Addis Connect
Connect. Collaborate. Grow.
700 ETB · ~80 seats only
Why this room. why now.
Most careers don’t move from behind a desk. They move in rooms — like the one we’re building on May 29.
of jobs are filled through networking
Not job boards. Not cold applications. People you’ve actually met — LinkedIn, Forbes, and HBR all back this up.
Five reasons to be there
Your next co-founder isn't in your DMs.
“The person who changes your career is almost never the person you already follow on Instagram.”
They're in a different group chat, an adjacent industry, one introduction away. A room like this is the cheapest, fastest way to find them.
Skip six months of cold emails.
“One handshake at the right rooftop beats fifty well-crafted DMs that go nowhere.”
People reply to faces they've met. Every cold-outreach campaign you've ever run gets rewritten the moment you've shared a drink with someone.
Find your mentor — in person.
“Mentorship doesn't start with a LinkedIn request. It starts with a 15-minute conversation neither of you scheduled.”
The people you'll learn the most from aren't on stage at a conference. They're two feet away, holding the same glass of wine, waiting for someone to ask the right question.
Real conversations beat LinkedIn DMs.
“Nobody's ever closed a serious deal from an unsolicited “Hi, I'd love to connect!” message. Ever.”
A face, a voice, a shared moment — three things text will never give you. The room compresses six weeks of trust-building into one evening.
Addis is small. Use it.
“In a city this size, every introduction compounds. The person you meet on a Thursday you run into again on a Saturday.”
The window where Addis is small enough that one room can change your year — and big enough that the right room exists — is right now. Don't waste it.
What Addis Connect is
A small room, on purpose.
One night a month. Rooftop. A mixed crowd — founders, creatives, operators, people back in town. A live performance, a DJ set, and the right number of people to actually meet each other.
- ✕ A panel
- ✕ A pitch event
- ✕ A 500-person mixer
- ✕ A club night
- ✓ The right people, on a rooftop, for one night.
If any of these is you — you’re invited.
We’re keeping this one intentionally small — about 80 people, max. If you’ve been waiting for “the right event,” it’s this one.