This Week @ Founders Common

A community-first wellness club for founders

Author

Damian Tenuta
September 22, 2024

Happening this week

Last week’s Founders Run + Coffee!

Founders Run + Coffee!

Tue, Sep 22 @ 7:00 am

Sauna Sundays

Sun, Sep 29 @ 8:30 am

Pop-ups

Founders Run & Coffee! (#SF TechWeek)

Tue, Oct 8 @ 7:00 am

Founders Run & Coffee! (#LA TechWeek)

Tue, Oct 15 @ 7:00 am

What we’re building

Consistency creates community.

One of the cornerstones of Founders Common is consistency. Without consistency it’s not a community, it’s a group of strangers. It becomes transactional instead of relational.

We want to create scenarios where we come together and can see the same people week after week. That’s how real relationships form.

As we expand the events we do, we’ll prioritize consistency over variety. That’s our plan with the addition Sauna Sundays. We’ll create another place to connect over wellness.

The generosity I’ve seen already in this community has been amazing. Let’s keep that going. Give before you get and you’ll receive more than you could ever imagine.

Warm-up and conversations before our weekly run

I feel there are a few reasons for any success we’ve had so far:

  • Consistency creates community. It’s hard to develop a real relationship at one-time networking events. When you do the same thing every week, with the same people, relationships form naturally.

  • Barrier-to-entry. It’s a certain person who get’s up before 7 am to run 4 miles or jumps in a 38 degree tub. We want to know more of those people.

  • Shared values connect us. The people like you who show up, value their health and wellness just as much as their passion for building new things.

  • Sweating together makes connecting easier. It’s hard to wear a mask when you’re sweating; that’s the point!

  • Our name is who we are. It’s in the name “Founders” Common. We’re not here to pitch our start-ups. We’re here to meet other founders and like-minded people.

Those are the values that inform what we’re building: a community-first wellness club for founders and creators.

Last week at Founders Common

Founders Run and Coffee! Every Tuesday at 7 am we gather at Bandit in West Village to run and share coffee and conversations after.

We start every Tuesday with pre-run convos

Founders Sauna Sundays: Sunday morning we went to Othership Flatiron for a sauna + cold plunge session. The post sauna and cold energy and convos hit different. Be on the lookout for more of these on the horizon.

Command the room: We also had an amazing talk on public speaking and story telling with Melanie Fox of Speech Fox on Friday afternoon. We learned how to communicate for fundraising pitches, marketing content, sales calls, internal meetings or events we’re speaking at!!

See you on Tuesday!

-Damian