Balaji Srinivasan hosts Ben Lang from Cursor to discuss Cafe Cursor popups and how digital communities are manifesting in physical spaces. They explore the logistics of hosting popups, the concept of Society as a Service, and how to incentivize power users to connect in the real world. If these ideas interest you, we're building startup societies at Network School. You can apply online at https://ns.com. OUTLINE 0:21 Story of Cursor popups 3:04 Users want to connect with each other 4:56 Convincing cafes to host popups 7:39 Popups are the new startups 9:02 From popups to permanents 11:51 Society-as-a-Service 13:22 Inviting the top 1% of users REFERENCES - The Network State book: https://www.amazon.com/Network-State-How-Start-Country-ebook/dp/B09VPKZR3G/ - Avlok Kohli, CEO of AngelList, at the Network State Conference: https://youtu.be/XrkVVeZaGv4?si=VIeq2WUqvnTd2LBH - Popups are the new startups: https://balajis.com/p/popups-are-the-new-startups - Cursor: https://cursor.com/ - Cursor Community: https://cursor.com/community - The first Cafe Cursor popup: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7373738971866030080/ - Cafe Cursor experience: https://b17news.com/i-went-to-cursors-new-york-cafe-i-saw-coding-bros-custom-merch-and-a-potential-job-interview/ - Founders Café from AngelList: https://x.com/avlok/status/1968061927898353814 - Cursor Tab Button: https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1n3akdr/i_received_cursor_tab_button/ SOCIALS https://x.com/benln https://x.com/ns https://ns.com/