CHRIS VERBICK
Entrepreneurs Meet members' area dashboard
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ENTREPRENEURS MEET
MEMBERS' AREA

A members' area that keeps a community connected between events.

entrepreneursmeet.it
ROLE
Brand, co-organizer, product design, build
TEAM
Luigi Laezza, Matteo Cantarelli, Chris Verbick
CLIENT
Non-profit founder community, Cagliari
YEAR
2025–
STATUS
● live

// THE BRIEF

Entrepreneurs Meet is a non-profit that gets interesting people in a room together. The members' area is what keeps them connected afterwards.

Entrepreneurs Meet started in 2023, and for the first few years it operated in stealth mode with a simple MVP brand and website. As the community began to grow, it became clear that we needed a clear and compelling brand & brand narrative to drive the next phase of growth. The new brand and platform followed in 2025–2026.

// MISSION LOG

What made this project great.

  1. 01

    Running lean with an amazing team

    As a not-for-profit, Entrepreneurs Meet was not in a good position to use off-the-shelf SaaS community platforms. So we built our own.

  2. 02

    Community building happens with the right attitude

    Consistency was key, making sure that our in-person events happen every month. Building up from there, our online presence has become stronger every day as people continue to connect in-between events.

  3. 03

    We built an app!

    Making the leap from a web app to a Progressive Web App that runs on iOS and Android was a natural evolution and has opened up exciting avenues for an exceptional community experience.

// MEMBERS' AREA

A home dashboard, a searchable directory and a tour.

The live members' area: home dashboard, directory with full-text search and product tour. Other members' details are blurred.

Member directory with search and filters; other members blurred
Directory · search and filters
Product tour, step 1 of 6
Product tour · step 1 of 6
Members' area home on a phone
Phone · home

// NETWORKING MODE · MONTHLY MIXER

At the event, the app switches to Networking Mode.

During a Monthly Mixer, the members' area becomes a tool for the evening: scan each other's codes to connect, answer the night's icebreaker, see who you've met, and find the hosts.

01 MEET

Meet tab with a QR code to scan
One scan connects you both

02 ICEBREAKER

Icebreaker tab with ideas from the room
Ideas from the room, upvoted

03 PEOPLE

People tab listing who you met tonight
Who you met tonight, with notes

04 EVENT

Event tab with hosts and headcount
Hosts, headcount and your pass

// MY ROLE

I served as co-lead (design and dev) on the platform together with Luigi Laezza as lead developer. Ideating on features and then building them has led to a very rapid development cycle that can be beta tested directly with our users.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Platform design and UI/UX
  • Developer
  • User research

WITH

Luigi Laezza, Matteo Cantarelli

// DEBRIEF

LESSONS LEARNED,
FIRST PERSON

WHAT I EXPECTED

We can't be sure anyone will actually log in

WHAT HAPPENED

Weekly active users are steadily climbing and signups to the platform started to hit a J-curve within weeks of launch.

WHAT I EXPECTED

Networking Mode may be solving a non-problem

WHAT HAPPENED

Members jumped in to test the new functionality and provide helpful feedback and bug reports. The work continues.

// TELEMETRY · OUTCOMES

200+
members
20+
nationalities
45+
events
// WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

We keep building, growing and learning while the group expands to include other areas of Sardinia.