A curated series of intimate, in-person events in private homes, akin to Sofar Sounds, but featuring a variety of entertainment like talks, comedy, and science presentations, rather than just music, providing a high-quality and novel social experience.
Opportunity6.7
Why now
Post-COVID, people value in-person events more; the 'brand is the only moat' philosophy emphasizes the importance of establishing trust and a consistent quality experience.
Market gap
A lack of curated, high-quality, intimate, and novel in-person entertainment options beyond music.
Business fit
Type
Event series/Entertainment platform
Target
Individuals and couples seeking unique, curated, in-person social and entertainment experiences.
Revenue
Not enriched
Founder
Someone with strong curation skills, event management experience, and community building acumen.
Scores
Problem
7.0
Feasibility
7.0
Why now
9.0
Go-to-market
8.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
"now is the time to start in inperson things because we're all so we all realized just how precious they are"
"amazing company called soar sounds... they are concerts in people's homes"
"they got the formula that you can trust and you don't what you're going to get until you show up"
"so far sounds for talks where like I love that format it's such an easy and fun thing to go and do it's novel each time but sitting and listening to music for an hour like isn't everyone's Jam but what could be is sort of more like a variety show where you you show up and there going to be three three talks maybe one is like a comedian one is like a scientist"
"events haven't really changed in years"
"so far sounds a lot of people go to those events at least in my like and anecdotally it's like they're going on a first date basically"
"Moes are dead and brand is the only Moe"
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
in-person events
320/mo
-56% YoY
curated entertainment
30/mo
+25% YoY
community events
4,400/mo
+23% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
one more theme that I got very interested in at the time was these in-person events and I think that now is the time to start in inperson things because we're all so we all realized just how precious they are