u/Pristine_Mud_763

I've been going down a rabbit hole watching videos of founders in San Francisco.

And honestly, I don't think their biggest advantage is access to VCs.

It's access to each other.

People casually organize board game nights, founder dinners, coffee walks, writing clubs, hack nights... and somehow those random evenings turn into introductions, first customers, co-founders, early hires, or people who'll happily repost your launch.

They're constantly bumping into other ambitious people.

That compounds.

Now compare that to Bengaluru.

We probably have just as many talented founders, designers, engineers, marketers, and indie builders.

But it feels like everyone is building in their own bubble.

You might spend months working on something without ever meeting another person who's obsessed with building.

Why don't we have a culture where every weekend there are small builder dinners, writing clubs, board game nights, or meetups specifically for people trying to grow their distribution?

Not networking events where everyone awkwardly swaps LinkedIn QR codes.

Just rooms full of people who are building things, sharing what they're learning, giving honest feedback, and helping each other grow.

Am I looking in the wrong places, or is this genuinely missing in Bengaluru?

Because if it doesn't exist, I kind of want to build it.

I've been going down a rabbit hole watching videos of founders in San Francisco.

And honestly, I don't think their biggest advantage is access to VCs.

It's access to each other.

People casually organize board game nights, founder dinners, coffee walks, writing clubs, hack nights... and somehow those random evenings turn into introductions, first customers, co-founders, early hires, or people who'll happily repost your launch.

They're constantly bumping into other ambitious people.

That compounds.

Now compare that to Bengaluru.

We probably have just as many talented founders, designers, engineers, marketers, and indie builders.

But it feels like everyone is building in their own bubble.

You might spend months working on something without ever meeting another person who's obsessed with building.

Why don't we have a culture where every weekend there are small builder dinners, writing clubs, board game nights, or meetups specifically for people trying to grow their distribution?

Not networking events where everyone awkwardly swaps LinkedIn QR codes.

Just rooms full of people who are building things, sharing what they're learning, giving honest feedback, and helping each other grow.

Am I looking in the wrong places, or is this genuinely missing in Bengaluru?

Because if it doesn't exist, I kind of want to build it.
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I've been going down a rabbit hole watching videos of founders in San Francisco.

And honestly, I don't think their biggest advantage is access to VCs.

It's access to each other.

People casually organize board game nights, founder dinners, coffee walks, writing clubs, hack nights... and somehow those random evenings turn into introductions, first customers, co-founders, early hires, or people who'll happily repost your launch.

They're constantly bumping into other ambitious people.

That compounds.

Now compare that to Bengaluru.

We probably have just as many talented founders, designers, engineers, marketers, and indie builders.

But it feels like everyone is building in their own bubble.

You might spend months working on something without ever meeting another person who's obsessed with building.

Why don't we have a culture where every weekend there are small builder dinners, writing clubs, board game nights, or meetups specifically for people trying to grow their distribution?

Not networking events where everyone awkwardly swaps LinkedIn QR codes.

Just rooms full of people who are building things, sharing what they're learning, giving honest feedback, and helping each other grow.

Am I looking in the wrong places, or is this genuinely missing in Bengaluru?

Because if it doesn't exist, I kind of want to build it.
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I've been going down a rabbit hole watching videos of founders in San Francisco.

And honestly, I don't think their biggest advantage is access to VCs.

It's access to each other.

People casually organize board game nights, founder dinners, coffee walks, writing clubs, hack nights... and somehow those random evenings turn into introductions, first customers, co-founders, early hires, or people who'll happily repost your launch.

They're constantly bumping into other ambitious people.

That compounds.

Now compare that to Bengaluru.

We probably have just as many talented founders, designers, engineers, marketers, and indie builders.

But it feels like everyone is building in their own bubble.

You might spend months working on something without ever meeting another person who's obsessed with building.

Why don't we have a culture where every weekend there are small builder dinners, writing clubs, board game nights, or meetups specifically for people trying to grow their distribution?

Not networking events where everyone awkwardly swaps LinkedIn QR codes.

Just rooms full of people who are building things, sharing what they're learning, giving honest feedback, and helping each other grow.

Am I looking in the wrong places, or is this genuinely missing in Bengaluru?

Because if it doesn't exist, I kind of want to build it.