Story Salon: Building vs. Inheriting

​We call it "building," but most of what we do is renovation.

​You're building a business—within existing market structures, regulatory frameworks, and cultural expectations. You're building community—using inherited social platforms, communication patterns, and relationship models. You're building solutions—to problems defined by systems you didn't design.

​When did you last build something that didn't require permission from structures you inherited?

​This isn't about rejecting everything that came before. It's about getting honest about the difference between revolutionary creation and evolutionary improvement. Both have value, but they require completely different strategies, resources, and expectations.

​Questions we'll explore:

• ​What would you build if you didn't have to fit into existing categories?

• ​How do inherited constraints shape what we think is possible?

• ​When is working within the system more powerful than building outside it?

• ​What's the difference between building something new and optimizing something old?

​This salon is for you if:

• ​You've ever felt constrained by "how things are done"

• ​You're curious about the difference between innovation and creation

• ​You want to examine what you're actually building vs. what you think you're building

• ​You're ready to question whether incremental change is enough

​Come ready to distinguish between the building you're doing and the building you could be doing. We're not here to tear down everything—we're here to see clearly what we're actually constructing.

​Limited to 12 curated participants. Real conversation, not networking.