Comic Con 2019. Built from spare Lime scooter parts. So heavy.
Someone asked me the other day why I like Halloween so much.
It’s not because I have a 4-year-old or any sort of obsession with skeletons, witches, or werewolves. I don’t even really like scary movies. If you forced me to pick a genre, it’d probably be supernatural, but I’d probably watch it during the daylight hours.
But the honest answer, once I thought about it all week, is pretty similar to why I like startups and the people who build them.
There’s something about the creativity of the costumes. Some people really put thought, time, and have an eye for the details.
No matter what it is, there’s a flavor of the creator.
That’s the same feeling I get when someone describes a business they’re building that solves a problem in a way nobody else is solving it. Like Self Inspection. Get a text, take a few photos of your car, walk away. That’s it, simple and clever. Wildly complex under the hood.
Neither Halloween nor startups require complexity. Some of the best versions of both are simple.
Clever and creative are maybe two of my favorite words in the English language. And they have a touch of the founder/creator’s taste and personality embedded in them.
Yes, we’re throwing a Halloween party. And yes, I love the idea of our builder friends dressing up for the fun of it.
But I’d be just as impressed by a well-done witch costume as a two-story cardboard Transformer. Autobots, transform and roll out!
Most holidays don’t have creativity baked in.
Maybe Halloween is the entrepreneur’s holiday. I’ve never heard that said out loud. But why not be a little weird and try it on?
What do you think? Does this idea scare you, or does it have a sense of howl yeah to it?
What we’re howling about this week: |
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Monday, October 19
($) Innovation Night at 5:30 PM - UCSD
Tuesday, October 20
Hussein's North County SD Startup Mixer at 5:30 PM - Solana Beach
Ladies' Night + Fireside Chat: Unfiltered Conversations about Women’s Health at 5:30 PM - Rancho Bernardo
Wednesday, October 21
($) Connect: Founders Forum at 8:00 AM - Mission Valley … Coyote Code: COYOTESCONNECT 🐾
Agentic Coding & Cloudflare Wrangler at 6:00 PM - Carmel Valley
Thursday, October 22
Retrieval vs inference at 5:30 PM - Scripps Ranch
Saturday, October 24
DEVx: Casual Morning Hike — Meet San Diego Tech People at 8:00 AM - La Mesa
c0mpiled-16: UCSD at 2:00 PM - UCSD
🎃 Howl-o-ween is almost here |
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October 29 in Mission Beach. Costumes strongly encouraged!
Teaming up with Juno Tax, Cooley, and EyePop to throw this one. Grateful for the support.
If you came to the End of Summer Party, check your DMs for a code from me.
What we’re howling about next week: |
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Wednesday, October 28
Biotech Boos and Booze at New Motion and Embolden! at 5:30 PM - Miramar
Claude Cowork for Legal Workflows at 6:00 PM - Downtown
San Diego Cyber Group Meetup at 6:00 PM - Mission Valley
Thursday, October 29
($) Howl-o-ween at 5:30 PM - Mission Beach 🎃
AI Tinkerers San Diego: GTM Engineering Meetup at 6:00 PM - Register for Location
Mark Your Calendars |
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Monday, November 2
Women's Venture Summit 2026 - 4-day event … code: COYOTE25
San Diego Startup Week 2026 - 5-day event
See you in the wild!
Jonah 🐺
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P.S. We rarely hear about the connections that happen through this newsletter. New friends, ventures, hires, even the occasional romantic partner. I’m okay with connecting for the sake of connecting. But I’d love to share more of these stories. They fire me up every time.
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