Who We Are

The Post-Exit Entrepreneurs Retreat (PEER) is an initiative to help successful entrepreneurs maximise the post-exit stages from a personal, professional, and financial perspective. PEER was conceptualized within the entrepreneurial community at INSEAD – the business school with the most European unicorns. This unique INSEAD workshop experience is delivered by professionals with deep expertise in the practice and research on business & finance as well as philanthropy & impact.

 

As a number of the founding champions of PEER have themselves gone through the exit process, they realized that no such initiatives free of vested interests exist. Thus, PEER was created by entrepreneurs to support other entrepreneurs going through a life-changing liquidity event, such that they may re-invent themselves for their next phase.

 

We believe entrepreneurs are a very special and powerful breed that expand their future with an evolving sense of purpose towards themselves and their community, particularly after a successful exit. Our objective is to help them uncover and grapple with key foundational questions which often arise after a liquidity event.

 

The Post-Exit Entrepreneurs Retreat workshops are organised under the umbrella of the Rudolf and Valeria Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Messages From The Team

- Bala Vissa

PEER is a pit-stop for successful founders who have exited (or plan to exit) their business. This novel INSEAD-supported platform allows successful entrepreneurs at this stage of their life-journey to engage in intense interactions with similar others on professional and personal issues that matter and provides opportunities to take stock and hone future chapters of their life-story.
Bala Vissa, Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD

- Cedric Brusselmans

We tried to design the PEER to make it a safe, benevolent and inspiring space where each participant can take a break, reflect and exchange with other successful founders and co-founders with a similar drive - yet a very unique and personal journey
Cedric Brusselmans, Serial tech entrepreneur
Dr. Henrich Greve

- Henrich Greve, INSEAD Alumni Fund Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship

The Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship welcomes PEER as the first invitation-only retreat created by INSEAD entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Being a founder is always a lonely role and successfully exiting your company makes it even harder, because there are so many new opportunities. PEER is a wonderful opportunity for you to work with other successful entrepreneurs and think about what you want to do next. This retreat is being led by some of INSEAD’s star alumni and I expect it to be an experience that every participant remembers for a lifetime.
Henrich Greve, Rudolf and Valeria Maag Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurship

Testimonials from past participants

- Rachit Dayal Founder and CEO of Happy Marketer

It's lonely being an entrepreneur - starting, growing and exiting a business is a rare experience and PEER is an oasis for people with this sort of experience. Every topic, every speaker, every peer is top notch and I have managed to define a new sense of personal purpose thanks to the group.

- Romil Parikh, Director at Lift and Shift India

An incredible and transformative experience that made me truly engage in my exit story and set a foundation for the future.

- Andrew Frazer, Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Glantus

PEER is the privilege of joining a group of international successful entrepreneurs with a passion for making a positive impact. Through self-exploration, aligned with prioritizing the next stages of my personal and family life journey, PEER offered me time-out to reflect on the importance of exploring these new avenues. This holistic approach not only empowered me as an individual but also provided the inspiration and necessary headroom to think on how I could make a positive and sustainable difference to our environment and its communities.
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Partnership With INSEAD

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INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas to develop responsible leaders who transform business and society. We create a transformative learning environment in which people, cultures and ideas come together to promote prosperity and social progress.

Through academic research, INSEAD expands the frontiers of knowledge and shape business practice. Through teaching, we develop responsible and analytical leaders who create value for their organisations and for society.

Through our entrepreneurial spirit, INSEAD champions innovative forms of management education that foster business as a force for good.