Hey folks 👋

We’re excited to kick off 2026 with a new theme and new set of events!

First and foremost, welcome to Campfire Notes, what we’re officially calling our newsletter that will keep you up-to-date with the latest CrowdFuel events. It’ll also be where I’ll try and drop a short (like 1-2 min reading MAX) tidbit on a resource or insight I found that could be helpful to the community. The goal is to push one out every 2 weeks, but if that seems too much or too little let me know, it’s always about experimentation!

Secondly, you might have caught on, but we’re rolling with the camping theme as we continually evolve CrowdFuel. It’ll help keep things cohesive, but also may culminate in an annual founders retreat that we’ll treat like a mini-accelerator if enough people are interested.

Finally, we have our current year’s worth of networking events planned out on our calendar (link in the next section below). Currently, we have one per quarter planned out, but we may do one-off experiment formats in between so definitely keep an eye out on these newsletters and the calendar for when those come out!

I’m super excited for our upcoming year together!

Ian Garrett, Founder
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Let's keep things going in 2026! Join us for an exciting evening of networking and insights at the Q1 edition of CrowdFuel, a startup founders club in the northern Virginia area built to help startup founders grow their businesses.

Who should you talk to when you need help? We're bringing together panelists from various startup resources across the ecosystem to talk about who can help you with funds, leads, and more.