Day 20: Preview of what it’s like being a Premium Member
Our monthly subscribers are the reason we can bring you great events, dinners, and community.
Premium Membership
We are launching a $475/mo premium community for businesses, entrepreneurs, and curious individuals. If you become a premium member you can read the paid article today. You’ll also be invited to 3 invite-only dinners in London, California, and NYC per year, 9+ private online dinners where we put on a show with in-depth presentations from industry leaders about important technology and business trends. You can read the full details of what’s included in your Premium Membership subscription below.
95 things included in your $475/mo membership
3 Builder Journey memberships — 1 for you, and 2 to give away to others in your company or friend group.
3 invitations to invite-only in-person dinners — we host group dinners at nice restaurants in London, California, and NYC. These are invite only, feature a special guests, and focus on introducing you to other members. Each dinner will also have multiple startups pitching their business.
9 invitations to invite-only online dinners — These events happen nearly once per month, they could include a live speaker, a special guest, and a live product demo of a new startup technology we find interesting. The full show happens over zoom, we bring the entertainment.. you bring your food and a beverage
30 podcast episodes — you’ll receive before they launch to the public (30+ episodes per year)
12 recordings of our private content — this ensures you’ll never miss the content from an interview, event, dinner, or panel
36 ‘premium’ articles on Substack — these are only for paying members, an provide you a weeks worth of content for podcasts, YouTube videos, and related articles. We pack these dense with hyperlinks of content we’ve already vetted and enjoyed. There’s a preview at the end of this article for this weeks.
1 private WhatsApp text group — built just for members who are actively paying for membership. This enables you to help shape this #builder community and become a vocal leader
1 complimentary membership to our VR/AR focused newsletter—Metaverse Monday — bringing Metaverse interviews and news to your inbox every Monday
Founding Membership
Our first 5 founding members will have their business mentioned as a “sponsor” on each podcast episode and newsletter until Jan. 2025! Your company will also have the opportunity to record a 1:1 podcast episode with me for 45 minutes where we dive into your business, product, and strategy
Our first 10 founding members will get their business mentioned as sponsors on all podcast episodes until Jan 2023.
Both tiers of members will have their company thank at each event we host.
Examples of the Benefits
Events
Since news about Apple’s VR headset is heating up, we wanted to host a live-podcast episode on Tuesday - you can tune in online to listen and to ask questions.
Premium Articles
These articles are intended to provide you with enough content to get you through the week. This means including pre-vetted podcast episodes which we highly recommend (this week has 6+ hours worth of episodes we recommend), as well as great articles to dive in and read. We are committed to sharing all of the great content we’ve collected during the week. We’ll also include our 2 cents, and provide you with ‘conversational information’ you can use at a dinner party.
We also cover important dinner topic conversations and highlight one great person per week who has built something great but passed away.
I hope you join!
~Don Stein (linkedin)