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A friendship-first networking and coworking community for founders, freelancers, and creatives, where you can be more productive and make connections that could become your next referral, client, or lifelong friend.

Playhouse Membership Drive!

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networking + coworking for founders, freelancers, and creatives

Business is easier with friends.

The Playhouse is where creative, curious, slightly rebellious business owners gather to build businesses that fit their lives, cheer each other on, swap ideas, make introductions, cowork, laugh, and occasionally remind each other to drink some water or go pee.

It’s not transactional networking, or salesy jerks, it’s like the coworkers you used to talk shit with in the breakroom, or the people you met up with after work for chips and guac at happy hour. 

You might meet your next collaborator, client, or best bud.
A chill, low pressure way to show up and grow your business
We keep the schedule super simple so there’s no decision fatigue or meeting overload - we meet on Thursdays 12–3pm ET (come when you can for as long as you want)

You get support and accountability on the hard work days
Monday Goals and Friday Wins posts help you set priorities asynchronously and give you guidance to get stuff done throughout the week at coworking (50 minutes of focused work, 10 minutes to share or move around)

I actively look for ways to put you in front of my audience
I shout you out in my newsletter, on social media, and mention members as often as I can cause you’re my favorite humans

Learn when you need to, from real people who know you and your business
Member-led workshops (with replays if you miss one), so you're always learning something useful right when you need it and you get to show off your brilliance too

You can suck at follow up and still make connections
Because we’re all hanging inside so you’ll never forget who you wanna hang with

There’s no pressure to show up to everything
You get to pop in when you can and skip it when you can't, we’re a very chill group of humans.

imagine...

sharing your knowledge in the community and ending up with a new client
using coworking to FINALLY finished the updates on your website you've been putting off
getting feedback on your new freebie and finding peple that will share it with their lists
or sending that pitch that you’ve been avoiding because friends in the room were cheering you on.
leaving a meetup feeling inspired in new ways that get you excited about your business again

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That's $240 a year, less than you'd pay a consultant for one hour of their time, for a full community to work alongside every day.
$60 per quarter
Seriously, your next collab could be waiting for you inside right now!
And if you usually hate networking… perfect, so do we! 😬

We're a mix of anti-hustle, feminist, creative, introverted, highly sensitive, neurodivergent freaks and geeks who run businesses that put people over profits and want to do good in the world.
what members are saying...
"I’m tired of social media feeling like I’m talking to a wall. I wanted community and real connection."

Callie Sitek
Radical Profits Club
"It's definitely the best value for the price I've ever gotten from a community."

Adrienne Kmetz
Content Advisor + SEO Expert
"This is a community of DOERS and HELPERS and I'm so deeply honored to be part of it."

Lex Roman
Revenue Rulebreakers
"I love that Deanna is very active and hangs out in the Playhouse a lot! It brings a LOT to a group when the founder is that present!"

Dr. Mimi Zhou
Copywriter
"The ROI has been incredible, both financially and in the relationships I've built."

Casey Jourdan
Pet Photographer
"It's a fun, colorful, and uber-useful resource for small business owners. I regularly refer people I've met inside.

Lara Eastburn
Facebook Ads Strategist
"People are being their authentic selves because that's the type of space The Playhouse has built! No judgements. Just YOU."

Maria Medina
Networking Coach
"I love Deanna’s energy & how she genuinely cares about her people, she goes above and beyond to support her community."

Becky McCleery
Strategy & Operations Consultant
"The vibe is fun and casual but also creative and professional. The people in here are cool, and it feels warm and welcoming."

Jill Davenport
Coach
"A cool, genuine, whip-smart community of entrepreneurs. Not only my dream clients, but the people I’d most love to learn from."

Valeska Griffiths
Copywriter + Brand Strategist

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Meet your host... Deanna Seymour

If you’re ready to grow your business through genuine connection, we saved you a seat inside our weird little scene. 

The result: a true community with no jerks allowed.

After decades in the art world and entrepreneurial spaces, I've learned that having a crew that has your back and hypes you up is the easiest way to grow your reach, your opportunities, and your support system.

Reframing "networking" as hanging out, brainstorming, laughing and making friends - things you've probably been doing your whole life - can make it something you actually enjoy doing consistently.

I built The Playhouse so founders, freelancers, creatives, weirdos, and brilliantly quirky entrepreneurs would have a place to meet their next collaborators, referral partners, and even clients without ever feeling like some salesy jerk.

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Help us shape the community as we grow!
Let's kickstart this community and unlock it all now!

Unlock Levels:
Community Challenges
Public Directory
Curated Matchups
In-Person Retreat

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That’s totally fine! The Playhouse is a low-pressure place to connect in whatever way feels comfortable to you. And if you're newer to business, it's a safe place to network. learn from others, and be inspired!

What if I'm introverted?

There's an online community in Heartbeat where you can chat and share things asynchronously and we chose the Thursday 12 - 3pm ET schedule so you'd know when things are and can try to plan around it.

Of course, there's no pressure to come to everything, if you just show up some times you'll still get value from the community!

What if I'm already really busy?

I feel strongly that we're all new and experienced at all different things in life and business. So maybe you're a beast at email marketing but your branding could be better.

This is a community, an ecosystem of sorts that thrives on diversity and people learning from each other. That being said, we do use breakout rooms and encourage small group meetups if you want to dive deep into a topic that would benefit from a more niche audience.

Is this for new or experienced business owners?

Heck yes! We have a few different ways you can do this each month - either in the online forum or some of our Thursday events. We're humans with businesses so yeah, you can totally grow your list, make money, and get your work in front of other creative entrepreneurs in this space.

But make sure you're not pitch slapping anyone or cold DMing people like some desperate LinkedIn-er. This group leans more toward real conversations, creativity, and genuine relationships

Can I share my offers with the members?

There are no guarantees, but members definitely find collaborators, referral partners, and clients through the relationships they build inside The Playhouse.

The more you participate in the online community and events, the more chances of making business changing connections.

Will I actually get clients from this?

Heck no! We're all busy business owners, so you choose what works for you and skip the rest. There are lots of different ways to connect so do what works for your life, schedule, personality type, and business. You'll still get value from the community. 

Do I have to come every Thursday to benefit?

Reach out to us! team[at]deannaseymour[dot]com

What if I have more questions?
Here's some answers for ya!
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