Free ChatGPT Prompt:
Find the Best Founder Events
First, watch this explainer video below (2:31 minutes):
The ChatGPT (or Claude, etc.) prompts below helps you to find the best founder (networking) events near you.
Including hidden events that never get listed on major platforms.
Make sure to watch the above explainer video before you start.
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Step 1: Find Founder Events
[CITY] = Amsterdam
You are acting as a local entrepreneur ecosystem researcher.
I am building a high-quality founders network in [CITY].
Create a curated list of active, recurring founder, entrepreneur, and startup communities, events, and social networks that founders actually attend — including both institutional programs AND grassroots, founder-run communities.
Use the following research layers internally (do not label them in output):
Public event platforms:
(Eventbrite, Meetup, Luma, LinkedIn Events, Partiful, and others)
Institutional hubs:
(Coworking spaces, accelerators, incubators, VC-backed programs, universities, chambers of commerce)
Founder-led brands:
(Recurring branded meetups, monthly founder socials, pitch nights, demo nights, tech mixers)
Social-first communities:
(Instagram-native communities, newsletter-driven groups, Discord/Slack communities, WhatsApp groups with public landing pages)
Include premium, casual, niche, and cross-industry communities:
(SaaS, bootstrapped founders, Web3, climate, creators, women founders, minority founders, wellness entrepreneurs, nightlife-networking hybrids)
Prioritize communities that:
- Host at least monthly or bi-monthly recurring founder gatherings
- Have a public website or social presence
- Have consistent activity within the past 12 months
- Have distinct branding independent of a single venue or corporate sponsor (even if they use shared spaces)
- Attract active founders (not student-only or beginner networking groups)
Act as if you are scanning:
- Startup events [CITY] blog posts and curated event lists
- Founder events [CITY] blog posts and curated event lists
- Entrepreneur events [CITY] blog posts and curated event lists
- Instagram event accounts
Exclude:
- One-off conferences
- Dormant or inactive groups
Output Rules:
- Do not explain reasoning
- Do not summarize
- Do not add commentary
- Do not categorize or group
- Do not invent organizations
- Only include communities with an accessible public URL
- Only include communities that you can verify via live web browsing. If you cannot verify activity and an accessible URL, exclude it
Output Format (repeat per entry):
Line 1: Community or Event Name
Line 2: One-line description
Line 3: Primary website or social link
Leave one blank line between entries.
Target: 15–25 results.
Step 2: Find Event Calendars
Some founder events operate under brand names without that don’t match with any obvious keywords.
The prompt below helps you to find event calendars to still discover these ‘hidden’ events.
Simply replace ‘Austin’ by your actual city.
[CITY] = Austin
You are acting as a local startup ecosystem researcher.
I am building a high-quality founders network in [CITY].
Find websites or pages that provide an overview, calendar, agenda, or directory of founder, entrepreneur, startup, or business events in [CITY].
I am NOT looking for individual event pages.
I am specifically looking for:
- Event calendars
- SERP-style event listing pages (filtered search results listing many events)
- Community overview pages
- “What’s on” or “Events” pages
- Startup ecosystem directories
- Coworking space event calendars
- City-specific startup or tech event hubs
- Independent community platform calendars (for example: founder communities, startup groups, or local tech communities that host and publish their own event calendars)
- Group-owned event calendar pages that list many upcoming events (not just single meetup pages)
MANDATORY INCLUSIONS
You MUST include the most relevant overview/search pages from:
- Eventbrite (startup / entrepreneur / business networking filtered pages)
- Meetup (founder / entrepreneur keyword + city filtered search pages)
If multiple relevant SERPs exist per platform, include the best 2–3.
RESEARCH INSTRUCTIONS
Think in terms of Google search result pages.
Act as if searching for:
- “startup events [CITY]”
- “founder meetups [CITY]”
- “entrepreneur networking [CITY]”
- “startup community calendar [CITY]”
- “founder community events [CITY]”
- “tech community calendar [CITY]”
Also include:
- Independent community platforms and their event calendars
- Media platforms and newsletters that publish event listings
- Accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces, startup hubs, and community organizations with recurring event calendars
Prefer:
- Calendars or agendas showing multiple upcoming events
- Evergreen or frequently updated pages
- Platforms showing recent or upcoming activity
- Pages used by founders to discover ongoing communities
Exclude:
- Individual event landing pages
- One-off event pages
- Affiliate or SEO content farms
Prioritize relevance and quality over quantity.
OUTPUT RULES
- Do not explain reasoning
- Do not summarize
- Do not add commentary
- Do not categorize or group
- Do not invent organizations
- Only include pages with an accessible public URL
Sort results by usefulness for discovering active founders and ongoing communities.
OUTPUT FORMAT (repeat per entry):
Website or Page Name
What kind of events it lists (one short line)
Link to the overview page
Leave one blank line between entries.
Target: 5–15 high-quality results.
Make Connections that Actually Grow Your Business
This event-finder script was created by Marcel Wijermars, founder of the Amsterdam Founders Club.
Marcel built high-level founder networks in more than 10 cities worldwide.
He’s the connector behind curated founder dinners, strategic partnerships, and private rooms filled with ambitious entrepreneurs.
He helps founders to make connections that actually grow their business.
ⓒ Marcel Wijermars & Amsterdam Founders Club