# Founding seats: a monthly room of founders working from the same evidence

Founding seats in the Verbatim Advisory cohort, from The Art of Service, open in fixed batches to the people who reserve first. The cohort is a monthly room of founders working through the same evidence from 900+ business podcasts, alongside the Verbatim Advisory Monthly brief, which is USD 297 a month on its own. The batch size and the seat price are not set yet; they go by email to everyone who reserves before they appear on the site.

Page: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/cohort-founding-seats

## Reserve a seat if

- you are on the waitlist with no date
- you want peers on the same evidence
- you want next moves, not more reading
- you would rather be in the first batch than the second

## The Batch Bell

It shows founding seats as a row of bells, one per batch: a bell rings when its batch is full, and only then does the next one open.

- **Reserve**: join the list and answer three questions
- **Batch one**: a fixed number of seats, offered to the list first
- **Batch two**: opens only when batch one is full
- **The room**: a monthly session on the same evidence

## How do founding seats work?

1. You reserve a seat with the form below. That costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
2. When the first batch is ready, everyone who reserved gets the batch size, the price and the first date by email, before the site shows them.
3. Seats in the batch go in the order people confirm. When it is full, it closes.
4. A second batch opens only after the first is full.

The three questions in the form shape the first sessions, so the room starts from what members actually want to know.

## Why release seats in fixed batches?

A fixed batch keeps the room small enough for everyone to bring their own next move, and tells you exactly how many seats there are. It also means no one is sold a place in a room that does not exist yet: the price is set and sent before anyone pays, and the room starts only once a batch is confirmed.

## FAQ

### What is a founding seat?

A place in the first batch of the Verbatim Advisory cohort, a monthly room of founders working through the same evidence from 900+ business podcasts. Reserving a founding seat costs nothing. Everyone who reserves gets the batch size, the price and the first date by email before they appear on the site.

### How many seats are in a batch?

The number is not set yet. Each batch of the Verbatim Advisory cohort will have a fixed number of seats, stated in the email to people who reserved. A second batch opens only when the first is full, so the size of the room never drifts once it starts.

### What happens in a session?

The format is not fixed, so no day, length or recording is promised. The intent is that the Verbatim Advisory cohort walks the month's buyer pains, delivery recipes, new lanes and traffic recipes together, and each founder leaves with their own next move. Details go to people who reserved first.

### Is there a deposit?

Not today. Reserving a seat in the Verbatim Advisory cohort is free. When the first batch opens, the email to people who reserved states the price, any deposit and the cancellation terms before anyone pays. Australian Consumer Law rights apply to every payment.

### How does it relate to the monthly brief?

The Verbatim Advisory Monthly brief, USD 297 a month, is a private written brief about your business. The cohort works from the same kind of evidence in a shared room. You can hold the Monthly brief without joining the cohort; what the cohort will include is stated when the first batch opens.

### Who should join?

Founders, consultants, coaches, agencies and advisers who sell a defined set of offers and want to act on market evidence with peers. The Verbatim Advisory cohort is a working room for people who will bring a next move each month, not a general networking group.

- Reserve a founding seat: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/cohort-founding-seats#register
- Monthly brief, USD 297 a month: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/advisory/start?plan=monthly&src=founding-seats

Updated 2026-10-30. Verbatim by The Art of Service, Brisbane, Australia.