recap | shop talk and tapas

A week ago we had our 4th official meet up. It’s so crazy to see how far this little group has come in just under a year. We started last summer with just about 10 people and a vision for a community. It’s very exciting to see all the new faces, and all the old ones. The community and relationships that have grown organically from our little group have been wonderful and we are so excited for all the future holds.

Our last meetup was a round table style discussion time. It was the first time we’d done anything like this. Since our group has so many new faces we wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to speak up and share. When you’re young and running or starting a business there are tons of questions that you have and sometimes it’s hard to track down the answers.

We wanted this meet up to be a place where attendees could get their questions answered without having to be worried about what others would think if they asked them. So… everyone was able to submit questions anonymously for discussion after dinner. While everyone snacked on tapas from mi Tomatina in Winter Park, we pulled questions out of a jar one by one and opened up the floor for discussion. Some great topics were discussed from “what is success?” to “how do you balance customer satisfaction with your own artistic vision?” to “is it normal to get only 4 hours of sleep a night?”.

  

We hope everyone had an amazing time, we know we did. We can’t wait to see you all again over the summer! Stay tuned to the blog and twitter for upcoming meet ups and get togethers! And if you’d like to use this image for your own blog post about the meet up, you can download it here courtesy of Studio222 Photography and It’s Better Together. Please make sure you link back to us if you use it.