20 Seats Only  ·  October 13

Gather at the Fire.
Build Something Real.

A sovereign evening for men who are building something — in their wealth, their relationships, and their lives — and who understand that none of it gets built alone.

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Franco's House, Yorktown Heights, NY $35 · Food & Cigars Included · BYOB
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Twenty seats. When the room is full, the room is full.

20 Seats Small by design
3 Hours Of unhurried, honest talk
Franco's House A real living room, not a stage
Month 4 Men keep coming back
Does this sound familiar?

You're Carrying More Than You Talk About

You show up. For your work, your family, the people counting on you to have it handled. Most days, you do. From the outside, it looks like you're winning — the numbers are up, the responsibilities are met, the house is in order. But handled isn't the same as aligned, and you know the difference even when nobody else would guess it.

"I can talk numbers with anyone. I can't remember the last time I talked about anything real."

Most men have plenty of people around them and almost nobody they actually talk to. Colleagues, competitors, acquaintances who ask how business is going and mean the small-talk version of the question. Real conversation — the kind where another man looks at you and you say the true thing instead of the easy one — gets rarer the more you build, not less.

Somewhere along the way, most of us learned that needing anything — counsel, correction, company — reads as weakness. So we carry it alone. We solve it alone. We call that strength, and some days it is. But strength that never sets anything down eventually breaks something, quietly, in a part of your life nobody's watching.

This isn't a complaint about your life. You've built something worth building. This is simply the truth that the men who build the most durable things — in wealth, in family, in themselves — are rarely doing it in isolation. They have a room. This is an invitation to one.

The cost of handling it alone

What Isolation Actually Costs a Builder

There's always a reason not to make time for this. The deal that's closing, the quarter that's tight, the family that needs you home. We tell ourselves the room can wait — that brotherhood is a nice idea for whenever things slow down. Things rarely slow down.

This isn't about one dinner fixing anything. It's about the discipline of showing up — deciding that building something real means building it with other men who are doing the same, instead of alone and behind a closed door.

The turning point

What Changes When Men Gather With Intention

There's a particular kind of clarity that only shows up around a real fire, with real food, with men who've made the deliberate choice to be present instead of performing. No stage. No pitch. No networking scramble to see who can out-impress whom.

The difference is intention. When an evening is held — when someone has actually thought about how to open the conversation, how to make honesty safe, how to move between real talk and real laughter — something shifts: men stop managing their image and start telling the truth. And in that truth, they find out how many of them were carrying the exact same weight alone.

This is what the Fireside has always been about.

Franco opens his own home because a hotel ballroom can't do what a living room does. Project Light exists because building something real — wealth, family, a life that's actually yours — is rarely a solo act. It happens in a room. It happens when one man finally says the thing he's been carrying, and the man next to him says, quietly, same.

October's Fireside is a continuation of that. Not a seminar. Not a pitch. A room full of men choosing, for one evening, to lead with greater intention — and to remember what it feels like to not be doing this alone.

What this evening makes room for

You'll Leave This Evening Having…

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Said the real thing, out loud

Not the boardroom update. The thing you've been sitting with alone — spoken to men who'll take it seriously and won't flinch.

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Found men building at your level

Whether you walk in knowing someone or walk in cold, the size of this room makes real connection the easy outcome, not the lucky one.

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Talked money without pretense

Wealth, risk, what's actually working and what isn't — discussed straight, among men who have something real at stake too.

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Left with sharper clarity

Not a framework. Not a worksheet. The kind of clarity that only shows up after three unhurried hours with men who'll ask you the real question.

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Remembered what brotherhood costs — and gives

It costs an evening. It gives you men who'll actually check on you next month. Most rooms don't. This one's built to.

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Walked out lit up, not performed out

Most gatherings ask something of you. This one gives something back. You'll drive home sharper than when you arrived.

Take Your Seat at the Fire

Tuesday, October 13  ·  6:00 PM ET  ·  Franco's House, Yorktown Heights, NY
$35 per seat — food and cigars included, BYOB.
Only 20 seats.

October Fireside — One Seat · $35

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From men who've gathered before

What the Room Has Held

I almost didn't go — I told myself I'd just work through it, like always. Two hours in, I said something out loud I hadn't told anyone. Nobody flinched. That was the whole thing I needed.

— A guest from a previous Fireside

I walked in knowing no one. Twenty minutes in, I was in a real conversation with a guy building something close to what I am. No pitch, no card exchange — just two men actually talking.

— A guest who came alone

This wasn't networking and it wasn't therapy. It was more honest than either. Good food, good cigars, and men willing to actually say the thing. I left clearer than I've been in months.

— A returning guest
Everything included in your seat

Your $35 Seat — What's Inside the Evening

This isn't a ticket to dinner. It's an invitation into a held evening — one where everything's been thought through so you don't have to think about anything except being in the room.

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A real meal at Franco's house
Yorktown Heights, NY — a home, not a venue. Exact address shared once you're registered.
Included
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Premium cigars
Provided for the evening. Don't smoke? No obligation — plenty of men come for the conversation alone.
Included
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BYOB
Bring whatever you drink. We'll have the glassware and the fire — you bring the bottle.
Included
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Guided, honest conversation
Franco holds the room — opening it up, keeping it real, making sure every man actually gets to speak.
Included
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Three unhurried hours
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM — enough time for the conversation to actually go somewhere, with nothing rushed.
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Your seat at the October Fireside $35

The exact address is shared after you register. Franco's House is in Yorktown Heights, NY. Plan to arrive a few minutes before 6:00 PM so you can settle in before the evening starts.

Step Into the Light — Claim Your Seat
Is this for you?

This Evening Was Built for You If…

✦ This is for you if…

  • ✓ You're building something — a business, a family, a life — and you're honest enough to admit you're doing some of it alone.
  • ✓ You lead, you provide, you carry weight — and you're ready for a room where you don't have to perform any of it.
  • ✓ You want conversation that goes past the update — the kind that leaves you clearer, not just talked out.
  • ✓ You're happy to come with a friend, or perfectly fine walking in knowing no one. Both are normal here.
  • ✓ You believe — or you're starting to — that brotherhood isn't a luxury for men who are building something real. It's the foundation.
  • ✓ Something in you said yes reading this, before your calendar had a chance to talk you out of it.

✦ This is not for you if…

  • ✕ You're looking for a networking event, a pitch night, or a place to hand out business cards.
  • ✕ You want a large, anonymous crowd where you can stay quiet in the back all night.
  • ✕ You're not open — even a little — to honest conversation or being asked a real question.
  • ✕ You're not available on October 13 in Yorktown Heights, NY.
Franco — Host, Men's Fireside Chat & Project Light
Franco
Host · Men's Fireside Chat & Project Light
About your host

The Man Who Keeps the Fire Lit

Franco knows what it costs to build something real while carrying it mostly alone — and he knows what it takes to stop. Not by stepping back from what he's building, but by insisting on a room where the truth is allowed to be said out loud.

The Fireside started as a conviction: that men who are actually building something — wealth, a family, a life that holds together — deserve a room that takes them as seriously as they take everything else they carry. That the inner work isn't separate from the outer results. It's what the outer results are built on.

Franco opens his own home for this, month after month, because a conference room can't do what a living room does. Every evening he hosts is held with the same conviction: that the man across the fire has something real to say — and deserves the room to say it.

October's Fireside continues that. Franco will be in the room the whole evening — not as a speaker, not running an agenda, but as a host in the truest sense: present, direct, and genuinely glad you're there.

Common questions

Everything You Might Be Wondering

What's included in my $35 seat?
Your $35 covers dinner, premium cigars, and the full three-hour Fireside experience — 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Bring your own drink; we'll have the glassware and the fire going. Nothing else to pay for once you're through the door.
How will I get the address?
Franco's House is in Yorktown Heights, NY — the exact address is sent by email once your seat is confirmed. We keep it off the public page on purpose; this is someone's home, not a venue.
I don't smoke cigars. Can I still come?
Absolutely. Plenty of men who've come never touch a cigar — they're there for the food, the fire, and the conversation. Nobody's counting who does and doesn't.
Can I bring my own drink?
Yes — it's BYOB. Bring whatever you actually drink, whether that's bourbon, beer, or sparkling water. We'll have the glassware ready.
Can I come alone? I don't know anyone else going.
Most men do, and the evening's built for exactly that. Twenty seats is small enough that you won't spend the night on the edge of the room — Franco makes sure of it. Several of the men who've loved these evenings most came in knowing nobody.
Is this a networking event or a business pitch night?
No. No business cards required, no pitches, no agenda around what you do for a living. Real connections and real deals have come out of these evenings — but that's a byproduct of honest conversation, never the design.
What if I'm exhausted from the week and not sure I have the energy?
Come anyway. The men who almost skip it because they're running on empty are usually the ones who say afterward it's exactly what they needed. This isn't one more thing demanding output from you. It replenishes. Showing up tired isn't a problem here.
Is there a deadline to reserve? Are seats really limited?
No deadline — you can reserve right up until the evening itself, as long as a seat remains. But the room is genuinely capped at twenty, and these evenings do fill, so don't wait until the last minute if you feel the pull to come.
🔥 Only 20 seats

One October Evening.
Built Different, Together.

The fire's already lit. The room is waiting. There's one seat left that belongs to you — all you have to do is claim it.

Tuesday, October 13  ·  6:00–9:00 PM ET
Franco's House, Yorktown Heights, NY
$35 · Food, cigars & guided conversation included.

October Fireside — One Seat · $35

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