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Do you run experiments when you head out to events?
This could be testing a one-liner or a new company name.
I run experiments all the time. Here’s one that really stuck with to me.
A while back I decided to test a new title I was workshopping: Dad.
I do have a little one (some of you have met her at Founders hikes) and we hang out a few days per week as part of our daycare plan. So pretty authentic.
This felt like a great opportunity for an experiment. When I met new people in the wild, I tested one of two approaches to the question: What do you do outside of the Social Coyote?
I answered with enthusiasm, “I’m a dad!” and watched the reaction.
I answered with sheepish tone “I’m a dad..” and watch the reaction.
You’d be surprised how many people reflected my energy back at me. I was learning that it might not be about what I said, but how I said it.
Because our energy can be infectious, and it often creates an aura that pulls us toward positive conversations with others.
Sometimes the only way to prove it is to run an experiment.
What’s happening this week: |
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Tuesday, July 8
SD Founders Afternoon Hike at 5:00 PM - Torrey Pines Gliderport
San Diego North County Cyber Meetup at 5:00 PM - Vista
🐾 Indie Hacker Happy Hour at 6:00 PM - Kearny Mesa
Wednesday, July 9
Hackfrontier: Borderless Builders - Day 1 at 3:00 PM - Sorrento Valley
AI Makers Meetup (North) at 6:00 PM - Solana Beach
Thursday, July 10
Hackfrontier: Borderless Builders - Day 2 at 7:00 AM - Sorrento Valley
($) Escondido AgX Gathering at 8:30 AM - Escondido
SDx Paper Club - Reinforcing Multi-Turn Reasoning in LLM Agents via Turn-Level Credit Assignment at 7:00 PM - Kearny Mesa
Friday, July 11
Founder Fridays at 7:30 AM - Del Mar
First Friday Co-Working and Lunch at 10:00 AM - Convoy
What’s happening next week: |
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Tuesday, July 15
🐾 Pack of One: Solopreneurs, Remote from HQs and Han-Solos at 12:00 PM - Liberty Station … here’s a post about this experiment
San Diego Tech Beer at 6:00 PM - Mission Valley
Wednesday, July 16
North County SD Startup Mixer at 5:30 PM - Encinitas
Thursday, July 17
SD Founder Build Day - North County at 9:30 AM - Encinitas
SD Founder Build Day - Central/Convoy at 9:30 AM - Convoy
SD Founder Build Day - Downtown at 9:30 AM - Downtown
What Kind of Startup Are You? at 9:30 AM - Kearny Mesa
Windsurf San Diego Developer Meetup at 5:00 PM - Scripps Ranch
SD Entrepreneurship Exchange: Happy Hour at 5:30 PM - Miramar
🐾 AI Happy Hour July at 6:30 PM - North Park
Friday, July 18
SD Founders Surf at 6:30 AM - Cardiff
Saturday, July 19
SD Machine Learning: Computer Vision -- Image Formation at 12:00 PM - Rancho Bernardo
Howl yeah! Let’s get a little more connected this week,
Jonah “the Howl Guy” 🐺
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