My meetup events are a good hobby. I’ve grown a group to be the second largest 20s & 30s social group in the cities in one year, and I didn’t do anything.
I like to do a bunch of random stuff, and I guess that’s what everyone else likes, too. Unfortunately, we live in a stand-on-the-esculator kind of world.
After growing the group (actually, there’s another group too, 7,000 total, some doubled members though), the organizers wouldn’t talk to me. So I just started my own group.
I made it mid 20s so I don’t have kids come to it. I made it “or so” because friends were 39, and I wanted it to not have a hard line. I’m sure other groups have that in their description, but who reads the description when looking at groups? Perhaps everyone but me.
The group is going to tailor more to, well, my kind of people. Truth is, I just want more friends. Not just friends, but awesome friends.
I’ve made some from my events, and I sure have introduced a lot of people to each other (you’re welcome to all my Ukrainian friends).
My events are starting off in the North Loop. Why North Loop? North Loop is an area I want to explore more and rarely get the chance to do so.
Previously, I did that with Uptown.
It’s also really good because I’m learning about venues and making contacts, as I plan on making business events very soon, meaning before next tax season.
History-buff friends may be looking at my event location and thinking I’m looking back in the history book, but I’m only going forward. Speaking of which, I’ll be announcing the next chapter on Friday.