THE ESCAPE TABLE A DINNER · HOSTED CITY BY CITY
A 2–3 hour dinner for people stuck in corporate with an idea they never built.

You were told you needed a developer. AI made that a lie.

Over one dinner, ~10 people who’ve each carried an idea for years hear the truth — the barriers are gone, and you can build a real product with AI while you keep your job. Say your idea out loud, see the way out, and leave with your first step. We bring the format and the story; you bring your city.

→ IN PERSON · 8–12 AT A TABLE · FOUNDING HOSTS WANTED

The first step out — before the weekend, before the leap.

The Escape Table is the top of a ladder: the dinner is where you decide, the weekend hackathon is where you build it, the accelerator is where you go all in. It starts small and honest — a table, a room, and the simple truth that you can build your way out.

01WHO PULLS UP A CHAIR

The ones with an idea dying in a notebook.

The meetings that go nowhere.
Your sharpest hours, your best thinking — spent shipping someone else’s roadmap. Again.
The idea that won’t leave you alone.
You can see exactly what to build. You’ve just been told, one too many times, that you’d ‘need a developer.’
Watching worse ideas win.
People with half your insight launch, raise, get written up. Yours stays in the notebook.
‘So… whatever happened to that idea?’
The question that stings every time. Another year gone. Still nothing shipped.
2–3HWHAT HAPPENS AT THE TABLE

Two hours that change the story.

No slides. No pitch. Just dinner, honesty, and the moment it stops feeling impossible.

01 · THE MIRROR
You’re not the only one.
Everyone at the table is living your exact story — the meetings, the notebook, the ‘someday.’ The isolation breaks the second you sit down.
02 · THE PROOF
It’s actually possible.
Someone who was exactly where you are — trapped, no way out — and got out. Real, recent, and closer than you let yourself believe.
03 · THE CONFESSION
You say the idea out loud.
The thing that’s been sitting in your notebook for years — finally spoken, in a room that doesn’t flinch. That’s where it becomes real.
04 · THE WAY OUT
You leave with a first step.
No co-founder. No CTO. No permission. A method, a room, and a decision. You walk out lighter than you walked in.
⚑PROOF · IT’S NOT A FANTASY

One person. Twelve months. AI.

At 45, I’d lost everything — €250,000 gone. My parents paid for my Claude subscription.

Twelve months later: 11 finished products, 964 database tables, 3M+ lines of code. Built solo, with AI.

If I could do that with nothing left, the people around your table can build with everything still in front of them. They’re not late. They just haven’t started.

02WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH

Not a nice dinner. The night it turned.

Your idea, finally out loud.
Once it’s in the room, it’s real. You can’t un-say it — and you won’t want to.
A room that gets it.
People in your city who are done waiting too — the ones you’ll build alongside.
Proof the way out is real.
You leave certain it isn’t a fantasy — because you just sat across from it.
Your first real step.
When you’re ready, the weekend hackathon is where you build it. The table is where you decide to.
→ YOUR MOVE

Don’t wait to be saved. Set the table.

The way out isn’t coming to your city unless someone brings it. A room, a few people you know, one honest night. Be the one who starts it.

03HOW HOSTING WORKS

You set the table.

We bring the rest.

1
Apply.
Tell us about you and your city. Hosting a table is simple — a room, and a handful of people who feel stuck.
2
We set you up.
You get the conversation guide, the format, the story, and the brand — everything to run a night that actually moves people.
3
Host it.
Gather 8–12 people over dinner or breakfast. You host, we support — and your city gets its first real taste of the way out.
?THE OBJECTIONS · ANSWERED STRAIGHT
Do I need to be a founder to host?+
No. You just need to be a step ahead — or simply willing to gather the room. We bring the story and the guide; you bring the people who need to hear it.
How many people, and what format?+
Keep it intimate — 8 to 12 works best. Dinner, breakfast, coffee, drinks — whatever fits your city. The honest conversation is the point, not the meal.
What’s the model — does it cost me?+
Hosting is a partnership, not a franchise fee. We’ll walk you through exactly how it works when we talk — the goal is to make it easy to bring it to your city.
I just want a seat, not to host.+
Register your interest below and tell us your city. When enough people register, a table lands there — your signal genuinely helps.
Is this just networking?+
No. It’s the first honest conversation about getting out — a room naming the trap and the way through, not swapping business cards.

Be the reason someone in your city finally starts.

Build it while you’re still employed. Quit when the side income passes your salary. It all begins with one honest night at a table.

→TWO WAYS IN
BECOME A FOUNDING HOST

Set a table in your city

Apply to host an Escape Table. We bring the format, the story and the brand — you bring the room that needs to hear it.

JUST WANT A SEAT?

Register your interest

Not ready to host? Tell us your city. When enough people register, a table lands there.

Set a table in your city

Apply to host an Escape Table. We bring the format, the story and the brand — you bring the room that needs to hear it.
Register your interest

Not ready to host? Tell us your city. When enough people register, a table lands there.