Podkin

Five members. One host. One hour a week.

Back a pod with credits. It opens when four people join — or your credits come straight back.

Pod 01

Saturdays, 8:00pm UKTBC — new dates coming soon

Request a seat for the next dates — free

Requesting a seat is free and puts you on the list. When dates are confirmed, we'll ask you to back the pod with credits.

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    Buy credits

    Packs of Starter 2 credits for £25, Regular 6 for £69, or Committed 12 for £129. A Peer session costs 1 credit, Pro 2, Expert 3. Each pod page shows the total before you commit.

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    Back a pod

    Pick a pod you'd like to join. The credits it needs go on hold — not spent. You can withdraw any time before it opens.

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    It opens at 4

    Once four people back it, the pod opens and your held credits are spent on your seat. Maximum five seats; after that there's a waitlist. Your pod chat opens too, for members and the host to keep in touch between Zoom sessions without sharing phone numbers.

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    Or your credits come back

    If a pod misses its deadline, it doesn't run and every held credit goes straight back to your wallet, automatically.

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    Meet weekly for 60 minutes

    Five members and a host, same slot, on Zoom. Agendas arrive ahead of every call. Notes and actions go to your inbox and your pod's chat. Recording, transcript and AI recap are provided only with everyone's consent.

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    At the end: keep, continue, or switch

    Rejoin the next cohort, continue privately with no Podkin fee, or back another pod. Nothing is on autopilot.

Pod chat

A private pod chat for the members and host, so you can keep talking between sessions without anyone sharing a phone number. Recaps are posted there, it stays open after the run, and you can mute, report or leave at any time.

Illustration of a pod chat with fictional members sharing an article, a host posting a recap, follow-up questions and replies. The chat stays open after the run ends. This illustration is not interactive.

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Five members and one host — six different reasons.

Illustrative examples of how members use Podkin.

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Alex, 27 fintech analyst

Alex wanted senior-operator exposure his day job wouldn't give him. He joined a six-week Pro pod on early-stage GTM run by a former COO. By week three he was bringing his own board deck for feedback. He's stayed on with the same four for another run — privately, no Podkin fee.

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Sofia, 31 product designer

Sofia wanted into crypto without the YouTube rabbit hole. She started with a Peer pod for total beginners, then sat in on an Expert clinic with a protocol founder. Two runs, back to back.

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Priya, 34 engineering manager

Priya was planning six months in South America. She joined a Peer pod of four other remote-working travellers and one host who'd done the loop twice. Practical, specific, and cheaper than a single coaching hour.

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Dan, 29 product manager

Dan wanted to build side projects that shipped, not sit through more tutorials. His Pro pod worked in public — five projects, weekly demos, honest feedback. Two of them are still running as private pods a year later.

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Marcus, 41 small-scale developer

Marcus was pivoting from property into product. He used a single Expert clinic to pressure-test his transition story with a PM director, then a longer Pro pod to actually rebuild his portfolio. Job offer in month four.

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Ruth M., 56 host

Former NHS operations director who ran hospital rotas and budgets for two decades. Ruth hosts a weekly Expert pod on managing teams through change for five members. She earns more per hour than consulting paid, and doesn't chase clients.

Every question we get.

Yes. Your pod chat, for members and the host only, stays open after the last session, and nobody ever has to share a phone number. Mute, report or leave whenever you like.

The intended slot is Saturdays, 8:00pm UK. Start date: TBC — new dates coming soon. Requesting a seat is free and puts you on the list. When dates are confirmed, we'll ask you to back the pod with credits. Pod 01 is £25 for 2 credits (1 credit a session, Peer tier) at Starter-pack pricing when booking reopens.

Seats are paid in credits. A Peer session is 1 credit, Pro 2, Expert 3. Pod 01: £25 for 2 credits (1 credit a session, Peer tier), using the Starter pack; larger packs have a lower price per credit. Packs: Starter 2 for £25 (£12.50 per credit), Regular 6 for £69 (£11.50), Committed 12 for £129 (£10.75), VAT included. Credit packs are paid for at checkout. Backing puts credits on hold; they are spent when the pod opens. Booking an already-open pod spends credits immediately. Purchased credits never expire, and unused ones can be refunded in cash from your wallet.

Three options. Rejoin — the host runs another cohort and you get first refusal on a seat. Continue privately — the five of you keep meeting on your own, no Podkin fee. Or start another — back any other pod.

Yes. You can withdraw your backing any time before a pod opens and the held credits return to your wallet. You also have a legal 14-day right to cancel any credit purchase.

If a pod doesn't reach four backers by its deadline, your held credits return automatically. If a pod that has opened is cancelled before it starts, your credits are refunded to your wallet and you can request cash back from there.

Members choose and back pods themselves. Podkin reviews every host before they run a pod, and helps place people in another pod when the one they want is full.

Request an example pod to register your interest for free. When four people request it, we can arrange a host and dates. Once dates are confirmed and backing opens, back it with credits; the credits are held until the pod reaches its stated threshold. Full pods have a waitlist.

Only with consent from everyone in the room. When they are, recordings and transcripts are kept for 12 months after the pod ends, then deleted. You also get an AI summary, which may be kept longer as a record of your pod.

Yes — private pods use the same structure, agenda, and tools. Bring four people, pick a slot, we handle the rest.

Anyone with lived expertise can apply. Hosts set their tier, session count, and weekly slot. Podkin fills the seats, handles recaps, and pays out 70% of session value weekly (80% for founding hosts for their first 3 months, where agreed in writing).

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Join the waitlist and request the next dates, or apply to host your own.

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