About The Breakout School

Building the rooms where meaningful conversations happen.

The Breakout School brings founders, builders, investors and ambitious people into the same room — not just to network, but to create conversations that lead somewhere.

Ayaan Shaikh, Founder & CEO of Breakout School

Meet the founder

"I didn't want to build another networking event. I wanted to build the room I wished existed."

Breakout School started because I was tired of events where you leave with a stack of business cards and nothing real. I'm building this around the opposite — small rooms where founders, builders, and investors actually talk, actually help each other, and actually stay in touch after.

No stage, no script. Just the right people in one room, and a conversation that's allowed to go somewhere.

Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari, MD of The Breakout School

Meet the MD

"If Ayaan is building the vision, my job is making sure it actually happens in the room."

As MD, I run everything that turns an idea into an event people actually show up for — logistics, partnerships, and the hundred small details that decide whether a room feels effortless or falls flat.

A great concept means nothing if the execution isn't there on the day — so that's where I spend most of my time.

Philosophy

Why we built this.

01

Less networking.

More conversations.

02

Less pitching into the void.

More useful feedback.

03

Less collecting contacts.

More real relationships.

The room

Founders. Builders. Investors. One room.

Real conversations. Real founders. Real opportunities.

Where ideas get challenged.

Questions that matter.

Conversations that continue.

8 August

Moments from the room.

The room

Different backgrounds.
One room.

The full Breakout School room together on 8 August — founders, builders, and investors

Ecosystem

Support from the ecosystem.

Scouts, VCs, and mentors from the wider founder ecosystem — backing what we're building.

DS

Dr. Seel

VC Scout

Come build the next room with us.

Every great company started with a single conversation. Find yours at the next Breakout School event.