Conscious Connection: Ugly Holiday Sweater Edition!
A² x The Red Fridge Society Present: Authentic Austin's Conscious Connection series!
tl;dr: This unique gathering brings together founders, leaders, and curious people in Austin for an evening of Conscious Connection. This isn't a traditional "networking" event. A² is all about the authenticity that comes from depth.
🎄🕎🪔 Wear your ugliest holiday sweater to celebrate!
We're inviting both the market-focused leader AND the spiritual seeker within you to the table. Our events are part-networking, part-spiritual practice, combined into something WAY deeper.
💬 What attendees are saying:
"LOVED it. There's nothing else like this in Austin. This is something magical." 🤯
"As a founder, I’m finding the people that I LOVE here. They’re spiritual people that happen to be in business of some sort." 🔥
👯♂️ This is for you if:
You feel like traditional "networking" events are too "business-ey". Sometimes they’re great and other times they feel transactional, like speed dating on how to build a business
You might like "conscious" events (note: not religious), which are soul-filling, but feel divorced from the day-to-day reality of being a business owner unless you literally run a monastery
You want to move past the bullshit and actually connect with cool people
You struggle to let yourself go to events
You're an introvert
🤔 What to expect:
Guided meditation to settle and arrive
Facilitated connection circle to share vulnerably with fellow authentic Austinites
Group connection time
Excellent vibes
👥 Who you might meet:
A finance professor who writes about emotion in money
A startup founder who is committed to building their business in a conscious manner
A product executive-turned-consultant who is as much a therapist as a consultant
A sales director who meditates every day and wants to master the spiritual game of chess
A software engineer whose passion lies in creating IRL communities
A former management consultant turned swim director and volunteer at the YMCA
A therapist turned conscious community builder
Whether you're a startup founder, seasoned executive, emerging leader, or simply curious about developing a more authentic approach to life and work, we invite you to bring your whole self to the table and connect deeply with others.
🧳 What to bring:
Presence and an open mind
Your amazing & authentic self!
🧘 Location:
We’re excited to host this session at The Red Fridge Society.
The Red Fridge Society is a private community and workspace for entrepreneurs, investors, and creators. They focus on manifesting serendipity by fostering diverse interactions among members and moving forward together, celebrating successes, and supporting each other through downs.
There’s strong value alignment with A² and I’m excited about the quality of attendees and conversations we’ll have. Here’s a sampling of the members you might meet:
Serial entrepreneurs: like A.T. Fouty of Nibbles, to founders with decades in the same business and tens of millions in ARR, like Steve Rafferty of Active Prospect.
Investors: Everyone from emerging seed-focused VCs like Zaz Floreani of FirstMile Ventures, to growth equity investors like Jim Curry, who held leadership roles at Dell and Rackspace, and co-founded BuildGroup.
You can read more about the Red Fridge Society here.
🍹Drinks:
Non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks will be provided!
🚗 Parking:
There is a small parking lot behind The Red Fridge Society. Feel free to park in any spot in that lot.
There’s also street parking if you prefer.
👨🏾 About the facilitator:
Meet Yash: I'm an executive & leadership coach and transformational retreat facilitator for founders, leaders, and teams.
I have nearly 10 years of experience partnering with hundreds of clients in every department of the modern tech org to help them with their highest-priority challenges - both as a coach and retreat facilitator.
tl;dr: I'm a founder and my work is to facilitate incredible groups.