the bakery · a maker space for builders
softerbread · the bakery the bakery
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a maker space for builders.

a collective of people who have been there, done that, and are still doing it — gathering to make, review, and keep each other moving.

when the bakery opens

be in the room before it fills.

the first cohort is small on purpose. drop your email and tell us how you'd show up — we'll write back when invitations open.

  • baker's dozen
  • breaking bread sessions
  • maker rooms
  • cohort openings
  • founder calls
  • collaboration opportunities
  • ways to become a baker

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what the bakery is

not a course. not a service. a room.

the bakery is community — on purpose. no diagnostics. no products. no services. just builders, events, rooms, and the work of building alongside other people.

make

open work sessions

quiet rooms to do the work you keep avoiding, with other people doing the same.

review

peer review circles

small groups giving each other honest, useful feedback on what they're building.

connect

shared events

quarterly gatherings, online and in person, for the wider collective.

named programs

what gets made in the bakery.

three programs run inside the maker space — one for visibility, one for transition, one for shared problem-solving.

bakery program · visibility

baker's dozen.

a curated spotlight on ventures, founders, and operators worth knowing — visibility and context for builders the wider world hasn't seen yet.

discoveryvisibilityspotlight
bakery program · transition

exit54.

helping african and diaspora ventures find the right next home — buyers, partners, and acquisition pathways for founders ready to grow, transition, or step away.

transitionbuyer pathwaysfounder exit
bakery program · problem-solving

breaking bread.

real problems, submitted by members, solved together. quarterly hybrid sessions, small rooms, limited seats. the work happens at the table.

communitypeer problem-solvingquarterly
who's at the table

builders, by practice.

five kinds of people make up the bakery — together they bring practical wisdom from actually doing the work.

operatorsfounders + small business builders
financiersaccountants, investors, advisors
technologiststool builders + implementers
creativesdesigners, storytellers, makers
connectorscross-border ecosystem builders
other parts of softerbread

building solo right now? these parts are already live.

business burdens, softened.

pilot the bakery · a softerbread maker space a birthright labs venture →
soliciting feedback

softerbread is in pilot. we're shaping it with the people using it — your honest take helps decide what comes next.

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