One opening question. Three intros by dessert.

Forwardable to any host. The shape stays the same. The host changes. The guest list changes. The brand on the table changes. The three-intros-by-dessert rule does not.

THE OPENING QUESTION (HOST-PICKED)

"What's the one thing you've been working on that you can't yet talk about publicly — and what would it take to be ready to?"

Picked because: it surfaces real work, not pitches. It produces drafted intros, not generic exchange of cards. Host swaps as needed.

SEAT PLAN · 8 ARCHETYPES

THE HOST
Opens, asks one question, makes 3 intros by dessert.
THE OPERATOR
Currently shipping. Talks about constraints, not vision.
THE WRITER
Listens twice as much. Will publish what's said.
THE FOUNDER
Mid-raise. Asks for one specific intro by name.
THE FUNDER
Quietly takes notes. Books 30-min follow-ups next week.
THE SCIENTIST
Translates a hard paper into one sentence at the table.
THE ARTIST
Brings an object. The object becomes the conversation.
THE NEXT GEN
5-10 years younger than the median. Forces the room to be legible.

TIMELINE · T-7 DAYS TO T+90 DAYS

T-7 days
Send the seat plan. Each guest knows their archetype and the opening question.
T-24 hrs
Send one paragraph: who's coming + the one question. Each guest pre-writes a 60-second answer.
Hour 0
Host opens with the question. Everyone speaks once before anyone speaks twice.
Hour 2
Brand-as-ritual moment (a tea, a scent, a stylus). Three intros made out loud.
Hour 3
One closing line each: what they'll do this week. Field-note artifact handed out.
T+36 hrs
Drafted intros land in inboxes. Host confirms. Sponsor cohort opens its first opt-ins.
T+90 days
Same table reconvenes. Bring one new archetype gap-filler each.

AT THE TABLE · AMBIENT CAPTURE

AMBIENT CAPTURE · Dinner kit

voice · camera · tap · qr

this save:

open to a host-mediated intro on this one

WHAT EACH GUEST TAKES HOME

Field note · Sunny-template dinner

The dinner, in one paragraph

From the table, May 25

Eight archetypes around one question. One artist brought a bell. Three intros were made before dessert. One of them landed by Saturday.

Intro queue · 36-hour window

Your drafted intro

Queued in your intro queue

To the founder you mentioned: a 4-line warm intro is already drafted in your queue. Confirm to send. It compounds your reputation, not your inbox.

BRAND-AS-RITUAL · OPTIONAL PLACEMENT

One brand per dinner. The product is the ritual object — a tea steeped during the opening question, a scent introduced at the second course, a notebook handed out at the closing line. Guests opt in to cohort follow-up; the brand pays for the cohort, not the impressions.

Target conversion: 8-12% opt-in-to-repeat-purchase across 90 days