A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline

According to a report by TechCrunch… Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. Putnam, a trained ballerina with a small chain of boutique studios, built the connected-fitness company Mirror and sold it to Lululemon for $500 million in cash less than three years later. […] complete report is on link below. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/20/a-small-but-growing-number-of-founders-are-betting-that-bringing-people-together-is-its-own-industry/