In October 2025, my husband Nick and I showed up to a beautiful community space in Manhattan's Chinatown with dice, character sheets, and a big dream. We were about to run our very first public tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) event. We had no track record, no past customers, and a concept that was genuinely hard to explain in one sentence.

What happened next set us on a path to making our dreams become reality. And in the process, helped us connect with other founders who are realizing their big dreams, too.