Personality quizzes, secret reveals, delicious dinners, and connecting with ... strangers?

That's the "billion dollar" company Portsmouth's Rae and Ryan Lambert believe they've just started.

Through their new app, DNNR, Rae and Ryan send like-minded strangers to dinner together. The catch? The attendees don't know where they're dining until the day of the dinner, nor do they know who they're dining with until they show up.

It's an idea they stumbled upon earlier this year after the Silicon Valley expats spent years taking "throat punches" while building their previous meetup app, River - which they spoke about on "Seacoast Stories" last year. Now, they've pivoted, and they're convinced that dinner clubs - like Seacoast Stories Dinner Club - will be a valuable tool for creators to build community and monetize their audience, while simultaneously helping strangers meet new people in a fun way.

From the West End of Portsmouth, the Lamberts return to the show to discuss the pivot from River to DNNR, how Seacoast Stories Dinner Club works, how their new business is already taking off in other parts of the country, Portsmouth's sneakily growing tech scene, and why they're convinced DNNR will become a very, very lucrative business for them.

Interested in attending the next Seacoast Stories Dinner Club? You can sign up here to join us in Exeter, N.H., on Wednesday, October 15 at 7 p.m. You can also read this recent Substack article about Seacoast Stories Dinner Club's success.

CHAPTERS:

• Why River struggled despite widespread usage (00:00 )
• Pivoting from River to DNNR (12:30 )
• SPONSORS: Jenn Bakos Photography + Holistic & Hormonal (25:28 )
• The unique technology behind Seacoast Stories Dinner Club (28:15 )
• What to expect at Seacoast Stories Dinner Club (33:02 )
• Some of the challenges of operating DNNR (40:50 )
• Why DNNR is a surefire success (46:12 )
• How DNNR is expanding far beyond the Seacoast (58:55 )
• Portsmouth's sneaky large tech scene (01:06:34 )
• How do you want to be remembered? (01:08:18 )

EVENTS:

• ⁠Seacoast Culinary Challenge⁠ at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, N.H., on Wednesday, 10/29. Join the fight against food insecurity by ⁠snagging your tickets here.⁠

SPONSORS:

• ⁠⁠Jennifer Bakos Photography⁠⁠: Small biz owners can get 10% off your first photography session by DM'ing Jenn ⁠⁠@jennbakosphoto ⁠⁠on Instagram! Just tell her you're a fan of the podcast 😊
• To learn more about what's going on in your body, get a FREE lab consultation by visiting the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Holistic & Hormonal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ web site when you write "HORMONES" on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the contact page.⁠⁠⁠⁠

• Email our friend David Higgins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠david.higgins@wellsfargoadvisors.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get started on a better path toward financial investment!

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