After Business members talking outside a Southern California restaurant
Membership

A dinner membership for the people doing the work.

Tables of 6 founders, operators, creatives, and business-minded people. Join your city, book a seat, and let the table do the work. No name tags, no pitch decks, no facilitated icebreakers, just a good restaurant and a room worth showing up for.

Membership plans

25 of 25 founding seats left
  • 1 month

    $100 billed every month

    $100/mo

  • 3 months

    $275 billed every 3 months

    $91.67/mo

    Save 8%
  • 6 months

    $500 billed every 6 months

    $83.33/mo

    Save 17%

Your membership covers access, curation, and seats at After Business dinners. Your meal is paid directly at the restaurant.

Up to 2 curated dinners per month
Tables running in Long Beach
Mutual opt-in connections after dinner
No-show policy in writing

What membership does

A better table takes more than a reservation.

Membership keeps the room intentional: who joins, how people are matched, and what happens after dinner all matter.

Curated tables

Tables are composed by city, profile, timing, reliability, and useful overlap. Six people, one table, no exceptions.

A real restaurant

Venue details unlock before dinner, usually around 24 hours before, so the night starts right.

Up to two dinners a month

Membership covers the seat, the curation, and access to all available dinners in your city.

Mutual follow-up only

After dinner, you privately choose who you would like to reconnect with. Chat opens only when both people say yes.

Am I a fit?

Built for people with real business intent.

You do not need to be the loudest person in the room. You do need to be someone who takes the work seriously and makes the table better.

You are building, operating, investing in, or leading something real.

You can contribute useful context without turning dinner into a pitch.

You follow through when you commit to a seat.

You want fewer, better relationships with people who understand the work.

City access

Southern California, opening market by market.

Members pick their city during onboarding. A market opens when the room is strong enough to make the table worth the night, not before.

Long Beach

Tables running on a biweekly Thursday cadence. Founding members shape the rhythm.

Active

Los Angeles

Members can claim a founding seat now. The room opens when the right table is ready.

Opening soon

Orange County

Members can claim a founding seat now. The room opens when the right table is ready.

Opening soon

LA or OC?

Drop your email, we'll text the moment your city opens.

After Business members in conversation at dinner

The standard

Premium, but still easy to be around.

Member expectations

Show up if you reserve a seat.

Bring useful context, not a pitch.

Respect privacy until both people opt in.

Keep the table high-signal and easy to be around.

Mutual chats only.

After dinner, you privately choose who you would like to reconnect with. Chat opens only when both people choose yes.

Ready when the table is

Join the dinner. Book the next table.

$100/month. Long Beach tables are running biweekly, with up to two dinners per month. Request access for LA or OC and we’ll let you know when the room opens.

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