Where are all the first time founders?

I’m a 31 year old first time entrepreneur in San Francisco. More than that, I’m a solo business founder, which if you’ve ever been in those shoes you know it can be pretty isolating at times.

I’ve been fortunate to experience some good success in my field over the last 5–6 years, but being an entrepreneur (even in the same field) is very different. I don’t want to try to do it alone anymore.

Here’s my question — where are all the first time founders who have a number of years of work experience?

San Francisco is a weird place because if you’re over 30 and not yet a multimillionaire, people think you’re a loser. The reality is that very few people in San Francisco are millionaires — we just have a lot of quadrillionaires so it seems like everyone is rich. Most people here aren’t.

Here’s what I’m looking for — a group of first time entrepreneurs who have a number of years of work experience (5+) under their belt and are finally working on their own thing. Ideally these would all be bootstrapped founders, but I think a healthy mix of bootstrapped and angel/venture backed would be healthy. It would also be great to have some experienced entrepreneurs there who can help lead discussion topics from time to time.

Does anything like this exist in San Francisco currently?

If not, who wants to help me put it together? I’m thinking to start with once a month to come together for dinner somewhere cool, where first we focus on just getting to know one another and each other’s stories, then over the next

I’m part of a few online groups of consultants or entrepreneurs, but I think there is something special about meeting face to face. I’m looking for people like th

So who’s in? Here are the criteria:

• Based in San Francisco.
• Willing to commit to 4 months of one dinner per month (everyone pays their share).
• Openness to sharing your real struggles and helping others with theirs.

So who’s in? If you’re game, inbox me — John at HireGun dot co.