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An Art of Mondays alternative, around a table.
Art of Mondays is a community of online founders, with a newsletter, a sports club and residencies. If you’d rather sit down with five or six founders in your own city, The Five Club is the alternative.
This page is written by The Five Club, which is one of the clubs compared. Facts come from each club’s website or the press, with sources at the bottom of the page. Checked on November 9, 2026: details can change, so confirm them with each club.
Five minutes to apply. Yes or no within five days.
In short
The Five Club is a private club for founders: dinners of five or six, Banquets of around twenty, by application. It’s the alternative to Art of Mondays if you want to meet founders face to face, in your city, over dinner. Art of Mondays is worth a look if you run an online business and want to travel: its Founder Family runs residencies somewhere new every month.
Six reasons to choose The Five over Art of Mondays.
A table, not a feed
Much of Art of Mondays happens online: a newsletter, monthly virtual calls, an always-on Hub. The Five happens in person, in a new restaurant every time.
Five or six people, for a whole evening
Founder Sports Club matches you with three founders for a Sunday walk, run or padel game. The Five builds a table of five or six, and brings around twenty together for its Banquets.
Any founder with a real company
Founder Family is built for online businesses. The Five is for founders of any launched company with revenue, whatever the sector.
Close to home
Founder Family residencies move somewhere new every month. The Five is open in Paris, Marseille, Geneva, Lausanne, London, Barcelona, New York and San Francisco, so the table comes to your city.
People you’ll see again
After each event, you add the founders you liked to your circle, and you meet them again at your next table.
Read by a real person
Every application is read by hand, about one in four is accepted, and you know where you stand within five days.
Art of Mondays and The Five, side by side.
| Art of Mondays | The Five Club | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Online-first community, newsletter, sports club and residencies | Private club for founders, in person |
| Who it’s for | Young business owners; online founders for Founder Family | Founders of a launched company with revenue, any sector |
| Meeting in person | Sunday walk, run or padel with three founders; residencies of 10 to 15 | Tables of 5 or 6 founders, Banquets of around 20, cocktails |
| Where | 80+ cities for the sports club | A new restaurant for every dinner, in 8 cities |
| Who you meet | Matched by the club each month | The table is built for you |
| Access | Monthly opt-in for the sports club; form, call and reference check for Founder Family | Application read by hand, about 1 in 4 accepted, answer within 5 days |
“Meeting people who have the same mindset as you. […] Hearing each other’s experiences, and being able to learn from one another.”
Excerpts from interviews with club members, recorded in French and translated here.
What Art of Mondays actually offers.
- The community: Art of Mondays calls itself a “highly vetted membership community” and invites you to “join 60,000+ founders”. It was started by Evan and Jai.
- Monday Mail: its free newsletter.
- Founder Sports Club: “an international community of young business owners” in 80+ cities, including Paris, London, Barcelona, New York, San Francisco, Lyon and Dubai. You opt in each month, you’re matched with three founders on the 1st, and you meet on the second Sunday at 10 a.m. to walk, run or play padel.
- Founder Family: for online founders, mainly under 35, running an online business making at least $10k a month. The process is a form, an alignment call, a reference check and a final review. It cites 9,000+ applications and fewer than 300 admitted.
- Founder Family formats: residencies somewhere new every month for 10 to 15 members, Camp Mondays twice a year for up to 100, monthly virtual calls and an always-on Hub.
When Art of Mondays is the better choice.
If you run an online business, you’re under 35 and you want to work from a new place with other founders, Founder Family was built for that. If you’d like a Sunday walk with three founders in one of 80+ cities, Founder Sports Club is a simple way in. We aren’t members, so this page sticks to what the club publishes.
The questions we get asked.
What is the best alternative to Art of Mondays?
For dinners with founders in your own city, The Five Club. For a broader comparison, see how the main clubs differ.
What is Art of Mondays?
A membership community for founders, with the free Monday Mail newsletter, Founder Sports Club in 80+ cities, and Founder Family for online founders.
How much does Art of Mondays cost?
Neither the Founder Sports Club page nor the Founder Family page stated an exact price when we checked on November 9, 2026. Ask the team before you commit.
Is Art of Mondays in Paris or London?
Founder Sports Club lists both, along with Barcelona, New York, San Francisco, Lyon and Dubai.
How do I join The Five Club?
You apply in five minutes. Every application is read by a real person, about one in four is accepted, and you get your answer within five days.
Sources, checked on November 9, 2026