Built for clarity.

Grounded in values. Designed for execution.

The early stage is too costly to do alone. The Huddle is a private community where founders replace isolation with a weekly feedback loop, clearer decisions and consistent execution.

Our Vision

A high-trust community of founders who support each other’s execution, decision quality and values-aligned growth.

Our Story

Every great venture begins with a question:

The question was simple: what would it take for early-stage Muslim founders to stop building alone and start making better decisions every week?

It began with a small group of early-stage founders who shared a problem: too many big decisions, too little honest feedback and no consistent accountability. They learned quickly that entrepreneurship demands structure, a rhythm and people who understand the weight.

So we built, tested and rebuilt until the model worked. We removed what did not drive execution and kept what did: a small cohort, weekly accountability and a high-trust environment. The result is a space designed to reduce stalled decisions and wasted weeks.

That space became The Huddle: a working community where founders build companies with sharper judgment, clearer priorities and consistent follow-through. Success is not perfection. It is showing up weekly and executing.

Each iteration clarified what founders actually need in the early stage. The Huddle is built on three pillars:

As One Huddler Puts It

“I stopped carrying everything alone. My decisions got clearer and my weeks got more disciplined.”

That is what happens when community, accountability and values align around execution.

Our Core Values

The Huddle is for founders who are building for real and want accountability, candour and values-aligned ambition.

Faith and Growth

Build with reliance on God and commit to growth that holds up under pressure.

Belonging and Purpose

A high-trust environment where you can speak plainly, be challenged and keep purpose intact while executing.

Reflection and Action

Reflection that leads to committed actions. Clarity without execution is wasted.

Honesty and Courage

Direct feedback, hard conversations and the courage to act on what is true.

Our Core Team

Karlina Novumile

Runs operations and member support and helps cohorts run cleanly and consistently.

Yahia Tehami

As Head of Community at The Huddle, he delivers the Huddle experience each day, making sure our three pillars of Community, Accountability and Spirituality are running smoothly. His experience travelling

Silpi Babu

Leads member growth and product. Builds the systems and web app that keep the community focused and usable.

Saqib Qureshi

Founder of The Huddle. Fellow at the London School of Economics. Founder of Building Capital. Built The Huddle to give founders the weekly decision support he wished existed earlier.

Whatever shape it takes, your progress must be concrete.
It should show two things:

Weekly meetings are mandatory because accountability only works with presence.

Occasional absences are fine with prior notice. Repeated no-shows can result in membership being revoked.