Founding can be lonely. Even when many tasks involve people, decisions, uncertainty, and daily responsibility are often carried alone. In those moments, a short informal exchange with people in a similar situation can be more valuable than another formal meeting.
This does not always require a large networking format. A shared remote lunch in the spirit of “Don’t eat alone”, an open question hour, or a short exchange without a fixed agenda can be enough. What matters is that these encounters can arise easily and have a clear, safe frame for everyone involved.
Events across company boundaries
The event feature makes it possible to create activities across companies. Encounters are no longer limited to one team. People from different companies can come together when they share a topic, a similar situation, or simply the wish to exchange ideas. An event can also remain entirely internal: the inviting person then accepts only members of their own company.
The person inviting keeps full control. They decide who can take part and accept participants deliberately. An invitation does not automatically grant access to all information or to the actual meeting.
The link only for accepted participants
The remote link becomes visible only to accepted users. This protects the event setting and prevents an invitation link from being passed on without control. Participants can also see who has access and which group is actually meeting.
This clarity matters especially for open, informal formats. They should be low-threshold but not arbitrary. Protected access creates enough reliability for people to engage in the exchange.
The technology is clear in advance
Each event can freely choose the tool used for the connection: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or another suitable tool. The choice is visible before people participate, so everyone knows what technology to expect and can prepare.
This avoids a small but common friction: discovering just before the event that another programme, account, or access is needed. Technology remains a means to an end, not a surprise.
Sharing knowledge openly
Events can also create space to talk about an area of expertise. Someone who knows Lexoffice particularly well could offer a session such as “Ask me anything about Lexoffice”. This is not a sales conversation; it is an invitation to bring questions and experience together.
Such formats can reach new customers, bring interested users together, or simply help someone understand questions around their specialty better. Direct exchange often reveals more clearly than assumptions what people actually care about and where they need support.
Space for conversations in between
The value of these events is not a measurable outcome. It lies in the conversations in between: sharing an experience, asking a question, and noticing that others face similar challenges. For founders, that informal exchange can help ensure that not every uncertainty has to be carried alone.