Clubs and irl community experiences

The idea for salooncame out of wanting to throw multidisciplinary parties in my apartment—I wanted to have a featured artist whose art would hang along the walls of my apartment like a gallery. I wanted people to perform—do a reading, a comedy act, play music. I wanted someone to make canapés, an importer to pour wine. I wanted it to be like one... See more

Patricia Mou's The Commons, based in San Francisco, exemplifies the Fourth Space concept. It describes itself as “a place of pause between stimulus and response”, where individuals can explore meaning, question paradigms and grow within a supportive community fabric.

Build a “digital world” around a valuable and interesting idea — a world so rich and captivating that people are attracted to it, want to explore, and inhabit it long-term , where true fans and happy customers organically emerge. I call this a ‘ Tiny Digital World .’

Before, we had bars. Then, we had Tinder. What happens if you combine the best of both of those? What if you could find a group of 100 people in a city who are the best matches for each other, put them in the same space IRL, and allow for serendipity and face-to-face interaction to do the rest?