“Possibilities Are Endless When Great People Meet…”
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The Story
“Don’t pitch me, bro.”
I saw this on a t-shirt when I was in Silicon Valley in 2014.
It’s very relevant…
No one like events where everyone there is looking for their next “prey” and handing out their business cards like they are cheap photocopied fliers.
No one.
At the end of 2014 I was at an event I organize called Startup Weekend Adelaide and someone at the event told me it was really hard to meet new interesting people in Adelaide doing great things.
I thought that was an interesting comment.
Over the next few months I took notice of others saying similar things.
There had to be something in it!
So I decided to host a series of dinners…where I invited 4 interesting people I knew, but those 4 didn’t know each other.
But the catch was: they had to invite 1 interesting person they knew, who didn’t know anyone.
Each dinner was enthusiastically filled.
But the issue with dinners that have 10 people at them is that attendees can only really have in-depth conversations with those next to them, not those at the other ends.
I then decided in invite all the dinner groups to meet one another over drinks – which would be far easier to meet everyone than at a sit down dinner. Again the catch was that they had to invite 1 interesting person they knew, but who didn’t know anyone else.
We had 22 attend.
This first drinks was so successful that I decided to continue to organising these private monthly drinks, so everyone can all expand their networks, social circles and meet new people like them, doing similar things or who have similar interests.
Think house party vibe.
Every event has reached capacity and more than 250 people have attended so far.
Event Benefits
Attendees have got the following out of these events:
- New friends;
- New business deals;
- New employees;
- And even new romantic relationships!
Would you like to join in on future ones?
You’ll be bound to meet some new people including:
- Politicos;
- Lawyers;
- Adventurers;
- Film makers;
- App developers;
- Environmentalists;
- Travellers;
- Musicians;
- Nutritionists;
- Technologists;
- Night club promoters;
- Researchers;
- Entrepreneurs;
- Scientists;
- Professional athletes;
- Photographers;
- Chefs;
- Journalists;
- Designers;
- Architects;
- Magicians;
- Copywriters;
- And everyone in between!
Testimonials
“I was super impressed with the crowd you had there last night and didn’t get around half of them.” – Jenny
“I feel so honoured to be invited, thankyou very much and I would love to be involved. Warm Regards.” – Jacqui
“Hi Orren, Thanks so much for the invite, I love this idea!!” – Kate
“Hey Orren, Sounds great! Looking forward to it.” – Kirsty
“Hey man, thanks again for your work organising these events.” – Ella
“Awesome, thanks mate. Great to meet and chat last night, love what you are doing.” – David
“Hey Orren, Thanks for organising this, I had a great time the other night, as usual met some interesting people and it went way too quickly! Have a great weekend, see you next time!”- Carissa
“Hi Orren, Great idea to host a dinner and bring a friend. Really enjoyed last night thanks again.” – Joel
“Dude I love these events! Thanks so much for putting them on” – James
“Cool bud looking forward to getting to the next one when I can.” – Andrew
“That’s a great initiative.” – Michael
The Rules
- Individuals attend based on their relationship with trusted members – you MUST invite one of your interesting friends (but not your partner) who you think is awesome to join us and expand the group even further; and
- The purpose of this event is to introduce you to interesting people you have never met before rather than “business networking,” but if business comes up in conversation, go for it!
This means…
- If you RSVP to the meetup and don’t turn up or can’t make it (regardless if you let me know) twice (but not consecutively), then I’ll take you off the invite list as I’ll assume you are busy with other things. This is not personal and you can always re-sign up to invites when you are less busy;
- If you attend the meetup but don’t bring a friend or they cannot make it (regardless if you or they let me know) twice (but not consecutively), then I’ll take you off the invite list because this doesn’t align with the purpose of the meetup. This is not personal and you can always re-sign up to invites when you have someone to new to bring; and
- If don’t attend the meetup within 3 consecutive months, then I’ll take you off the invite list, as I’ll assume you are busy with other things. This is not personal and you can always re-sign up to invites when you are less busy.
