Glue Club is where the strongest startup leaders in the world come together to find sanity, opportunity, and growth amidst the chaos of building a company.

Molly is probably best known for coining the term “Give Away Your Legos” to talk about what it’s like to work inside rapidly scaling companies. Over the past two decades working in tech, she has been the COO/head of operations for multiple organizations including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a philanthropy founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan; Quip, a start-up founded by Bret Taylor that sold to Salesforce for $750m; and Lambda School. She also served as a board member, advisor, or interim exec at a wide variety of startups in fintech, climate, education, healthcare, and Web3.

She started her tech career with five years at Facebook in a range of roles doing things like developing Facebook's long-term mobile strategy to building a lot of its early People philosophy and systems (and a hot second at Google before that).

Glue Club Members will learn directly from Molly Graham as she shares the most impactful learnings from her own experience as a startup leader and executive. She'll share key organizational and leadership concepts critical to helping startups and small companies scale successfully. She also brings her wide network of friends, former colleagues, and mentors in to talk about their experiences.

As a new member, your membership includes the Foundations Program + 6 months of our Base Membership:

• Foundations Program curriculum (8-week or (Accelerated) 4-week program options available)

• Lessons with Molly

• Guest Speaker Events

• Peer Circles or Lessons Debriefs led by a facilitator

• Peer 1:1 Chats

• Library of proven startup resources

• Access to the Glue Club Slack Community

• 6 months of Base Membership

Glue Club members are experienced startup leaders. They typically have a minimum of 10+ years of experience under their belt. Strong Glue Club candidates can have a range of titles from Director/Head of to C-level, but most importantly, they are strategic leaders and decision-makers at their organizations, typically owning 2 or more functional areas and overseeing a multi-layered team.

You can apply here. You’ll have the option to choose which New Member Cohort you’re applying to on the application. Accepted applicants will hear back from someone on our team within 2 weeks of the application close date of the cohort you applied to. If we don’t believe you are a good match for the group right now, we’ll do our best to let you know as soon as possible and give you ideas of some other resources that might be a better fit.

Yep! Everyone’s journey with the Glue Club begins with our Foundations Program.

See all of our cohort dates listed here. If you’d like to be notified about future New Member cohort dates, fill out this form.

The 8-week Foundations Program is broken down into 2-week topic-based cycles featuring live Lessons from Molly Graham, Peer Circles and Peer 1:1s, with a combination of guest speaker and topic-based events over the course of the entire 8 weeks.

The Accelerated Program covers the same core content as the 8-week program, in a condensed period of time. Unlike the 8-week program though, the Accelerated Program does not include Peer Circles. Instead, there will be a shorter, lighter weight Lessons Debrief with the whole cohort each week. Members in the Accelerated Program will have only 1 Peer 1:1 opportunity during the program’s 4-week duration.

Consider applying to a 8-week Foundations Program if…

• You value building close relationships with a small cohort of peers

• You appreciate time and multiple sessions to digest information

• You’d like to hear from a few different senior operators through Fireside Chat or Lecture + Q&A formats

Consider applying to a 4-week Accelerated Foundations Program if…

• You’re able to focus best when going deep over a shorter period of time

• You’re a bit more focused on learning than building community with peers

• You’re comfortable learning or asking your questions in front of a bigger group

• You’re just as excited to debrief over Slack vs live in-person sessions

• You have a limited L&D budget

The Foundations Program is most valuable to those who are actively working in-house at a startup or scaling company. That said, if you are between roles but strongly identify as a Glue Person and meet the membership criteria, we’d encourage you to apply and share that in your application.

Yes! As a Glue Club member, you will be invited to our in-person gatherings.* In 2024, these will include:

• A dinner series (with dinners held in cities where we have a critical mass of members), where we’ll have the opportunity to learn from outside experts and connect with each other

• A “camp” style retreat focused on connections, reflection, rest and fun

• Our second annual Glue Club Gathering, which will again be a mix of professional development and connection

*All in-person events hosted by Glue Club will be an additional cost.

We’d recommend sharing these items with them: (this website), Molly’s LinkedIn, Molly’s Substack “Lessons”, Molly’s “Give Away Your Legos”, and this HBS article on the Power of Peer Coaching.

On your renewal date, you’ll have the opportunity to renew your membership and opt in to either the Base or Super Glue Membership tiers.

Payment is collected as a one-time upfront payment, due before your New Member Cohort begins. If you are a Recurring Member, your payment can be made at anytime, and you will be included in the next onboarding.

No, membership does not auto-renew. At the end of your 6 month membership periodthe 6 months, you’ll have the option to renew into either the Base or Super Glue Membership tiers.

All payments are final. If you have questions, you can reach out to hello@glueclub.com

Feel free to email hello@glueclub.com.