SideStreet

In this episode, we sit down with the team behind Blind 8 - the spontaneous social community taking cities by storm. With 37K followers and chapters popping up in Austin, DC, NYC, Boston, Barcelona, and Honolulu, Blind 8 is on a mission to bring social bravery back to everyday life. We talk about how they build real-world community, what it means to show up as a stranger and leave as a friend, and why the most meaningful moments happen when you say yes to the unexpected.Cheers to Social Bravery. 🥂

Most people wait until they have the budget, the brand deal, the perfect moment.Clayton didn't wait.He's building Stride & Rise — a run club — with $0. No sponsors. No investors. Just a belief that community doesn't need capital to start.In this episode of Side Street, we sat down with Clayton before the breakthrough. He's mid-build, figuring it out in real time, and honest about all of it.We talk about why he started, what it actually takes to pull people together, and the thing most "community builders" get wrong.

Taylor is one year into building her medspa in Austin, Texas. Just the real, messy, early chapters of what it looks like to bet on yourself and figure it out as you go.We talk about how she got here, how she's marketing a brand that's still finding its footing, and the challenges that come with year one of building something from nothing. She's still in it and that's exactly the point.This is Side Street.