Our Most Exclusive Property Development Training Experience

The propertyCEO Founders Programme

Work directly with the founders of propertyCEO

This isn’t a course. It’s not coaching. It’s a seat at the table – hands-on guidance, strategic insight, and access to the networks that can accelerate your business.

Offered to a select few each year, the Founders Programme gives ambitious developers the clarity, perspective, and professional insight they need to make smarter decisions, move faster, and build a credible, scalable property development business.

It’s where strategy meets opportunity –  giving you the insight and access that can accelerate your development business.

A different level of support

Most property programmes focus on education. The Founders Programme focuses on results through strategy.

You’ll gain clarity and perspective on the pivotal decisions in your business: structuring deals, evaluating opportunities, and scaling your development enterprise with confidence.

The aim: place seasoned guidance alongside every major decision in your development journey – so you can act with certainty and move faster.

Work Side-By-Side With The Founders

At the heart of this programme is direct, hands-on access to the people that built propertyCEO, Ritchie Clapson and Ian Child.

This includes:

  • A full-day private boardroom strategy session at propertyCEO’s offices

  • Monthly private strategy calls with Ritchie for twelve months

  • Five in-person site visits to review projects or opportunities

  • Strategic review of proposed joint venture partnerships

  • Two private performance review dinners with Ritchie Clapson and Ian Child

  • Executive performance coaching sessions with Ian

  • Reference Ritchie Clapson and Ian Child as advisors to your business for three years

This level of access is rarely available outside established development firms, and it can transform the way you make decisions, structure deals, and grow your business.

Your Professional Development Team

Successful developers rarely operate alone.

Through the Founders Programme, you’ll gain access to propertyCEO’s very own team of professionals.

This includes:

  • Monthly deal strategy sessions with our planning consultant

  • Monthly legal deal review sessions

  • Monthly deal review sessions with the propertyCEO project management and quantity surveying team

  • Five full technical reviews by the propertyCEO technical team, including written reports and project manager consultation

  • Half-day strategy session with our architect, planner, structural engineer and QS to create your own bespoke deal assessment framework

Apply the same professional insight used by established development firms directly to your own projects.

Build A Credible, Scalable Development Business

The Founders Programme is designed to help you grow a professional property development business, not just complete individual deals. You’ll receive:

  • Comprehensive business audit with actionable strategies to scale faster

  • Executive performance coaching sessions

  • Investor pitch pack development through a specialist consultancy

  • Non-executive advisor vetting sessions

  • Done-for-you personal branding including a professional website

Industry Visibility and Market Positioning

We’ll help you position yourself as a credible, professional developer:

  • Professionally filmed propertyCEO case study video

  • Appearance on the Open Door Show

  • All benefits of the propertyCEO Mentorship Programme

  • Three years’ access to Planning Secrets Workshop

  • Three years’ access to Pro Elite sessions

  • Access to Property Development Masterclass

  • Three years’ propertyCEO Developers Club membership

Limited, Application-Only Access

Only a handful of people are invited each year.

This is your chance to gain the clarity, guidance, and strategic support most developers spend years searching for – often too late.

Apply now to explore whether the Founders Programme could be the game-changing step in your property development journey. request a private Founders Programme conversation by clicking the button below or emailing us at enquiries@propertyceo.co.uk quoting ‘Founders Programme Call Request’

Who the Founders Programme is For

This programme is for serious, ambitious people who want to:

Participants typically include people who:

  • Pursue larger or more complex development opportunities

  • Access experienced strategic input when evaluating deals

  • Build a professional development business, not just chase one-off projects

  • Work closely with developers who have scaled successful businesses

We only accept applicants where we genuinely believe we can accelerate their journey — because this programme demands focus, ambition, and commitment.