Builders of London
What is thisSometimes it’s dinner or a talk or poker or the driving range or a hackathon or golfwith 
good people or a founder you've heard of or people building the same thing or someone three years ahead of you or a very early startup or someone from a very large one.
Fun things for people building interesting things. London, mostly.
about a minute, I promise
I host things for engineers, founders and other people worth knowing around London.
Some are small dinners. Some are talks. Some involve golf clubs or poker chips. Some seemed like a better idea at the time.
If I think you’d enjoy something, or there’s someone there you should meet, I’ll send you an invite. That last part is the whole point.
It’s not a community, a newsletter or a members’ club. It’s a list of people I think are worth putting in a room together.
Martin van der Heijden
London. Engineer, former founder.
I started having people round for dinner because London is better with a decent table in it. Then there were talks, then a driving range, then somebody made caps.
I run all of it myself. That’s why the invite comes from me and not from a mailing list, and why I ask you a few questions instead of none.
You don’t need to know anyone already. That’s rather the point of a table.
What usually happens
roughly once a month
- Dinners
- Small enough that you actually talk to everyone. Usually a chef.
- Nights out
- One was a driving range in Greenwich. Caps were involved.
- Talks
- Someone who knows something. Then everyone arguing about it.
- Poker
- Low stakes. Unreasonable confidence.
- Hackathons
- Occasionally. Bring a laptop and low expectations.
- Whatever's next
- Open to suggestions, and easily talked into things.
Get invited
Eight quick questions, then you’re on the list. When there’s a night you’d actually enjoy, it comes to you on WhatsApp.
StartNo newsletter. Mostly because I don’t have one.