Builders Club
A selected membership and clubhouse in downtown Kitchener for founders, operators and students making something real, with Wednesday sessions open to anyone.
Downtown Kitchener

Thursday, February 11, 2027, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM · Builders Club, 165 King St W, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A7, Canada · Hosted by PM Waterloo
3 min walk from Kitchener City Hall Station
Dennis has been working on a new product prioritization framework called PIVOT.
It started with a question: if AI is making software faster and cheaper to build, should that change how we decide what’s worth building?
PIVOT looks at five things: Protection, Impact, Validation, Off-ramp, and Time.
The two I’m most interested in are Validation and Off-ramp:
Validation: What would we need to see to invest more?
Off-ramp: What would we need to see to stop, scale back, or change direction?
We spend a lot of time talking about what success looks like. I’m not sure we spend enough time deciding upfront what would make us stop.
This workshop will be a chance to apply this framework on your own work.
A selected membership and clubhouse in downtown Kitchener for founders, operators and students making something real, with Wednesday sessions open to anyone.
Downtown Kitchener
Wednesday, Nov 18th, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM · Builders Club, 165 King St W, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A7, Canada · Hosted by Jesse Rodgers
3 min walk from Kitchener City Hall Station
Wednesday, Nov 18th, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM · Kitchener, ON · Hosted by Civic Tech WR
1 min walk from Kitchener City Hall Station
Sunday, Nov 22nd, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM · Builders Club, 165 King St W, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A7, Canada · Hosted by Waterloo Agentic
3 min walk from Kitchener City Hall Station
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