Mactan

Cebu City is the Philippines' second-largest city and its oldest — a dynamic blend of colonial heritage and modern commerce. Our Philippines bootcamp taps into one of Southeast Asia's most vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems, giving participants direct exposure to fast-growing Asian markets.

The programme itself is based just across the bridge on Mactan Island, in Lapu-Lapu City: close enough to reach Cebu easily, far enough that nobody can pull you back into the week you left. Six days on the coast, where strategy and stillness do the same job.

The venue: Crimson Resort & Spa Mactan

Six hectares, a private beach, and nowhere you need to be. The resort sits twelve minutes from Mactan–Cebu International Airport, which connects directly to Singapore, Dubai, Doha, Seoul and Tokyo.

• The room. Coral, held exclusively for the cohort from 9am to 10pm, with a dedicated 100 Mbps line for AI work.
• The reset. Aum Spa, fourteen treatment rooms. Day one is a full wellness day: massage, steam, sauna, jacuzzi.
• The table. A private welcome dinner on the sand at Azure Beach Club. Meals and breaks catered on site all week.

Why distance works

Most entrepreneurs don't lack ideas. They lack the right container. You already know what you are capable of. What you do not have is six uninterrupted days, a room of people at your level, and a method that starts with who you are before it touches your market.

• De-pressurise. Decisions made at a distance from the daily load are bolder and hold up longer.
• Start with the person. Strategy built on an identity you can name survives its first hard quarter.
• Work with AI, not around it. Structured prompting compresses weeks of validation into hours of decisions.
• Leave with a plan. A business model, a 90-day roadmap, and 4 to 12 weeks of aftercare to hold it, depending on your seat.

The daily rhythm

Work in the morning. Recover in the afternoon. Four hours of structured work a day, not ten — a nervous system under load produces variations on what it already knows. The afternoon block is not a reward for the morning; it is the condition that makes the next morning worth anything.

• 08:00 — Breakfast
• 09:00 — Morning session: the day's canvas
• 12:30 — Lunch, on site
• 13:00 — Afternoon session: apply and pressure-test
• 15:00 — Wellness block: spa, water, or your own company
• 19:30 — Dinner

Beyond the resort

New surroundings do something to the way you think that a different meeting room never will. Excursions are optional and scheduled around the work, with accredited local guides.

• Mactan Shrine — fifteen minutes from the resort, where Lapu-Lapu turned back Magellan in 1521.
• The water — reefs, island hops and whale sharks off the southern coast. February water is warm.
• Cebu City — an hour across the bridge: markets, Spanish-colonial streets and a serious food culture.

February on Mactan

February sits in the heart of the dry season, under the cooler northeast winds locals call the amihan. Expect sunny days, calm seas and some of the most comfortable weeks of the Philippine year, with the working sessions in the morning and the open blocks in the afternoon.

• 29–30°C Daytime high, steady across the week.
• 24–25°C Overnight low. You will not need anything warm.
• 27°C Sea temperature. The water is a reset, not a shock.
• ~7 days Carry some rain across the month, usually a short shower rather than a wet day.
• 80% Average humidity. The session room, your room and transfers are air-conditioned.

February falls in Cebu's dry season, outside the typhoon months. Pack light clothing and a rain layer for excursions. Weather disruption is covered under the force majeure terms of the participation agreement.

What every seat includes

• The full six-day programme
• Wellness day at Aum Spa and the welcome dinner
• Breakfasts, lunches and session catering
• Your online Strategic Canvas, hosted six weeks
• Training materials, including the AI prompt library
• Private 1-to-1 sessions and weekly online aftercare, as set by your seat (see below)

Not included: flights to and from Mactan–Cebu, your room at Crimson (booked under the group rate we hold for you), dinners other than the welcome dinner, alcoholic drinks, travel insurance and any visa costs, and applicable VAT. We do not sell travel or accommodation and carry no liability for either.

The aftercare

The bootcamp creates clarity. The aftercare builds the business. It is part of every seat, not an upsell attached to it, and it is the reason participants still have their roadmap in June.

• Weekly, for 4, 8 or 12 weeks. Online sessions with your cohort. Progress against the roadmap, and obstacles surfaced before they stall you.
• Throughout. Your canvas stays live for six weeks of hosted access, so the work you did on Mactan keeps being edited rather than filed.
• After your aftercare. Optional Innovator Membership, for those who want the execution stage held at the same standard as the design stage. Or make Mactan month one of an Innovator Year: €1,750 per month for 12 months, your Mactan seat included.

Who is in the room

Ten seats, selected by conversation. Every participant speaks with a facilitator first, because a cohort of ten only works if the ten belong in the same room. Seat types sit in the same cohort and follow the same six days; your seat decides how much private time and aftercare you get. A private session is 30 minutes live plus up to 30 minutes of follow-up work. Prices are per seat, excl. VAT, for business customers.

• Founder Seat: €4,500. You own the direction and the delivery. 1 private session and 4 weeks of aftercare.
• Enterprise Seat: €7,500. You lead a company through a growth or transition phase. 4 private sessions and 8 weeks of aftercare.
• Executive Seat: €15,000. You drive innovation inside a larger organisation. 8 private sessions, 12 weeks of aftercare and 1 session with your team.

Key dates

• 6 February 2027 — arrival in Mactan.
• 7–12 February 2027 — the programme.
• 13 February 2027 — departure. Home in time for Valentine's Day.

Payment terms, cancellation and force majeure — including seasonal weather disruption in the Philippines — are set out in full in the participation agreement, which you receive before you commit. Dates and venue are subject to final confirmation.