Building Community, One Backyard at a Time
If you’ve ever tried to break into the Dallas startup scene, you’ve probably felt it: there’s energy here—but it’s scattered. There are pitch nights, coworking spaces, happy hours, newsletters, and massive conferences… but something’s been missing.
The events often felt too buttoned-up. Too transactional. You’d spend half the time explaining what you do to people who weren’t even building.
That’s not a real startup community. That’s networking. So we built something different.
⚡ Enter: Dallas Founders Club
Dallas Founders Club is for the people actually in it, founders, creators, operators, and dreamers who are up late tweaking landing pages and figuring out payroll.
It started with a simple question: “What if there was a space where Dallas founders could actually meet, without the fluff?”
We’re not selling tickets to a 5-hour pitch night in a hotel ballroom. We’re hosting laid-back meetups, rooftop hangs, and backyard gatherings with wood-fired pizzas, cold drinks, good music, and conversations that don’t suck.
No stages. No business cards. Just smart people building things and sharing what they’ve learned.
🧭 Who’s It For?
Dallas Founders Club isn’t one-size-fits-all—and we like it that way.
We’ve got:
Solo founders grinding out their first product
Second-time operators scaling new ventures
Creative entrepreneurs launching CPG brands
Founders reinventing family businesses
Tech builders, service providers, and everyone in between
If you’re building something real with heart, you belong here.
🤝 Not Just a Meetup. A Movement.
Dallas is changing fast. Startups are popping up in every zip code. VCs are taking a closer look. Schools like SMU are pouring more into entrepreneurship than ever before.
We’re tying those threads together.
Dallas Founders Club exists to connect:
Founders with other founders
Students with mentors
Investors with the next big thing (minus the awkward pitch)
And people with ideas who just want to be in the room
💬 What’s Next?
We’re early, but the momentum is real.
We’ve started hosting events across the city—small, intentional, and designed for real connection.
There’s a private Gemini chat where founders share wins, questions, and progress.
And we’re building relationships with VCs, universities, and community partners who believe in what we’re doing.
✍️ Our Bet?
Hospitality is strategy. When you create the right space, with the right people, magic happens.
The best ideas don’t always come from a whiteboard—they come from a porch conversation with a drink in hand.
📬 If that sounds like your kind of community, apply to join Dallas Founders Club
Real convos. Real people. Real community.
Welcome to the other side of entrepreneurshi
