See the privacy notice and current terms.

Step Into the Room

Cohort is limited to 6-8 founders. September 25-October 9, 2026 / Puerto Escondido, Mexico.

You can keep operating inside your current environment, or you can step into one engineered for acceleration.

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