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find your best friends in the founder grind

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If you’re a founder looking to plug into some London events, here’s the link: https://t.co/Z4LoioIegc

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Feeling the fomo? Check out our events for this year.
come on thruuu: https://t.co/HhTUnJRpRL

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these people see you at your highest, lowest & everything in between.

this is what we're building at PLUGGED.

comment 'ROADMAP' for the complete 15 step roadmap to save your community from collapsing in 6 months.

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what japanese swordfighting taught me about community design

most networking events suck because only the polished version of you is welcome.

the rest gets left outside.

if everyone's only half in the room, real connection becomes impossible.

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that mosaic of spaces is how real belonging scales, not by forcing conformity, but by offering multiple ways to plug in.

the result? deep, life-defining relationships. roommates. partners. best friends. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.

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to build communities for real people, not personas, we must design for depth & complexity.

this is PLUGGED. if you're a founder, come thru.

DM "CHECKLIST" for 12 things to look for before joining any startup community.

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your events suck and here's why...

at their core, communities exist to solve the problem of belonging.

but we skip straight to trying to create that sense of belonging without asking the deeper question:

𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮?

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we contain 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬.

you at 8am ≠ you at 10pm ≠ you at 4am

but most spaces only welcome:

→the polished self
→the productive self
→the composed self

people shrink to fit. everything else stays outside.

no one is truly present = connection becomes impossible.

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DM me "CHECKLIST" and I'll send you the 12 things to look for before joining any startup community.

full breakdown here: https://t.co/vxyQrTWsYs

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your startup failing isn't the risk. failing alone is.

the lone genius myth is everywhere in startup land, but anyone who's actually built something knows that's bullshit.

behind every "solo" founder is a network of people who became functional infrastructure.

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this is why community isn't soft stuff.

it's a force multiplier.

when connection runs deep:

- talent circulates faster
- collabs compound
- people build bolder, quicker

velocity increases where real community exists.
but you gotta choose wisely.

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𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 at our Founders Retreat…

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 EPISODE 2

4 traitors vs 18 townsfolk.

Last week, justice was not served sadly - 1 civilian killed. 1 civilian eliminated. All 4 traitors survived.

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𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 at our Founders Retreat…

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 NOW

What began as the perfect week of deep work, wild adventures, and late-night bonding, with our good friends at @SuperteamUK , turned into pure chaos.

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Janine didn’t choose the founder life, the founder life chose her

humans of foundertown ep8

during foundertown, our annual retreat, we turned on the cameras and let our community speak from the heart.

in collab with @superteamuk

produced with love by @silas of @poduca

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what does it take to succeed as a solo founder?

humans of foundertown ep7

during foundertown, our annual retreat, we turned on the cameras and let our community speak from the heart.

Finlay Doyle shares his, secret to getting things done!

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find your best friends in the founder grind @pluggedfounders

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nearly going to zero in the bank account didn’t break them, it made them stronger

human of foundertown ep5

during foundertown, our annual retreat, we turned on the cameras and let our community speak from the heart.