First batch of DC events happening in 2026 👇
Not including monthly Local Events (“Juntos”) in 100+ cities, and more Global Events added each quarter!
The entrepreneurial journey can be lonely, but in the DC you don’t have to do it alone.
There’s definitely something special about being in community, in-person, that’s hard to replicate.
Lifestyle location-indie founders in Dynamite Circle have been getting together in cities all over the world since the early 2010s.
Here’s where we’re hanging out this year:
Calling it right now. Being offline is going to become the new luxury activity in the coming years. It's going to be marketed as a high status social signal. It will be considered low class and uncouth to be on the Internet. There will be a boom in outdoor activities/supper clubs.
At most business conferences, status is the flex.
At DC events for lifestyle founders, collaboration is the flex.
🇲🇽 Choose your own adventure at DCMEX (May 6-8)
Local Events in January cont’d:
🇨🇦 Montreal, Jan 15
🇦🇺 Sydney, Jan 20
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Jan 21
🇨🇦 Vancouver, Jan 22
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Jan 22
Global Events in Q1:
🇵🇹 DC BLACK Lisbon, Feb 24-26
🇹🇼 DC BLACK Taipei, Mar 3-5
🇫🇷 Montpellier Chapter Event, Mar 27-29
🎄 Dynamite Circle Juntos in December
We got some really great submissions for our final Junto Photo contest of 2025.
In the end, there could only be one winner…
🇦🇺 Melbourne!
(The jury is out on how many of those people were added digitally😉)
We’re excited to see more lifestyle founders linking up in cities around the world in 2026!
Local Events in January:
🇹🇭 Koh Samui, Jan 14
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Jan 15
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Jan 15
🇺🇸 Portland, Jan 15
🇸🇬 Singapore, Jan 15
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Jan 15
����🇺 Melbourne, Jan 15
I’m in NYC for a Dynamite Circle Event.
My friend Ben is here. He has a company that makes custom designed condoms, got a lot of press in 2008 from Obama condoms.
Turns out he made the Trump condoms in the Epstein release today. What a world.
Back from NYC and my first @DynamiteCircle Black event
DC Black is for founders doing > $1,000,000 in revenue
I played baseball at Citi Field
Watched two musicals
Joined a fireside with @heif, the founder of @Meetup
And had two masterminds with some of the smartest entrepreneurs I know
My plan for 2026 is starting to firm up and it's mainly about growing the team to drive growth from $1M to $2M ARR
I'm going to hire
- A marketing ops / assistant
- A growth marketer
- 2 engineers
I'm also considering ways to drive more revenue through customer expansion, and even buying competitors(!)
It's fair to say I've come back feeling connected and focused
Thanks @TropicalMBA for organising
PS - yes there was street karaoke, it's NYC!
🇲🇽 TICKETS FOR DCMEX 2026 ARE LIVE
After a 3-year detour, we are BACK in Mexico City. Meet us May 6-8, 2026 at our new venue, the Hilton Mexico City Reforma.
For Buen Fin (Mexican Black Friday) tickets are $100 OFF until Tues Nov 18.
Lock in early and we’ll see you next May!
-Python scripts (via Cursor): scraping data more efficiently than workflow tools like N8N.
-Instantly AI: handling cold outreach follow-ups and booking calls automatically.
-Retell & VAPI: AI voice agents for after-hours lead capture, praised for accuracy and low “hallucination” rates.
(Pro tip: Switching Google My Business profiles to 24/7 to maximize calls these agents can catch.)
What new insight will you gain for your business? What new lifestyle hack will you discover? Which new business partner will you align with?
Only one way to find out…
Secure your spot for DCBKK! Tickets close Thursday, October 9.
For non-members: https://t.co/ss3XDLL1rZ
For members: https://t.co/LohMq7Mwcy
🇹🇭 25+ meet-ups (and counting) for #DCBKK25
“Choose your own adventure” of business and lifestyle content:
- Pre-Event Dinner at Siam Design Hotel
- DC Stand Up Comedy
- Tarot Readers Meet-Up
- From PageRank to AI: Reverse Engineering Google’s Algorithm with Data Science for SEO
- Personal Development Meet-Up: Stuck? Guided NLP to Crush Your Limits
- Partner Up! Find Your Next Business Partner, Co-Founder or Collaborator
- AI Citation Hacking: Get Your Site Linked Before Anyone Else
- Meet the Stray Cats of Lumpini Park
- The Exit Paradox: Why So Many Successful People are Unhappy
- Morning Tai Chi
- Tax Avoiders Anonymous: Conversations on International Tax Structuring
- Business Pivots: How is Your Business Shifting?
- Therapy: Limiting Beliefs & the Inner Work Journey
- AI Build Lab
- Lifestyle Business Owners Meet-Up
- YouTube Creators Meet-Up
- Personal Finance Meet-Up
- Neurodivergent and ADHD Meet-Up
- AI Stacking: How to Rank in Google and LLMs
- How to Prepare Your Business for a Gargantuan Exit
- How a Book Can Boost Your Business
- Points and Travel-Hacking Meet-Up
- DCBKK Comedy Show with Adam Palmeter
I am terrified
Wilson and I have worked on Senja for 3 years.
Shipping together, every week, side by side.
He's my ride or die, and I thought we were in this until the end.
Together we've built an incredible product that serves 2,500 paying customers.
But he’s ready for a new chapter.
And I'm not.
We've been stalling on this decision for a very long time.
At first I thought "if he's out, I'm out" and that I couldn't do this alone.
But over the last year, something changed.
I found a tribe. People like @jodie_cook@lkr@brennandunn@ItsKieranDrew and @nico_jeannen.
I found energy at @DynamiteCircle, @MicroConf, and with the #buildinpublic community.
I focused on my mental and physical health.
And I now work with the incredible @rotimi_best, who brings product and customer support excellence every day.
So I’ve decided to keep going.
Keep building. Keep growing. Keep making an impact.
It’s going to be tough.
But it’s right for me, and for Senja.
And through it all, I’ll have something even better than a cofounder: a life-long friend in @euboid.
We built something beautiful and I’ll always be proud of that.
Here’s to your next chapter, Wilson.
And here’s to Senja 2.0.
AMA