The standards that keep the table worth sitting at.
Here for the people, not the pipeline. Every member follows the same few rules. They're short, and they protect what you came for.
Relationships come first. Tribecca is for owners to meet as people, help each other and make friends worth keeping. Two rules protect that, and they have no exceptions. Every member owns and runs a business of their own. And unsolicited selling, recruiting and working the room for leads have no place at dinners, at afterparties or in messages in the app.
01Who holds a seat
Tribecca is for entrepreneurs, founders and business owners running something of their own. A bakery counts, and so does a fund, a software company or a landscaping crew. We look at ownership and intent, and industry never matters. Employees, corporate managers, consultants at firms and job-seekers aren't a fit, and we screen for that.
02Relationships first
Tribecca is a place for owners and builders to meet as people first — to talk shop, trade ideas, help each other, and turn strangers into friends. Talk about your business. Ask questions. Share what you're building. Just don't turn the room into a prospecting floor. Unsolicited selling, recruiting, or working the room for leads gets in the way of the relationships we're here to build. If someone crosses that line, flag it privately in the app. We never say who flagged. A first flag earns a direct reminder, and repeated flags from different members lead to suspension.
03Show up
A small table only works if everyone who said yes arrives. RSVPs close 36 hours before dinner, and after that your seat is a promise to the rest of the table. If you can't make it, cancel as early as you can, so your seat can go to someone on the waitlist. We record no-shows on your attendance record, where you can correct one that's wrong.
04Keep confidences
What's said at the table stays there. Guest lists show a name and a photo, nothing more. Only confirmed guests get the venue address, so don't repost it. Ask before you photograph a tablemate. When members tell you about their business, their numbers or their plans, keep it to yourself.
05Rate the night honestly
Every dinner ends with a quick rating. We ask whether it was a good room and food worth staying for. The answers help us match better tables, seat people together less often when it didn't work, and keep good groups connected. Your tablemates never see your rating, so be honest.
06When someone breaks a rule
We start with a reminder. Repeated or serious violations lead to suspension, and a suspended member can't book or be matched. You can appeal any suspension, and a person reads every appeal. Removal is the last resort, and it's permanent.
Talk to us before it becomes a problem.
Write to us any time about a tablemate, a dinner, or a rule you think we should change.
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