All tech offices should be open 1-2 days a week to the public with programming focused on the specific community they’re looking to reach

this is a pretty broad decree

what if your customers don’t live near you?

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i’m trying to think through examples where this wouldn’t work 

obviously office size is an issue

but there are very few examples where a company has a sufficiently large office and there aren’t *some* relevant stakeholders nearby (potential partners, customers, industry professionals, etc) that they could host

sure. but every week? open to the public?

Real estate tech company opens shop to agents and other real estate professionals once a week for a couple hours of coworking and a 30 minute workshop. 

What’s the harm?

i think you are severely underestimating the amount of work it takes to build an active irl community

I think Merkle would get a ton of benefit from hosting creators in the space once a week, yeah. Or developers. I even think a happy hour is too high lift. 

Coworking + workshop costs 3-5 man hours a week (with planning) and has asymmetric upside.

Real estate is a very specific example where all of your customers live near you. What about the social network we’re currently using? Would Farcaster be better if Merkle mandated an in person happy hour twice a week for people that live in Venice Beach California? 

What about once you sign up all the customers that live near you? Do you just keep hosting anyway?