Last year, we started hosting dinner parties. They were much like any normal dinner party with one exception. At some point during the dinner we'd explain our goal: inspire others to host.

Sure, it's nice to host, but many people stop when invitations stop coming back. Hosting in our homes is down 70% over the last few decades.

Every time someone said "sure, I'll host," we would put their dinner on a newsletter so anyone who'd hosted or been invited to a prior dinner could ask to come. By the end of last year, over 200 dinners had happened across dozens of hosts and several cities.

We watched community form before our eyes.

Not only were dinners happening, people were getting to see each other enough times to become friends without the formality or contrivance. In other words: the normal way.

So we built something. We turned the newsletter into a website where hosts can post dinners, invite guests, and members can request seats.

Tiny Dinner hosts now welcome people into their homes almost every night of the week. We started in New York and have expanded to Miami and LA.

All the dinners are free. Everyone has personally met one of the hosts. Membership is pay-what-you-wish.

We think this should exist in every city in the world. We're working on it.

-Morgan & Saba