📸 The Highlight Reel 📸

I pulled the stats last week and honestly... I'm still processing them. 

• 75 events. 

• ~25,000 people came through our doors. That's like filling Madison Square Garden, twice. Out of this group, 1,500 were founders, CEOs, and C-suite leaders.

• 50+ sponsor partners who believed in what we're building.

• Three cities activated: NYC, SF, Austin. 

But here's the stuff that matters to us:

• Over a hundred companies hired from our community and closed fundraising rounds from connections made at our events.

• We facilitated 1,000+ introductions - and I know for a fact some of those turned into co-founders, investors, advisors, and close friends.

• We also interviewed some incredible humans on stage: Sahil Bloom, Henrik Werdelin (Founder of BARK), Andrew Yang (Former Presidential Candidate), Jeff Bussgang (Author, HBS Professor), and 20+ more who were generous enough to share their stories.

Now, some of the craziest things we pulled off:

• We took over a 300-room luxury resort in Virginia with tennis, pickleball, and golf for three days. 

• We took over four gigantic mansions in Austin, San Francisco, and Manhattan - including Sharon Stone's former mansion - with partners like Framer and Andy Dunn (Founder of Bonobos).

• We threw an epic 1,000-person party to celebrate the launch of Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail's new app. 

• We hosted a mega-dinner for 80 CMOs and marketing leaders with dishes delivered from NYC's top restaurants, like Keen's, Katz's Deli, Shake Shack, and Jing Fong.

• We hosted AI Extravaganza - a 3,000-person interactive AI experience with partners like Nebius, Intercom, Superpower, and V7. It was chaos in the best way possible.

• And our annual OOO Summit - a week-long conference for 3,000 entrepreneurs, creators, and builders. Sahil Bloom, Andrew Yang, and many others came to speak. 

I can’t believe we pulled this off with our small but mighty team. I’m grateful for you

🚀 What's Coming in 2026 🚀

Obviously, we’re keeping the crowd favorites - the tried and tested formats we’ve had for two years - Junto Founder Dinners, Andrew’s Mixers, Junto Clubs, The OOO Summit, Lumos House.

But we're also adding some new things…

1. Discover Breakthrough Startups BEFORE They Blow Up

Here's the thing: I know SO many incredible founders who are building again. Second-time, third-time founders. People who crushed it before and are now working on their next thing.

And nobody knows about them yet.

That's a problem. Because by the time you hear about the hot new company, you're already late. The best investors, the best early employees, the best partners - they all got in early because someone introduced them before the hype.

So we're creating a format specifically designed to tell you who these founders are. More details coming soon, but this one's going to be special.

2. Our Most Exclusive Format Yet

We’re investing a significant amount into a new format for founders and CEOs. It will be the three-Michelin-star experience of events.

I can’t share too much, but here’s a hint: It will relate to refining your taste, and it’s going to be unlike anything we’ve done before.

Only for founders and CEOs who are serious about building relationships at the highest level.

3. CMOs + Marketing Leaders

Finally, we’re doubling down on the marketing and brand community. Why: I believe in a world where product and engineering are becoming increasingly commoditized, taste, storytelling, and distribution will matter most. So we’re going to build out this community.

If you’re a CMO or experienced brand or performance marketer, we want to know you.

Apply to our first dinner on January 21, 2026 here.

👋 Get Involved With Our Community 👋

• If you're hiring, we can get you in front of 50,000+ founders, operators, and builders. Apply here.

• If you're looking for your next opportunity, we'll connect you with breakout startups that are actually going places. Apply here.

• CMOs and marketing leaders, if you want early access to our events, apply here.

• And if you want to sponsor and get in front of this community, fill this out.

One last thing. If you've read this far, thank you.

I’ll be honest - some weeks this year, I wasn’t sure we could pull it off. Our team is tiny. The logistics are chaos.

But then someone emails and says "I met my co-founder at your event" or "I closed my seed round from an intro you made."

And it instantly makes everything feel worth it.

Thank you for reading, showing up and trusting me with your time.

See you in 2026.

Andrew

P.S. Got a friend who should be part of this community? Forward them this email.

I’m curious - what did you think of today’s edition? Hit ‘reply’ and share your feedback - I’d love to hear it!

Andrew Yeung 🤘

Andrew is the Founder of Fibe and an investment partner at Next Wave NYC, an early-stage investment fund based out of New York. He has hosted over 200 events for 50,000+ entrepreneurs, investors, and tech professionals. Business Insider dubbed him“The Gatsby of Silicon Alley” and he has been featured on Bloomberg, Fast Company, Axios, Morning Brew, and AdAge.