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**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 45+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 45+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

🕺💃 Social Dancing Basics — 4 Weeks to Dancefloor Confidence Beginner Dance Course 👉 Register your interest via Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoiCWnf4VxrzYBkUkthd-hieU4_QEViP_UFV5j8oLnDgAKYA/viewform?usp=publish-editor 💬 Join our Dance WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BDzfpT03OqdLFCfbK4BIPn (We’ll use the group for updates, questions, and coordination.) Ever felt stuck standing by the bar while others dance? We’re launching a beginner-friendly social dancing course focused on confidence, connection, and actually enjoying dancing at social events. This is not about memorizing endless choreographies. It’s about learning how to move naturally, feel the music, and dance comfortably with anyone. 🔥 The idea We start with a 1-month test run (4 weeks). If it works well and there’s interest, we expand it into a full 3-month course. 🧠 What you’ll learn Social dancing fundamentals that work across styles How to lead & follow naturally How to improvise instead of memorizing steps How a small set of basics unlocks many variations Over the full 3 months, you’ll be introduced to 12 popular social dances, including: Waltz (English & Viennese), Tango, Slowfox, Foxtrot, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Samba, Jive, Disco, Bachata & Salsa. 🗓 Practical info (test month) 📅 Start: Sunday, 25 January 2026 🕖 Time: Sundays at 20:00 ⏱ Duration: 75 minutes per class 📆 Frequency: Once per week 💶 Price: €60 per person / month (includes 4 × 75-minute classes) Open to singles & couples — no partner required. 🌍 Who is this for? Beginners who want to feel confident on the dance floor People who want a fun weekly social ritual Anyone tired of standing on the side at parties or weddings Internationals & locals who want to connect through movement ✨ No prior dance experience needed. 📩 Interested? 👉 Sign up via the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoiCWnf4VxrzYBkUkthd-hieU4_QEViP_UFV5j8oLnDgAKYA/viewform?usp=publish-editor 💬 Dance WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BDzfpT03OqdLFCfbK4BIPn \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- 🕺💃 Osnove družabnega plesa — 4 tedni do samozavesti na plesišču Začetni plesni tečaj 👉 Prijava interesa preko Google obrazca: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoiCWnf4VxrzYBkUkthd-hieU4_QEViP_UFV5j8oLnDgAKYA/viewform?usp=publish-editor 💬 Pridruži se naši plesni WhatsApp skupini: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BDzfpT03OqdLFCfbK4BIPn (skupina bo namenjena vprašanjem, obvestilom in koordinaciji) Se ti je že kdaj zgodilo, da si na zabavi ali dogodku stal/-a ob strani, medtem ko so drugi plesali? Zaganjamo začetni družabni plesni tečaj, osredotočen na samozavest, povezovanje in uživanje v plesu na družabnih dogodkih. To ni tečaj učenja zapletenih koreografij. Gre za to, da se naučiš naravno gibati, začutiti glasbo in samozavestno plesati z vsakomer. 🔥 Ideja Začnemo z 1-mesečnim testnim obdobjem (4 tedni). Če se izkaže in bo zanimanje, tečaj razširimo v polni 3-mesečni program. 🧠 Kaj se boš naučil/-a? Osnove družabnega plesa, ki delujejo pri različnih stilih Kako naravno voditi in slediti Kako improvizirati namesto učenja korakov na pamet Kako z majhnim naborom osnov ustvariš veliko različnih variacij V 3 mesecih bomo spoznali 12 najbolj pogostih družabnih plesov, med drugim: angleški in dunajski valček, tango, slowfox, foxtrot, rumba, cha-cha, samba, jive, disco, bachata in salsa. 🗓 Praktične informacije (testni mesec) 📅 Začetek: nedelja, 25. januar 2026 🕖 Termin: vsako nedeljo ob 20:00 ⏱ Trajanje: 75 minut na uro 📆 Pogostost: 1× tedensko 💶 Cena: 60 € na osebo / mesec (vključuje 4 × 75-minutne ure) Tečaj je odprt za posameznike in pare — partner ni potreben. 🌍 Komu je tečaj namenjen? Začetnikom, ki želijo samozavest na plesišču Vsem, ki si želijo zabavne tedenske rutine Tistim, ki ne želijo več stati ob strani na zabavah ali porokah Tujcem in domačinom, ki se želijo povezati skozi gibanje ✨ Predhodno plesno znanje ni potrebno. 📩 Zanima te? 👉 Prijava preko Google obrazca: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoiCWnf4VxrzYBkUkthd-hieU4_QEViP_UFV5j8oLnDgAKYA/viewform?usp=publish-editor 💬 Plesna WhatsApp skupina: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BDzfpT03OqdLFCfbK4BIPn

From Zero to Hero: Alpine Ski Training at Krvavec! ⛷️🏔️ Ready to swap the city for the slopes? Whether you’ve never touched a ski or you’re looking to perfect your carving technique, we’re launching a dedicated ski program led by pro instructor Marianna! The Goal: Master the basics (or level up) over 4 weekends in January, then join the community for an epic final ski trip to a major mountain resort! 🚠 🗓️ Every Sunday @ 10:00 📍 Location: Krvavec Ski Resort 🚗 Logistics: Carpooling available! Marianna can pick up a few people from Ljubljana (9:00 AM, 10e for transfer). Check the group chat to coordinate rides: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E8XvAXKIyA0GZSQ2uMr9KV 💰 Training Options: Monthly Subscription (Best Value!): €110 (4 x 2hr lessons) Drop-in Group Lesson: €40 (2hrs) Intensive Day: €65 (5hrs total: 2h training / 1h break / 2h training) Private Lessons: From €70 (2hrs) to €100 (5hrs) Note: Ski pass and equipment rental are not included. Ready to join? We need to know your level to organize the groups. 👉 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfn23NgMoggJ7UDXAOvkg9Y4-FyUvK-6GUAsEWiSYtZ_1M75g/viewform?usp=dialog

**First Gathering: Love as Transformation** Reading: **The Forty Rules of Love** by **Elif Shafak** We begin Men, Meaning, and Madness with a novel that treats love not as sentiment, but as a force that disrupts, humbles, and reshapes the self. The Forty Rules of Love explores love as discipline, surrender, and moral risk. It asks what happens when certainty breaks, when the ego is wounded, and when meaning is found not through control, but through transformation. This gathering is for men interested in serious literature and honest inquiry into how love shapes character, responsibility, and the inner life. Discussion will be guided by questions rather than summaries. The aim is depth, not debate. Come having read the book or engaged with it seriously.

If you are interested in selecting investment choices for your 401(k) or other workplace savings plan, minimizing your income tax liability, or identifying the most effective investments for your brokerage account, we are the group for you. We are a local chapter of Bogleheads**®**, whose investment strategy can be found here: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy Or you can peruse the Boglehead forum here: https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php Rob will lead this month's meeting in my absence. Mark Vonder Haar

**I’m planning future book club meetups and would love your input. Please choose your top three from the list below—your picks will help decide what we read next!** **Book Options** *The Hong Kong Widow* – Kristen Loesch *American Spy* – Lauren Wilkinson *God of the Woods* – Liz Moore *Listen for the Lie* – Amy Tintera *The Swallows* – Lisa Lutz *The Drowning Kind* – Jennifer McMahon *The Eights* – Joanna Miller *The Quiet Librarian* – Allen Eskens Thanks so much for sharing your pick! Please **reply in the comments** with your top three. I can’t wait to see which books rise to the top and to discuss them together at our next meetups.

Bring your business cards and network in person with other business professionals! Gold Star Referral Clubs is one of the most established professional networking organizations in the country, with multiple groups in central Ohio. Join us!

**Our February novel is: Julia by Sandra Newman** **This month is a classic, dystopian, fiction, literary fiction, women’s fiction, and science fiction novel. The book is 394 pages in print and 14 hours and 20 minutes on audiobook.** **An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.** Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It’s 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell’s 1984. All her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen: cheerfully cynical, always ready with a bribe, piously repeating every political slogan while believing in nothing. She routinely breaks the rules, but also collaborates with the regime when necessary. Everyone likes Julia. Then one day she finds herself walking toward Winston Smith in a corridor and impulsively slips him a note, setting in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story. Julia takes us on a surprising journey through Orwell’s now-iconic dystopia, with twists that reveal unexpected sides not only to Julia, but to other familiar figures in the 1984 universe. This unique perspective lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.

#### Turning Rentals Into Income: How Investors Pay Off Properties Faster #### **Featuring Guest Speaker: John Blackburn** **👉 Get your FREE TICKET [HERE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turning-rentals-into-income-how-investors-pay-off-properties-faster-tickets-1980492192461?aff=cicmeetupapp)** #### A lot of people get into real estate because they want freedom. Then they buy a rental…and realize most of the rent goes straight to the bank. They technically own property, but the mortgage controls the income. And waiting 30 years for properties to be paid off doesn’t feel realistic. This meetup is about understanding a different way to think about rental properties… one that focuses on paying them off sooner so the income is actually usable. **Featured Guest Speaker: John Blackburn** We’re excited to welcome John Blackburn as our guest speaker for this event. John has been actively investing in real estate since 2006 and has: * Been involved in **5,000+ real estate transactions** * Helped investors **acquire over $150 million in rental property** * **Raised more than $100 million** in private capital John didn’t start with family money or shortcuts. He built his portfolio by focusing on clear systems, real numbers, and long-term strategy. For this meetup, John will walk through how investors shift their focus from simply owning rentals to building properties that eventually pay them…without a mortgage attached. **What You’ll Learn** John will break down, in simple terms: * Why most rental properties don’t produce much usable income early on * Why buying more rentals isn’t always the answer * How investors structure their properties to pay off mortgages in a fraction of the time * How properties can work together to eliminate debt faster * What changes once rentals become free and clear This approach is often referred to as an accelerated paydown strategy — using rental income intentionally to reduce debt sooner, rather than waiting decades for mortgages to run their course. John will also share a simple calculator you can use to see how this works with real numbers and realistic scenarios. **The Core Idea** When a rental has a mortgage, the rent has one job: **pay the bank.** When a rental is paid off, the rent has a different job: **pay you.** Most people only see one timeline…30 years. This session shows how investors shorten that timeline and gradually increase their income as properties become free and clear. **Who This Event Is For** This event is for people who want more than just “owning rentals” on paper. * Rental owners who are tired of most of the rent going to the bank and want a clearer path to real, usable income * New investors who want to understand how rental properties actually build wealth over time before jumping in * People with capital who want to invest in real estate with intention and a long-term plan * Anyone serious about freedom and curious how rental properties transition from debt-heavy assets into income-producing ones **Event Details** **Location:** Ohio Brewing Company - 421 E 2nd Ave, Columbus, OH 43201 **Date & Time:** January 25th, 6–8 PM (Doors open at 5:30) **Cost:** Free (Seats are limited - RSVP required) **👉 Get your FREE TICKET [HERE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turning-rentals-into-income-how-investors-pay-off-properties-faster-tickets-1980492192461?aff=cicmeetupapp)** If you’ve ever wondered how rental properties actually turn into freedom —this is the room to be in.

Welcome, readers! Our February read is **_1984 by George Orwell._** In 1984, George Orwell imagines a world where the government watches everyone, rewrites reality, and punishes even private thoughts. Winston Smith dares to question this system, believing that truth and love might still exist. His rebellion draws him into a chilling struggle against a power that knows him better than he knows himself. The novel leaves readers asking whether freedom is possible when reality itself can be controlled. Looking forward to discussing with everyone! We will meet at Zaftig Brewing Co in their event room in the back. We are welcome to bring in our own food, but **drinks must be purchased at the bar.** Happy reading! 📖