20 young founders, 1 week
Every few months, we invite a group of business owners to hand in their phones and disappear for a week to connect and reset.
Escapism with Purpose
Apply Now20 young founders, 1 week
Escapism with Purpose
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Welcome to Driven Young
If you're reading this, chances are you picked the harder road on purpose.
Your friends from high school got a job, settled down and did the normal thing.
You backed yourself, built something, and it's working.
To get here, you've worked your ass off.
Late nights, weekends, holidays where you're still on your laptop. You can't remember the last time you properly switched off.
And nobody warns you how isolating it gets.
Your old friends ask how work's going, then talk about their weekend.
When you go looking for people who do get it, you end up at a networking night or a mastermind where everyone's 20 years older than you.
Someone jokes about setting you up with their kid. You head home still feeling like the only one doing this.
So you carry it on your own.
The wins, the stress, the decisions at 2am that nobody else sees.
What you actually want is a few people your age who get it. People you can call when it's flying or falling apart.
Nights round a fire talking about things you've never said out loud. Friends who'll tell you when you're wrong, then help you fix it.
But you can't run flat out forever. Our bodies weren't built for it.
To grow your business, you have to grow yourself.
That's why I started this.
Twenty founders in their 20s and 30s, all running real businesses, in one villa in Bali for a week with their phones off.
Byron Dempsey
Founder, Driven Young
The villa
A private eco-friendly retreat centre in Canggu, Bali, purpose-built for transformational experiences. 14 rooms, a private gym, yoga shala, ice bath, sauna, pool, and fire pit. Surrounded by rice fields, just 3 minutes from the beach.
Every meal prepared fresh
Cold plunge on demand
Full infrared sauna access
Night sessions under the stars
Fully equipped, no queues
Dedicated yoga & breathwork space
Who it's for
For founders who haven't taken a real break since they started.
Not Bali Online coaches
Not Shopify dropshippers.
Not crypto bros.
Real business owners, with real overheads, real struggles.
Average attendee is 27. Doing $500K–$5M/yr. Running a real business. 20+ industries
Systems, AI & Marketing
Pen and paper, no laptops. You learn how AI, systems and marketing fit together, and map the company brain your business will run on.
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Every system in your business on one page. What's manual, what's leaking, what only you can do.
02
How founders are actually using AI right now. Agents, automations, and where it pays off first.
03
How you sell, how you sound, who you serve. Written once, used by everything you build.
You walk out with
What makes us different
Most retreats focus on business, personal development, or recovery. We do all three.
Recovery isn't weakness. It's strategy.
Fully switched off all week.
A clear mind every morning.
Systems, AI and growth playbooks.
Slow the brain down.
A clear 12-month gameplan.
A proper look at every area of your life.
Yoga, ice baths, sauna, gym.
Every participant screened.
This actually works
"Life's too short, so you should be going for the Driven Young retreat so you can reclaim that lost time. It truly opened my eyes to the possibilities."
Shaun Paul
Chandeliers To Die For"Exactly what I didn’t know I needed. A reset, a push, and a room full of people who just get it"
Brielle Hall
Studio 6714"You just can not replicate an experience like this one, you truly find the answers and the people you didn't know you needed. I would have absolutely regretted not going now that I have come out the otherside. The value is endless."
Lachlan Foxwell
Lock Fox Mowing"What you think your going to get out of this, multiply it by ten and you will come close to what this retreat will do for you. "
Jake Davidson
Bunbury Maintain A Door"I can honestly say I feel like I found my people — the kind of lifelong friendships you hope to find, but never know if you actually will. And when I look back through all my photos, the biggest thing that stands out is the smile on my face in every single one. A genuine smile. The kind that says more than words ever could."
Jesse Spina
SpinFX Electrical NQ & SpinFX Electrical WA"Going to the Driven Young retreat was honestly life changing for me. I come from a small town, so just being in a room with thirty founders who are all doing great things, no phones, no distractions, was something I hadn't experienced before. That alone was worth it. I left a different person to the one who arrived on day one. The personal development side is hard to put into words, it genuinely changes you. On top of that, the business value from being around that calibre of people and conversation for three days was massive in its own right. Everyone's there for the same reasons, everyone's carrying their own load, and you genuinely feel like you've found your people. I came away having grown as a person and seeing a lot more potential in what's actually possible. Can't recommend it enough."
Liam Mills
Mills Media Productions"I went into this experience unsure what I was looking for, I came out of this experience knowing so much more about myself and my business. Doing an immersive retreat should be a foundation requirement do all people in business! "
Sharnie Thomson
McKenzie Manor"Byron has created something phenomenal and difficult to describe in words. Attending the retreat was a leap of faith, a chance for me to take agency of my mental health and find support and community with other founders. He created a space that made this all possible. The retreat itself was gorgeous, calming. The Founders he vetted were all empathetic and driven and open to building themselves as well as their business. I'm grateful to have attended and highly encourage all Founders to attend the retreat. "
Mariana
LAB ZER0Your host
8+ years in the business and personal development space. Professional speaker. Host of one of Australia's top podcasts.
Over 100 events run. Over 2,000 people worked with directly. Built Driven Young because nothing like it existed, and he needed it himself.
Nominated: Sydney Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 Finalist
8+
Years
100+
Events
2,000+
People
Requirements
Minimum $100K revenue
Application process
01
Tell us about your business, your numbers, and what's actually going on right now.
02
We screen for revenue, intent, energy, and fit. Most applications stop here.
03
Every applicant talks to Byron personally before being accepted. No team. No sales staff.
04
Byron makes the call. We'd rather say no than risk bringing the wrong person in.
05
You're invited to lock in your spot for the next available retreat and select your room.
