Who founded Longship?
Longship was founded by Cody Lakevold, Ryan Collins, Mathias Jonsson, and Mark Divine.
The Founders
Longship Founders
Longship was founded by Cody Lakevold, Ryan Collins, Mathias Jonsson, and Mark Divine.
Edmonton-born. IRL-first. Built around rucks, councils, events, crews, and practical accountability.
Quick answers
What do the Longship founders each focus on?
Cody Lakevold leads community and events, Ryan Collins leads relationships and partnerships, Mathias Jonsson leads systems and product, and Mark Divine supports leadership and human performance.
Is Mark Divine one of the Longship founders?
Yes. Longship lists Mark Divine as a co-founder and strategic advisor connected to leadership and human performance.
Where was Longship founded?
Longship is Edmonton-born and built around in-person rucks, councils, events, crews, and practical accountability.
Why we built Longship
Most men are not short on information. They are short on trusted men who know them, challenge them, and walk beside them in real life.
Longship was created to rebuild that kind of brotherhood: local, practical, disciplined, and grounded in service. We are not a therapy group, networking club, or online self-improvement brand. We are building real rooms where men can become stronger husbands, fathers, friends, leaders, and members of their communities.
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Cody Lakevold
Co-Founder, Community & Events
Cody leads the emotional and cultural heartbeat of Longship: the rooms, stories, conversations, and events where men become known.
What he brings
Lived experience, men's mental health advocacy, public speaking, community-building, and the ability to create rooms where men tell the truth.
Focus inside Longship
Culture, events, storytelling, member experience, and public-facing community leadership.
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Ryan Collins
Co-Founder, Relationships & Partnerships
Ryan builds the connective tissue around Longship: the relationships, partnerships, introductions, and local trust that help the community grow without becoming impersonal.
What he brings
Business relationships, community instincts, partnership-building, and a strong ability to connect men to the right people and opportunities.
Focus inside Longship
Onboarding, partnerships, local expansion, member connection, and sponsor/community relationships.
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Mathias Jonsson
Co-Founder, Systems & Product
Mathias turns Longship's mission into systems that can scale without losing the human core.
What he brings
Technology strategy, product thinking, operational systems, AI, automation, and execution discipline.
Focus inside Longship
Digital infrastructure, membership systems, app/product strategy, operations, and scalable community design.
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Mark Divine
Co-Founder / Strategic Advisor, Leadership & Human Performance
Mark brings decades of leadership, discipline, and human-performance training to Longship's standards and philosophy.
What he brings
Elite leadership training, mental toughness, service orientation, breathwork, Kokoro, and a disciplined model of integrated masculine growth.
Focus inside Longship
Leadership standards, performance philosophy, strategic guidance, and the deeper training lineage behind Longship's growth model.
How we work together
Longship is strongest because the founders do not all bring the same gift. Cody shapes the rooms. Ryan builds the relationships. Mathias builds the systems. Mark sharpens the standard.
Together, the work is simple: create places where men can show up consistently, speak honestly, train physically, think clearly, serve their families, and be held to a higher standard.
What Longship is and what it is not
- Longship is an IRL-first men's community, not a guru brand.
- We are not a substitute for therapy, medical care, or crisis support.
- We do not teach domination, resentment, or performative masculinity.
- We value responsibility, honesty, service, discipline, and humility.
- We believe stronger men should become safer, steadier, and more useful to the people around them.
- We build through real attendance: rucks, councils, events, crews, and practical accountability.
Start by showing up.
The best way to understand Longship is not to read about it. Come to a ruck, attend an event, or become a member.