Orbital Membership
The Orbital Membership gives you a lightweight reflection ritual for turning hard‑earned experience into insight.
Join other founders, independent professionals, and leaders who reflect every quarter and share what they're learning along the way.
When you're the one running the show, no one's going to make you pause and reflect.
"A lot has happened — but I haven't had time to process any of it."
"I'm not sure I'm asking the right questions."
"I'm moving fast, but I'm not sure if I'm going in the right direction."
Without regular reflection, you can't reliably tell what's moving you forward and what's quietly pulling you off course.
What gets lost isn't just insights—it's the clarity that keeps you from wasting months chasing the wrong thing.
Orbital Helps You Build a Consistent Practice
The Orbital Membership gives you a simple structure and accountability to capture insights every quarter.
You learn from experience while it's still fresh.
Insights fade quickly when you're moving fast. A regular reflection keeps them visible and actionable.
You create space for course correction.
A consistent rhythm gives you the distance to notice misalignment early—so you don't spend a quarter solving the wrong problem.
You follow through on your intentions.
The commitment to share insights creates natural accountability, turning your reflection from occasional thoughts into a consistent practice with real results.
You spend your time more deliberately.
It's easy to stay busy. A consistent practice helps you focus on what's worth doing—before your calendar fills up.
How Membership Works
Membership is built around two simple but powerful commitments:
Complete four quarterly reflections
Every 90 days, you step back to reflect on what's changed, what you've learned, and where you want to go next.
Write up two lessons
Twice a year, you distill one or two key lessons into a written post, audio, or any format that works for you.
In return, Orbital provides:
Structure
Quarterly reminders that fit into your existing workflow—without disruption.
Focus
No Slack. No standing calls. Just space to reflect on your terms.
Full Control
Private by default. Share only what you choose—inside the membership, publicly or anonymously.
Guidance
Simple, effective prompts so you're never staring at a blank page.
What We're Building Here
Gary Chou
Founder, Orbital
Reflection sounds simple; doing it consistently isn't.
It slips behind urgent work—or turns into expectation management, like board decks or investor updates, instead of real learning.
I built the Orbital Membership to change that: a dedicated space for learning first, everything else second. It's the quiet room before the noise of planning, communicating, and managing expectations takes over.
This is a practice-based membership—everyone here takes their support systems seriously. We handle the structure of the quarterly ritual so all you need to do is show up and think.
We'll also create lightweight ways for members to share insights (entirely on your terms). There's unique value in both learning from others' journeys and externalizing your own thinking, and the Membership is what enables this to happen.
If you're working on hard problems, value learning along the way, and want a system that ensures that it happens, come join us.
Become a Member
Join other founders, independent professionals, and leaders who reflect every quarter and share what they're learning along the way.
- Your rate stays locked for as long as you remain a member (price will increase for future members)
- Applications reviewed weekly with prompt replies
- Join by June 30 to start your Q3 reflection on time
“Growth requires two things: being pushed beyond your comfort zone, and having space to reflect on the mess. The push creates change; the reflection makes it stick.”