Recaps and operating lessons from private dinners, salons, panels, and summits — with a focus on curation, conversation quality, and what happens after the room.
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Around 30 founders, Brazilian barbecue, and a long table designed for conversations that could go somewhere. What this private dinner taught us about building a room with real value.
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Ten founders took three minutes each. Here is what every one of them is building, who else was in the room, and why this kind of evening is worth more to a startup than another conference badge.
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Three days at KQED San Francisco. A thousand attendees, two hundred filmmakers, thirty-nine films made in 48 hours. Notes from producing Soulscape 2026 — and what the room said afterwards.
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The best rooms are designed around useful disagreement, not attendance count.
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