WE’LL TAKE YOUR TEAM

Outside comfort zones,
Outside corporate norms,
Outside in nature.

CONNECTION drives TRUST. TRUST drives PERFORMANCE.

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WHAT WE DO

We design experiences that
change how leaders connect.

We take leaders out of the office and into nature, where trust has room to build. The work can be a single afternoon or a year of it, shaped by who is in the room. The format changes. The philosophy never does.

Designed
for
CEOs & Founders

The hardest calls are yours alone.

We put a few trusted peers around you who understand the seat you're in.

Leadership Teams

You've grown faster than your cohesion has.

We bring senior teams back into step, so the trust matches the pace you're moving at.

Organizations

Strong at the top. You want it felt everywhere.

We help the connection in the leadership room cascade through departments and into the whole company.

Conferences & Summits

You can fill the room. Connecting it is harder.

We turn a gathering of attendees into a room of people who actually met.

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WHAT WE OFFER

Two intentional formats.
One Philosophy.

Every BusinessOutside experience is custom-designed for your team's specific goals, industry, and culture. Delivered in the format that fits your timeline and ambitions.

CLIENT STORIES

Our impact,
in their words.

A look at how leaders across industres have worked with BusinessOutside to do something their team will remember.

WK Kellogg Co Connection Walk

WK Kellogg Co

A connection walk to build trust across the sales team.

“Bart led our team of 220+ Retail Sales Professionals on the largest ever Connection Walk in Downtown Dallas. The walk allowed our team to immediately put into practice deeper connections and build strong trust.”

Wilson RaySr. Director of Retail Strategy

eGateway Capital leadership summit

eGateway Capital

Building community across portfolio companies.

“Our inaugural portfolio company Leadership Summit was warmly authentic, explosively connective, and singularly impactful. We are profoundly excited by the outcomes and will be holding fast to this philosophy for years to come.”

Chad SummeManaging Partner & Co-Founder

Groundforce Capital team retreat

Groundforce Capital

A retreat on leading through connection.

“BusinessOutside doesn't just mean being physically outside. It's about operating outside the norms. When you understand someone deeply, you don't just manage better, you lead better.”

Dan GluckCo-Founder

Advancing Eyecare leadership retreat

Advancing Eyecare

A multi-day retreat to build trust.

“Back to Boulder to get together with the best leadership team in the business for a retreat facilitated by Bart Foster and BusinessOutside. I am so proud of the focus, engagement and transparency that powered the retreat.”

Jim McGrannCEO

Echelon Cyber team at Red Rocks

Echelon Cyber

A retreat beyond the org chart.

“I am still energized by the time our team spent together shoulder to shoulder. We got outside the corporate hierarchy. We got outside the self-imposed limitations. We built real and authentic relationships.”

Dan DeskoCEO

YPO Pacific One CEO hike

YPO Pacific One

A peer hike for a group of CEOs.

“He led thirty CEOs on a hike where we talked about business challenges and opportunities for growth. I absolutely loved this format and learned a lot from my fellow attendees.”

Laura OwensMember

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OUR TEAM

Operators first. Facilitators
by choice.

Our strategic advisors and facilitators are serial CEOs, founders, and senior leaders who have built and scaled real businesses across tech, healthcare, and professional services.

THE BUILD

A boutique approach, end to end.

01
Objectives
Identifying the right key objectives and desired outcomes for your team.
02
Pre-work
Healthy team surveys and pre-interviews with skeptics and superfans to surface what is already true.
03
Agenda & logistics
Custom agenda design and logistics coordination in partnership with your team.
04
Event design
Experience design and custom materials production tailored to your objectives.
05
Follow-through
Commitments, action plans, integration support, and value drivers that outlast the experience.

Experiences for leaders
who understand the
power of people.

Most leadership offsites have a half-life measured in days. We design experiences that outlast the return flight, producing real shifts in how teams trust each other, engage in healthy conflict, and move forward with shared commitment.

CONNECTION THAT OUTLASTS THE OFFSITE
Behavioral shifts and shared language teams carry back into the work, long after the agenda ends.
LED BY OPERATORS, NOT FACILITATORS
Serial CEOs and founders who have built, scaled, and led through real pressure. Not certified coaches with a side business.
STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, BUILT THROUGH EXPERIENCE
Trust accelerates, decisions get sharper, and teams move forward with shared commitment that holds under pressure.

CONNECT

Tell us about your team.
We will take it from there.