For small business owners, side hustlers, and career changers.
Six 50 minute blocks in a Toronto café. The hang after is part of the calendar invite.
* Free. No tiers, no membership.
Every business has a list of things that never get done.
The cold email. The pricing page. The bookkeeping. The course you bought six months ago.
The doing isn't the problem. The starting is.
So you start.
The format
The day
A workday built around silent, focused creative blocks.
Six 50-minute blocks of work, in a real café. A lunch reset. Then we hang.
The block
Each block works like this:
- Say what you'll do (one sentence)
- Work for 50 minutes.
- Share what happened.
No tracking. No pressure.
Join how you want
No pressure to stay all day.
The social part
This isn't a networking event.
You just spent a few hours head-down, next to other people doing the same thing.
So we go and grab a drink at the end.
It feels like coworkers, without the work boundaries.
Next events
Approximate areas. Exact venue revealed 24 hours before each session.
Not the right week?
We'll let you know when a new session drops.
Sit next to people who've been at it longer.
The room is a mix. Some of the people next to you have been running their thing for years.
You won't know who until after. During the blocks, everyone is on their own list.
After the last block, we head somewhere together. Six hours in the same room makes the rest easy.
Community, not networking.
Who this is for
For.
- Designers.
- Engineers.
- Writers.
- Researchers.
- Founders.
- Marketers.
…plus anyone with something they keep meaning to do to bring.
FAQ
Yes. The room mixes small business owners, freelancers, side hustlers, and people in the middle of a career change, alongside people just bringing their regular 9 to 5. The shared thing is everyone has work they need to focus on. Nobody is sorted by sector or stage. The blocks treat everyone the same.
Coffeeshops and other public spaces. That means ambient noise: people talking, music, the occasional espresso machine. If you need total silence to work, this probably isn't for you. Bring headphones and you'll be fine.
Yes. No ticket, no upsell, no “pro” tier. We started it because we wanted to meet more people who actually care about their work. Charging would change who shows up.
Yes. Booking online lets us save you a spot and get you set up ahead of the day. If something comes up and you couldn't book, flag it when you arrive and we can usually get you in on the spot.
No. Most people come alone. Nobody talks during the blocks, so you don't have to be “on”. By the time the drinks start, you've already been sitting next to the same people for hours. The hang is easy from there. You can still bail whenever.
Yes. Get them to register online too so we can save their spot. If something changes last minute and they come along unexpectedly, let us know when you arrive and we'll do our best to accommodate.
No. Morning only (blocks 1 to 3), afternoon only (blocks 4 to 6), or the full day. Book whichever fits. Nobody tracks attendance.
If you're here to move something forward, it counts. Your daily work counts. A side project you never make time for counts. Real just means real to you.
Yes. Laptop, notebook, headphones, whatever you actually need to get done. Since the events happen in coffeeshops and other public spaces, there's always some background noise. You can take a call if you need to. Just be okay with the noise going the other way too.
Yes to both. Always wifi, always outlets. Not always one per person, so you may end up sharing with someone nearby. People are generally cool about it. Bring your charger and you're set.
It's fine to be late, but you really get the full experience by joining for the entire session. If you walk in while one's already running, people will be deep in the block, not looking up. People might not stop to say hi until the next break. Leaving during a block is also fine. Just do it quietly.