🐺 We Started 2026 Outside

Welcome to the Social Coyote!

We met someone new at last week’s Founders Hike who asked how they could help build the ecosystem. One of my favorite questions.

This is a team sport, and we’re all working together, even if we’re building different businesses in different industries. That cross-pollination is what makes things so interesting, and often where innovation comes from.

Here are a few suggestions to kick off 2026 if you want to help bring even more people together in San Diego. I’m assuming that’s everyone’s New Year’s resolution, right?

• Invite one person to join you at an event. This works because you already have a built-in connection.

• Organize an event or a coffee. Find something you care deeply about and gather a few people around the idea.

• Find something that looks really cool but is on the other side of town, and bring it to your area. Where’s my South County Founders Mixer?

• Share one event with someone who’s looking to get connected.

• Welcome a newcomer to San Diego and show them where to plug in: Eventship, Startup San Diego, and Connect. You can be their tech sherpa!

• Go to an event and connect two people you know should meet.

This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it’s a solid place to start.

The more we connect, the faster the flywheel spins. It’s usually the small actions that matter most. When we all add a little something, our community grows stronger.

Wednesday, January 7

• The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Product Design at 6:00 PM - UCSD … Join waitlist

Thursday, January 8

• The In-Betweeners - For People Going Through A Work/Life Transition at 9:30 AM - Solana Beach… Organized by: Scott Mullens

Friday, January 9

• Founder Fridays at 7:30 AM - Solana Beah… Organized by: Niosha Kayhani

Tuesday, January 13

• Indie Hacker Happy Hour at 6:00 PM - Kearny Mesa

• San Diego Cyber Meetup at 5:00 PM - Vista

Wednesday, January 14

• Clay in San Diego: Create Personalized Sales Assets at Scale at 6:00 PM - One Paseo

Note: I tend not to include weekly recurring events on the lists. But we should know they are happening:

• Founders Coffee: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays

• The Group - Northpark: Wednesdays - Maya Moon Collective, Northpark

• The Group - Encinitas: Fridays - GoodOnya, Encinitas

• 1 Million Cups: Wednesdays - Ansir, Convoy

I’d call my brother Ti at Digitizing. They’ve built solid applications like BlezOnline. More importantly, it feels like working with family.

If you’re building and want a thoughtful team behind it, I’m happy to make the intro.

Wednesday, January 21

• Hussein’s North County SD Startup Mixer at 5:30 PM - Encinitas

Thursday, January 22

• AI Tinkerers San Diego: January Meetup at 5:30 PM - 4S Ranch

Welcome to the very first Founders Hike of the Year! And actually, my first event of the year. Here’s the LinkedIn post with a few additional photos if you wanted to join in and leave a comment.

Thank you, as always, for bringing us all together, Neal 🎩 and thank you, Patrick Meier, for capturing the photo and leading the beach cleanup.

Howl yeah!

Jonah 🐺 “the Howl Guy”

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