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San Diego needs more hubs—physical spaces where founders can hang out, meet other founders, and help each other.
A brief history: In around 2017, downtown San Diego had a successful hub hosted by EvoNexus. Founders could pop in as they liked, cross paths with other builders, and support each other without a formal arrangement.
However, EvoNexus left downtown and drifted away from this model all together, leaving the city with a void—made worse by COVID.
Currently, we have informal hubs centered around coffee shops. Which seem a bit different. Recurring events add some hub value to the ecosystem, but most of these events vary in time and location.
I’m not sure if we need a Lord-of-the-Rings style "one hub to rule them all." It seems like we could benefit from having many. SDx is a great example of a specialized hub that supports AI builders here. Perhaps we need a web3 hub at Edge. Both SDx and Edge host founders and events, adding valuable consistency and presence to the San Diego ecosystem. These are just two examples. There are many others.
Why do in-person hubs matter? They foster serendipity and they support ideation, problem-solving, and building better businesses.
We’re all about connections. The more places we have for coyotes to interact, the greater the chance our founders and builders will succeed and pass along their knowledge to the next generation of founders and builders.
Adding more hubs is a no-brainer for supporting connections in San Diego.
Here are the happenings you should know about:
🐺 Monday August 26
Carlsbad Life In Action August Gathering - Life Sciences at 5:30 PM - [Carlsbad]
Consumer Innovation Connect 2024 at 6:00 PM - [Mission Valley]
🐺 Tuesday August 27
Accelerate California Entrepreneurship (ACE) Pitch Competition at 2:30 PM - [USD]
UX Research Sunset Session at 6:00 PM - [Paradise Point]
EV Happy Hour and Networking at 6:00 PM - [Miramar]
🐺 Wednesday August 28
TEDxSanDiego Women: Moxie at 6:00 PM - [La Jolla] … sold out
San Diego Cyber Group Meetup at 6:00 PM - [Mission Valley]
🐺 Thursday August 29
Grow Your Business with Design Thinking at 6:00 PM - [Kearny Mesa]
🐺 Friday August 30
Creative Mornings: Gill Sotu at 8:15 AM - [Downtown]
🐺 Sunday September 1
Weekend Function() { Meet and Learn from Local Software Developers } at 12:00 PM - [Little Italy]
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Let’s compete for the Coyote Connector of the Month starting in September. You in?
I’ve set a goal for myself to attend 1 event a week. I’m ramping this up in September after my trip to Vermont. There aren’t a ton of startup events out here. My eyes are still on SD.
Here’s how to play. Attend San Diego events and send me:
Human name
Event name
Photo of event (or tag me in a post)
And I’ll add you to the Coyote Connector tracker. I’m thinking it could be cool to take the winner out for tacos?!
p.s. the event doesn’t need to be in the Coyote. But sorry, no, rec volleyball doesn’t count Al. Founders Volleyball? Now we’re talkin! <smile>
Here’s what we can get excited about next week:
🐺 Wednesday September 4
($) BioTech Founders & Coffee at 8:30 AM - [UCSD]
🐺 Friday September 6
SD Founders Hike - September at 6:30 - [Torrey Pines]
VIP eCommerce Brunch and Happy Hour in San Diego! at 11:00 AM - [Little Italy]
Founder Fridays San Diego at 11:30 AM - [Kearny Mesa]
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