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Talking points, boilerplate, founder bio, and press contact below.
About Phoenix Forum
Phoenix Forum is a peer advisory board for entrepreneurs in recovery. Members meet monthly in small vetted groups of ten for confidential, structured peer consultation. Founded by Andrew Lassise, Phoenix Forum exists because the peer advisory industry is built around drinking, recovery rooms don’t talk about business, and no room holds both at once.
Talking points
- Phoenix Forum is a peer advisory board specifically for founders and entrepreneurs in recovery. Membership is vetted and capped at ten per group.
- Most peer advisory boards, including YPO, EO, Vistage, and Tiger 21, are structurally organized around alcohol at the social layer. Phoenix Forum is not.
- Recovery and business are treated as connected disciplines, not separate boxes. A member’s sobriety and their P&L are both in scope at every meeting.
- The format is a monthly hot seat: one member presents a real problem, the group digs in, a commitment is made, and the group checks in the following month.
- Membership is $349 per month with a six-month money-back guarantee. This is a fraction of the cost of YPO ($20,000+/year), EO, Vistage, or Tiger 21.
- Phoenix Forum is not a recovery program. It is a business peer group that does not require members to pretend the recovery does not exist.
Founder bio
Andrew Lassise
Andrew Lassise is an entrepreneur, investor, and recovered alcoholic. He founded Phoenix Forum after finding that founders in recovery had no peer advisory option that held both disciplines in the same room.
He has built and operated multiple businesses across technology and professional services. He started Phoenix Forum because he looked for the room and it did not exist.
Short bio (60 words)
Andrew Lassise is an entrepreneur and recovered alcoholic who founded Phoenix Forum, a peer advisory board for founders in recovery. He built it because the peer advisory industry is built around drinking, and recovery rooms don’t talk about business.
Key facts
The format
Monthly meetings on Zoom. Groups capped at ten members. Each meeting: a check-in, hot seat for one to two members, Founders’ Compass on a structured topic, and close.
WhatsApp group between meetings. Vetted application process.
The membership
Entrepreneurs and founders in recovery. All industries. All stages. The common thread is that they are running a business and they are in recovery, and they have found no other room that holds both.
No hard revenue or sobriety-duration requirements. Fit is determined in a 20-minute interview.
Media inquiries
Response time
Within one business day
Interview requests
Andrew Lassise available for interview and podcast appearances
Ready to get started?
Book a 20-minute fit call to see if Phoenix Forum is right for you.
$349/mo. 6-month money-back guarantee.