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185</head><body><!--$--><div class="min-h-screen bg-background text-foreground"><header class="fixed inset-x-0 top-0 z-50 border-b border-border/60 bg-background/80 backdrop-blur"><div class="mx-auto flex max-w-6xl items-center justify-between px-5 py-3.5"><a href="#top" class="font-display text-lg tracking-tight">Founders <span class="text-flame">Lounge</span></a><nav class="hidden gap-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground md:flex"><a href="#about" class="transition-colors hover:text-flame">About</a><a href="#events" class="transition-colors hover:text-flame">Events</a><a href="#fireside" class="transition-colors hover:text-flame">Fireside</a><a href="#books" class="transition-colors hover:text-flame">Books</a><a href="#gallery" class="transition-colors hover:text-flame">Gallery</a><a href="#members" class="transition-colors hover:text-flame">Members</a></nav><a href="#members" class="rounded-full border border-flame px-4 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-flame transition-colors hover:bg-flame hover:text-flame-foreground">Join</a></div></header><main id="top"><section class="relative w-full overflow-hidden sm:min-h-[78vh]"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/ba8cf8dd-6776-46e1-abf5-fbc2b4ba6caa/ev-95c2409b.jpg" alt="Founders Lounge members talking at an evening event in Bristol" class="block aspect-[4/3] w-full object-cover object-center sm:hidden"/><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/ba8cf8dd-6776-46e1-abf5-fbc2b4ba6caa/ev-95c2409b.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" class="absolute inset-0 hidden h-full w-full object-cover object-[center_60%] sm:block"/><div class="absolute inset-0 hidden sm:block" style="background:var(--gradient-veil)"></div><div class="relative mx-auto flex max-w-6xl flex-col justify-end px-5 pb-8 pt-10 sm:min-h-[78vh] sm:pb-10 sm:pt-28"><p class="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.32em] text-flame">Bristol · London & regional cities soon</p><h1 class="mt-5 max-w-3xl text-5xl font-bold leading-[0.98] sm:text-7xl">Pull up a seat at<span class="text-flame"> the Founders Lounge</span></h1><p class="mt-6 max-w-xl text-base leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">A relaxed, forward-thinking community for bold founders with big ambitions across the legal ecosystem. Come to connect. Stay to grow.</p><div class="mt-9 flex flex-wrap gap-3"><a href="#members" class="rounded-full bg-flame px-6 py-3 text-sm font-semibold text-flame-foreground transition-opacity hover:opacity-90">Join the community</a><a href="#events" class="rounded-full border border-border px-6 py-3 text-sm text-foreground transition-colors hover:border-flame hover:text-flame">Upcoming events</a></div></div></section><section id="about" class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-5 pt-12 pb-12 sm:pt-16"><div class="grid gap-12 md:grid-cols-[1fr_1.2fr]"><h2 class="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight sm:text-[2.6rem]">A breakout space for great conversations and warm introductions.</h2><div class="space-y-5 text-muted-foreground"><p class="leading-relaxed">We bring founders together to share what's working (and what isn't), spark ideas, make connections that matter and add genuine value to one another's businesses. Through regular events and ongoing engagement, Founders Lounge is about inspiration, motivation and growth â powered by the people in the room.</p><p class="leading-relaxed">Hosted by Leah Burrows of The BD Partner and Karl Foster, corporate lawyer and founder of Taek Legal, a fintech legal consultancy.</p><div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-6 border-t border-border pt-6"><div><div class="font-display text-4xl font-bold text-flame">4</div><div class="mt-1 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em]">events held</div></div><div><div class="font-display text-4xl font-bold text-flame">1</div><div class="mt-1 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em]">growing community</div></div><div><div class="font-display text-4xl font-bold text-flame">Next</div><div class="mt-1 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em]">London & beyond</div></div></div></div></div><div class="mt-14"><p class="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-muted-foreground">Your hosts</p><div class="mt-6 grid gap-px overflow-hidden rounded-sm bg-border sm:grid-cols-2"><div class="flex flex-col items-center bg-background p-6 text-center"><a href="https://thebdpartner.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="group flex flex-col items-center"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/535aa2cb-3d19-4d76-8122-b96f7ba24b7d/leah.jpg" alt="Leah Burrows, The BD Partner" loading="lazy" class="h-40 w-40 rounded-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-105 sm:h-48 sm:w-48"/><span class="mt-5 text-xl font-semibold transition-colors group-hover:text-flame">Leah Burrows</span><span class="mt-1 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-flame">The BD Partner</span></a><p class="mt-4 max-w-xs text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">Business development for ambitious professional services firms â and the connector behind most of the introductions in the room.</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center bg-background p-6 text-center"><a href="https://www.taek.legal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="group flex flex-col items-center"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/04aedda3-c768-48e0-b26c-4a89ca013a39/karl.jpg" alt="Karl Foster, Taek Legal" loading="lazy" class="h-40 w-40 rounded-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-105 sm:h-48 sm:w-48"/><span class="mt-5 text-xl font-semibold transition-colors group-hover:text-flame">Karl Foster</span><span class="mt-1 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-flame">Taek Legal</span></a><p class="mt-4 max-w-xs text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">Founder of Taek Legal, a fintech legal consultancy, building a firm on his own terms.</p></div></div></div></section><section id="events" class="border-y border-border bg-card/40 pt-12 pb-24"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-5"><h2 class="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight sm:text-[2.6rem]">The diary</h2><span class="mt-3 inline-block rounded-full bg-flame px-3 py-1 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-flame-foreground">Next</span><ul class="mt-8 divide-y divide-border border-t border-border"><li class="py-8"><div><h3 class="text-xl font-semibold">Founders Lounge</h3><div class="mt-2 text-base font-semibold text-foreground">Tue 3 November · 5â7pm<!-- --> · <!-- -->The Square Club, Bristol</div><p class="mt-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">Pencil it in. Drinks, a fireside chat, and a room full of founders worth knowing.</p><div class="mt-5"><div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3"><button class="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 whitespace-nowrap cursor-pointer transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-ring disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0 shadow h-auto rounded-full bg-flame px-7 py-3.5 text-sm font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-flame-foreground hover:bg-flame/90" type="button">Save my seat</button><button class="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 whitespace-nowrap cursor-pointer transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-ring disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0 border border-input bg-background shadow-sm hover:bg-accent h-auto rounded-full px-6 py-3.5 text-sm font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.12em] hover:border-flame hover:text-flame" type="button" aria-expanded="false">0<!-- --> signed up <!-- -->â¼</button></div><button class="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 whitespace-nowrap rounded-md font-medium cursor-pointer transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-ring disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0 underline-offset-4 hover:underline py-2 mt-5 h-auto px-0 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-muted-foreground hover:text-flame" type="button">Hosts: export email list</button></div></div></li><li class="py-8"><div><h3 class="text-xl font-semibold">Founders Lounge</h3><div class="mt-2 text-base font-semibold text-foreground">Coming soon<!-- --> · <!-- -->London, then further afield</div><p class="mt-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">We're taking the Lounge beyond Bristol. Watch this space.</p><div class="mt-5"><div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3"><button class="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 whitespace-nowrap cursor-pointer transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-ring disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0 shadow h-auto rounded-full bg-flame px-7 py-3.5 text-sm font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-flame-foreground hover:bg-flame/90" type="button">Express interest</button></div></div></div></li></ul></div></section><section id="fireside" class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-5 py-24"><div class="flex flex-wrap items-end justify-between gap-4"><h2 class="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight sm:text-[2.6rem]">The fireside chat</h2><p class="max-w-md text-sm text-muted-foreground">A chance to hear the highs and lows of other founder's journeys.</p></div><div class="mt-10 grid gap-px overflow-hidden rounded-sm bg-border lg:grid-cols-3"><div class="bg-background p-7"><span class="text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-flame">Spoken</span><a href="https://www.privateclientnetwork.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="group mt-4 block"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/efa53444-7a9b-4443-9aee-d5cf349f1a91/charlie.jpg" alt="Charlie Chami, Glamis IFA · Founder, The Private Client Network" loading="lazy" class="h-32 w-32 rounded-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-105 sm:h-40 sm:w-40 object-[center_5%]"/>
185<h3 class="mt-4 text-xl transition-colors group-hover:text-flame">Charlie Chami</h3><p class="mt-1 text-sm font-medium text-flame">Glamis IFA · Founder, The Private Client Network</p></a><p class="mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">Independent financial adviser and founder of The Private Client Network, on building a referral-led business from scratch and the value of a genuinely warm network.</p></div><div class="bg-background p-7"><span class="text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-flame">Spoken</span><a href="https://rebel-legal.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="group mt-4 block"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/5479fcc2-ce49-4ee8-b00a-e87f49697046/katie.jpg" alt="Katie Konstanz-Faulkner, Co-founder, Rebel Legal" loading="lazy" class="h-32 w-32 rounded-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-105 sm:h-40 sm:w-40 "/><h3 class="mt-4 text-xl transition-colors group-hover:text-flame">Katie Konstanz-Faulkner</h3><p class="mt-1 text-sm font-medium text-flame">Co-founder, Rebel Legal</p></a><p class="mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">Co-founder of Rebel Legal, on breaking the traditional law firm model, building a brand with personality and doing legal work differently.</p></div><div class="bg-secondary/40 p-7"><span class="text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-flame">Your turn?</span><h3 class="mt-3 text-xl">Happy to share your founder story?</h3><p class="mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">Got a story worth twenty minutes â a pivot, a hard lesson, a launch? Put your name forward and we'll be in touch.</p><form class="mt-5 space-y-3"><input required="" placeholder="Your name & business" class="w-full rounded-sm border border-input bg-background px-4 py-2.5 text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus:border-flame"/><input required="" type="email" placeholder="Email" class="w-full rounded-sm border border-input bg-background px-4 py-2.5 text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus:border-flame"/><textarea required="" rows="3" placeholder="What would you talk about?" class="w-full rounded-sm border border-input bg-background px-4 py-2.5 text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus:border-flame"></textarea><button class="w-full rounded-full bg-flame px-5 py-2.5 text-sm font-semibold text-flame-foreground transition-opacity hover:opacity-90">Offer to speak</button></form></div></div></section><section id="feedback" class="border-y border-border bg-card/40 py-24"><div class="mx-auto max-w-4xl px-5"><div class="flex items-end justify-between gap-4"><h2 class="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight sm:text-[2.6rem]">What members say</h2><div class="flex gap-2"><button aria-label="Previous feedback" class="rounded-full border border-border p-2 transition-colors hover:border-flame hover:text-flame"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-chevron-left h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m15 18-6-6 6-6"></path></svg></button><button aria-label="Next feedback" class="rounded-full border border-border p-2 transition-colors hover:border-flame hover:text-flame"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-chevron-right h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m9 18 6-6-6-6"></path></svg></button></div></div><div class="mt-10 overflow-hidden"><div class="flex transition-transform duration-500 ease-out" style="transform:translateX(-0%)"><figure class="w-full shrink-0 px-1"><blockquote class="font-display text-2xl leading-snug sm:text-3xl">â<!-- -->Thanks so much Leah and Karl for hosting such a great evening and for my new book to read!<!-- -->â</blockquote><figcaption class="mt-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground"><span class="text-foreground">Liz Richards</span> · <!-- -->Fractional CMO</figcaption></figure><figure class="w-full shrink-0 px-1"><blockquote class="font-display text-2xl leading-snug sm:text-3xl">â<!-- -->Great evening at The Founders Lounge last night. 186 187Thank you to Katie Konstanz-Faulkner of Rebel Legal for sharing your story. 188 189And thank you to Leah Burrows for organising another fantastic event.<!-- -->â</blockquote><figcaption class="mt-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground"><span class="text-foreground">Joe Sykes</span> · <!-- -->Stride Financial Advice</figcaption></figure><figure class="w-full shrink-0 px-1"><blockquote class="font-display text-2xl leading-snug sm:text-3xl">â<!-- -->The evening was very nice. This was my first time at a 'Legal' event, and I felt at home, thanks first to you and then to the people at the event.<!-- -->â</blockquote><figcaption class="mt-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground"><span class="text-foreground">Bala</span> · <!-- -->Voibe, Legal Tech Entrepreneur</figcaption></figure><figure class="w-full shrink-0 px-1"><blockquote class="font-display text-2xl leading-snug sm:text-3xl">â<!-- -->Thank you both for putting on such a great event! Was pleased to return home with the top prize!<!-- -->â</blockquote><figcaption class="mt-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground"><span class="text-foreground">Kayleigh Smale</span> · <!-- -->Smale Compliance</figcaption></figure><figure class="w-full shrink-0 px-1"><blockquote class="font-display text-2xl leading-snug sm:text-3xl">â<!-- -->It was a lovely evening, thank you both for hosting.<!-- -->â</blockquote><figcaption class="mt-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground"><span class="text-foreground">Afsana Gibson-Chowdhury Q.Med</span> · <!-- -->Mediator, Lawyer, Adjudicator</figcaption></figure><figure class="w-full shrink-0 px-1"><blockquote class="font-display text-2xl leading-snug sm:text-3xl">â<!-- -->The Founders Lounge is excellent. I met some good people, old friends and new, had interesting conversations and really enjoyed the fireside chat. Leah's energy and enthusiasm for facilitating a community that will be useful and worthwhile for those attending shines through. Well worth going.<!-- -->â</blockquote><figcaption class="mt-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground"><span class="text-foreground">Rachael Wheatley</span> · <!-- -->Fractional CMO</figcaption></figure><figure class="w-full shrink-0 px-1"><blockquote class="font-display text-2xl leading-snug sm:text-3xl">â<!-- -->Founders Lounge is a fantastic networking resource for the Bristol business community. A rare combination of open heartedness, business savvy and a fascinating crowd, all curated by Leah.<!-- -->â</blockquote><figcaption class="mt-6 text-sm text-muted-foreground"><span class="text-foreground">Luke Hutchinson</span> · <!-- -->Fractional People Director, Bridging People and Tech</figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="mt-8 flex gap-2"><button aria-label="Show feedback 1" class="h-1 w-10 rounded-full transition-colors bg-flame"></button><button aria-label="Show feedback 2" class="h-1 w-10 rounded-full transition-colors bg-border"></button><button aria-label="Show feedback 3" class="h-1 w-10 rounded-full transition-colors bg-border"></button><button aria-label="Show feedback 4" class="h-1 w-10 rounded-full transition-colors bg-border"></button><button aria-label="Show feedback 5" class="h-1 w-10 rounded-full transition-colors bg-border"></button><button aria-label="Show feedback 6" class="h-1 w-10 rounded-full transition-colors bg-border"></button><button aria-label="Show feedback 7" class="h-1 w-10 rounded-full transition-colors bg-border"></button></div></div></section><section id="books" class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-5 py-24"><div class="flex flex-wrap items-end justify-between gap-4"><h2 class="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight sm:text-[2.6rem]">The book shelf</h2><p class="max-w-md text-sm text-muted-foreground">Here are some of the books our members have been reading. Drop a quick review below if you have read one.</p></div><div class="mt-6 flex justify-center"><div class="rounded-full bg-flame p-3 text-flame-foreground shadow-lg shadow-flame/20 animate-bounce"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-down h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 5v14"></path><path d="m19 12-7 7-7-7"></path></svg></div></div><div class="mt-10 grid gap-px overflow-hidden rounded-sm bg-border sm:grid-cols-2"><div class="group flex flex-col gap-5 bg-background p-5 transition-colors hover:bg-secondary/25 sm:flex-row"><figure class="shrink-0"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/b9a839c8-b931-4e70-8343-f7c7d2dd20d6/cover-diary-of-a-ceo.jpg" alt="Book cover: The Diary of a CEO by Steven Bartlett" loading="lazy" width="140" height="218" class="mx-auto w-28 rounded-sm object-cover shadow-md transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:-rotate-2 group-hover:scale-105 sm:mx-0 sm:w-32"/></figure><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col"><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold leading-tight">The Diary of a CEO</h3>
189<p class="mt-1 text-sm text-foreground/70">The 33 Laws of Business & Life</p><p class="mt-2 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-flame">Steven Bartlett</p><p class="mt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Founder of Social Chain, host of The Diary of a CEO podcast.</p><p class="mt-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">Over a million copies sold â the laws founders keep coming back to.</p><div class="mt-auto pt-6 self-start"><button class="rounded-full bg-flame px-6 py-3 text-sm font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.14em] text-flame-foreground shadow-lg shadow-flame/20 transition-all hover:scale-105 hover:shadow-xl hover:shadow-flame/30">Leave a review</button></div></div></div><div class="group flex flex-col gap-5 bg-background p-5 transition-colors hover:bg-secondary/25 sm:flex-row"><figure class="shrink-0"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/fc54bf18-199a-445a-9cdc-d904ae59b823/cover-supercommunicators.jpg" alt="Book cover: Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg" loading="lazy" width="140" height="218" class="mx-auto w-28 rounded-sm object-cover shadow-md transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:-rotate-2 group-hover:scale-105 sm:mx-0 sm:w-32"/></figure><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col"><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold leading-tight">Supercommunicators</h3><p class="mt-1 text-sm text-foreground/70">How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection</p><p class="mt-2 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-flame">Charles Duhigg</p><p class="mt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Pulitzer-winning journalist, author of The Power of Habit.</p><p class="mt-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">Why some conversations land and others quietly die.</p><p class="mt-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground"><span class="inline-flex" aria-label="5 out of 5 stars"><span class="text-flame">â
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189<p class="mt-1 text-sm text-foreground/70">A Memoir by the Creator of Nike</p><p class="mt-2 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-flame">Phil Knight</p><p class="mt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Co-founder of Nike.</p><p class="mt-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">The messiest, most honest founder memoir on the shelf.</p><div class="mt-auto pt-6 self-start"><button class="rounded-full bg-flame px-6 py-3 text-sm font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.14em] text-flame-foreground shadow-lg shadow-flame/20 transition-all hover:scale-105 hover:shadow-xl hover:shadow-flame/30">Leave a review</button></div></div></div><div class="group flex flex-col gap-5 bg-background p-5 transition-colors hover:bg-secondary/25 sm:flex-row"><figure class="shrink-0"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/c49d8c3d-a1f0-4b94-a1fd-ebb41125b4a8/cover-lifestyle-business-playbook.jpg" alt="Book cover: Lifestyle Business Playbook by Daniel Priestley" loading="lazy" width="140" height="218" class="mx-auto w-28 rounded-sm object-cover shadow-md transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:-rotate-2 group-hover:scale-105 sm:mx-0 sm:w-32"/></figure><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col"><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold leading-tight">Lifestyle Business Playbook</h3><p class="mt-1 text-sm text-foreground/70">How to have fun, freedom and fulfilment with your own business</p><p class="mt-2 text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-flame">Daniel Priestley</p><p class="mt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Serial entrepreneur, founder of Dent Global and ScoreApp.</p><p class="mt-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">For founders who want the business to serve the life, not the other way round.</p><div class="mt-auto pt-6 self-start"><button class="rounded-full bg-flame px-6 py-3 text-sm font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.14em] text-flame-foreground shadow-lg shadow-flame/20 transition-all hover:scale-105 hover:shadow-xl hover:shadow-flame/30">Leave a review</button></div></div></div><div class="group flex flex-col gap-5 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hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/2ab9e4eb-1899-454f-bb16-18490e1f68b5/IMG_4775.jpg" alt="Two members in conversation across the lounge tables" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/05c3d41c-5171-4ae9-bfe2-31e88650e14e/IMG_4763.jpg" alt="A founder making a point during the fireside chat" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/af2f9f99-02ad-45e3-9ccb-46a8a88256b7/IMG_4776.jpg" alt="Guests seated around candlelit brass tables" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/eff29c57-4123-471e-83b5-5385b098a478/IMG_4770.jpg" alt="Two guests chatting by the window" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/a2e9d840-c0bb-4344-9bd9-89f309fa6772/IMG_4759.jpg" alt="Members listening to the evening's speaker" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/afcfe3bd-4e99-428d-8a62-7a784e2e5938/IMG_4780.jpg" alt="Founders swapping cards over drinks" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/c32692cd-6510-4fa1-9750-061df5285da6/IMG_4758.jpg" alt="New introductions being made at the bar" loading="lazy" 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189MG_2300.jpg" alt="Founders Lounge members around a long table of pizzas on Bristol harbourside" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/49d58675-2ea5-4c3d-b61e-540bf4acf405/IMG_2305.jpg" alt="Two founders raising a pint together" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/6bcef3f5-4bce-4edc-abe7-7f03ed467970/IMG_2308.jpg" alt="Two members toasting with cocktails at the bar" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/e0c8d2a0-6b0f-493a-9081-cba1b435a73e/IMG_2310.jpg" alt="Two members raising cocktails in the lounge booth" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/8f498a80-9f62-4723-af46-e79ee5892126/ev-442de2ed.jpg" alt="Fireside chat in the garden with hosts and speaker" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/1b89166e-3df8-41de-b4a8-91ac1de7ebd2/ev-7d5c2fbb.jpg" alt="Members listening to the fireside chat in the garden" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/7ced6f0a-e2b8-41f2-a200-52c53b0fff3c/ev-IMG_8419.jpg" alt="Two members chatting over drinks in the garden" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/6bdb5821-1592-4cd5-8a4e-1f5e0a37f9ec/ev-IMG_8416.jpg" alt="Members in conversation on the terrace" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/2ea8a813-f9fc-45fa-b94a-4575e9954a69/ev-IMG_8423.jpg" alt="Members laughing together at the lounge" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/4e7171b8-e3f8-4a18-b3a6-e37057a74660/ev-IMG_8417.jpg" alt="Three founders talking over drinks outside" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/c7731de2-def9-44c9-849f-96a4d43466d8/ev-IMG_8409.jpg" alt="Guests networking with drinks indoors" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure><figure class="aspect-square overflow-hidden rounded-sm"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/8ac040cc-2336-425d-b93b-3435b85e8ce1/ev-IMG_8399.jpg" alt="Two founders in conversation on lounge chairs" loading="lazy" class="h-full w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-700 hover:scale-105"/></figure></div></section><section id="members" class="border-y border-border bg-card/40 py-24"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-5"><div class="flex flex-wrap items-end justify-between gap-4"><h2 class="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight sm:text-[2.6rem]">Who's in the room</h2></div><p class="mt-3 max-w-2xl text-muted-foreground">Come and meet the others in the room. 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