Debate Night: the audience is the cast 🎤
- When
- Thursday, September 10 · 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Cost
- Always free.
What's happened so far
- 124sessionshosted
- 232strangers havecome together
- 561+creative blockscompleted together
About
This is a debate show powered by the audience, hosted by our friends at Dragonfruit Ventures. 🎤
Across five rounds of 10 minutes, we’ll explore opposing sides of some of the biggest questions shaping work, technology and ambition:
- Pro AI vs. AI skeptical
- Entrepreneurship vs. corporate careers
- SF or bust
At the beginning of each round, the host introduces a provocative statement, for example:
“AI will replace 90% of jobs.”
Audience members choose a side, and selected participants debate the statement one on one. The rest of the room reacts, challenges the arguments and votes on which side made the stronger case.
This is not a traditional panel or a passive networking event. The audience is the cast. If you attend, come prepared to take a position, defend it and potentially step into the debate. You don’t need formal debating experience.
The entire experience will be filmed as a Jubilee style content production, with cameras capturing the debates, reactions, votes and conversations that follow. By attending, you should be comfortable appearing on camera and in published social content. 🎥
Networking follows right after the main event. We’ve also partnered with Boardy, an AI superconnector, to hear about who you are, why you’re coming and who you want to meet, then line up introductions with the right people. 🤝
Where this session happens and what past members say
Where
Creeds Coffee Bar
Open in maps450 Dupont Street, Toronto, ON M5R 3P3, Canadá
The structure really helped me stay focused and be very productive. The built in check-ins make it feel sustainable. It's a mix of work and socializing that I don't always find on my own.
Your host
Dragonfruit Ventures
Dragonfruit Ventures is a pre-seed & seed venture capital fund investing in exceptional startups, building in Consumer-Tech & Future of Work. They're dedicated to investing in bold founders and innovative companies, while providing value far beyond the cheque.
Questions you probably have
FAQ
It's fine to be late, but you really get the most by joining for the full session. If you walk in while a block is running, people will be deep in it and won't look up until the next break. Slip in quietly and we'll catch up at the break.
Pick the slot that fits. Morning only (blocks 1 to 3), afternoon only (blocks 4 to 6), or the whole day. Book whichever lines up. Nobody tracks attendance.
We are. The space isn't. Sessions happen in coffeeshops, so there's ambient noise the whole time: people talking nearby, music, the espresso machine. During a block, nobody in the group is having conversations. Headphones recommended either way.
After the last block, we walk to a spot nearby and unwind together. We hang out and decompress. No networking pressure. No pressure to drink. Stay as long as you like.
Yes to both. Bring whatever you actually need. If a call comes in, take it. We're in a coffeeshop, so the background noise goes both ways. Just don't start a long conversation with the people next to you mid-block. Save that for the breaks.
Whatever you'd use to do your work elsewhere. Laptop, notebook, sketchpad, whatever. Headphones strongly recommended for the ambient noise. We bring the rhythm. You bring the thing you're working on.
Nothing. Always free. Show up, bring something real, do the work.
Decide
One day. One thing finished.
- When
- Thursday, September 10
- 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Where
- Creeds Coffee Bar
- The Annex
- Cost
- Always free.
Wrong timing?
We'll let you know when the next session opens.