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my top 2023 lesson:

i don’t believe in “if you build it, they will come” as it relates to startups.

i 100% believe in it as it relates to community.

last year i felt i was missing spaces to express parts of myself IRL.

instead of remaining online, i decided to host meetups w/ zero expectations.

lifechanging.

building farcaster | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina | “lucky me, lucky mud” 🤠

love this! inspiring me to do more. how’d you start yours and why?

started meet-ups in London in 2022 and by the end 2023 my network was unlike anything I’d ever imagined

designer & maker (trust over attention) | creator of IRL walk & talk club | prev founding team rara.social | EV grantee @Mercatus, YakCollective, IIT Kanpur CS

it is called walk-n-talk : main objective is to induce lasting friendships via sharing time and space every sunday and building trust. 

we meet in a lively public space - share lifestories on a different theme, accompanied by a walk+ chai + experimental group activity. 

8-10 people show up everytime.

wow, love that you are having a similar experience with hosting your own meetups. any specific theme? what made you start?

it seems scary to try and pull together a group of non-friends with similar values or interests, but so worthwhile — even if only a few show, or just one!

I have been hosting IRL sunday meetups in my city for 5 weeks now and it's opening new kind of social possibilities that I always wished i had. Will continue.

work: identity, security, domainless. 
☁️💻🗺️

life: breath, bass, yoga, mountains, pups, elves, kendama

Wow that’s super interesting. What metro area if you don’t mind me asking? I’m in Denver.

all-in podcast meetups, farcaster meetups, some longevity meetups but met others who were more passionate about hosting those so now just attend, and a topics of controversy dinner series

You Love to see it. Any themes or was it just rando happy hours?

May take this since I’m back in Miami and want to contribute to the tech scene from my own work. 

Love your thoughts as always.

Damn! I’m having a similar experience with Coven. We may never have a PMF but we def getting closer to finding a product community fit as we’re building in public.