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Founder Coffee: a morning for people building things.

An easy meetup for anyone building something. Members and non-members welcome.

By The Forge·1 min read
People gathered around the kitchen bar at The Forge

Building a company can be lonely. You spend all day deep in your own problems, and there’s nobody down the hall who’s been through the same thing. Founder Coffee fixes that, one cup at a time.

It’s an easy morning meetup at The Forge for anyone building something: a startup, a small business, a side project or just an idea you can’t stop thinking about. Members and non-members are welcome.

What happens

Not much, on purpose. There’s coffee in the kitchen, there are people around the bar, and there’s no agenda. You trade notes on what’s working and what isn’t. Someone asks how you found your first customer. Someone else knows a person you should meet. Before you know it, an hour has gone by and you’ve got three ideas and a new contact in your phone.

No pitches, no slides and no name tags.

People gathered around the long kitchen island with food trays and bar stools
The kitchen island, where most conversations at The Forge start.

Who you’ll meet

The people at The Forge are building all kinds of things. You’ll find founders, freelancers, remote workers, operators who have built and sold companies, and people who just moved to Beaumont and want to meet the folks who are making things happen here.

Ed Sturrock and Josh Phillips with guitars and a bottle of wine in front of the arcade games
Ed Sturrock (left) and Josh Phillips (right), who helps run The Forge, in the arcade after hours. Coffee in the morning, guitars at night.
The first-floor lounge with blue armchairs, a round coffee table and the staircase behind
Pull up a chair in the lounge.

Make a morning of it

When the coffee’s done, stay and work. A hot desk is $30 for the day, with WiFi, more coffee and the lounge included. No membership needed. Book a desk.

Two people playing ping pong in front of the arcade games on the first floor
And when you need a break, the ping pong table is right there.

Want to know when the next one is? Get in touch and we’ll let you know.

268 Pearl Street · Beaumont

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