We weren’t in a co-working space. We weren’t in a WeWork conference room with branded water bottles and forced small talk. We were in Alentejo, Portugal on a farm.

Dan was feeding carrots to a stallion. Adrienne was whiteboarding product ideas with a herd of cows outside the window. It was chaotic. It was alive. It was beautiful.

It was Myosin House Lisbon.

And it worked.

This wasn’t a retreat. It was a prototype.

Myosin House Lisbon wasn’t about unplugging. It was about plugging in.

We’ve spent years building a decentralized marketing network that lives online. This was our first real test: what happens when the network leaves Telegram, touches grass, and shows up in the same place?

Less pixels. More presence. Fewer calls. More connection.

This wasn’t designed as an experiment in team bonding. It was network calibration, a weekend designed to move us to think faster, clearer, and build the kind of trust you can’t create in a Notion doc.

Because when the connections are real offline, the collaboration hits harder online.

We cooked together. We worked. We debated. We built. 

It felt like the blueprint for where we’re headed.

Why bring the network together IRL?

Because the best product ideas don’t always happen in a Google Meet. Because Notion doesn’t show you who someone really is. Because sometimes, what you really need is a long dinner with people you trust, a glass of wine, and a whiteboard with no guardrails.

Stef put the experience simply: “Collaborative, open-minded, and joyous.” 

That’s the line we’re trying to cross. That’s what Myosin House delivered, with presence, proximity, and perspective.

Nicole really nailed the vibe: “We did some amazing shit and had a really good time doing it.”

That’s what Myosin House is. A place where the network could stretch its legs. A reminder that this thing we’re building isn’t just digital infrastructure, it’s made of humans.

The bright moments? Depends who you ask.

Ask Blake, and he’ll tell you the real highlight was watching the network sync up in the wild, saddle and all.
Ask Nicole, and she’ll describe the moment the stallion finally took the carrot from her hand. And yes, we had a horse-feeding budget.
Ask Stef, and she’ll tell you it was cleaning up after dinner with everyone, proof that contribution isn’t always onchain.

But there were a few collective highs:

• Myosin Learns, our in-house experiment in collaborative upskilling, hit different when teams were pitching like CEOs in real time.

• Our "last supper" tacos hit harder after 48 hours of creative chaos, ideation, and a very poor Cards Against Humanity performance.

• And the late-night convos? The kind you remember months later because something real got unlocked.

As Rom put it: 

“Cooking together, eating together, sharing dreams, that’s not something you do every weekend. It’s special.”

That’s rare. And that’s what we’re building.

What actually made it work

Not the horses. Not the sunsets. Not even the wine.

What made Lisbon work was the thing we talk about all the time but rarely get to experience this directly: trust.

Trust that the people next to you know what they’re doing. That they care. That they’re not here to farm vibes–they’re here to contribute, build, and learn together. 

Adrienne captured it perfectly: “The act of creation is just so beautiful. That’s what this weekend was about.”

And you could see it in the room, in the energy, and in the chaos of the table we worked around for three days straight. Laptops. Empty bottles. Post-its. Plates of food. A half-sketched roadmap bleeding into someone’s notebook.

That table wasn’t metaphorical. It was proof of work.

This is what a DAO looks like when it grows up without selling out.

Lisbon was just the beginning.

Lisbon wasn’t a one-off. It was the best and most structured version of what’s possible when a network comes together with intention. But it’s not the final form.

This is a playbook we’re going to keep running and keep evolving.

The vision is global. More cities. More Houses. More building. 

The Houses will be member-led. The format is open for iteration. As the network grows, so does the responsibility: to propose, host, and shape what these Houses and the future of Myosin becomes.

Because the real goal is to build on vibes in ways that strengthen the network as a whole.

Each House adds context. Each immersion creates and amplifies trust. Each weekend lays the groundwork for how we work, how we grow, and what we’re building together.

This is how we scale a culture. 

If Lisbon was the spark, what’s coming next is the fire.

If this sounds like the way you want to work, the door is open. We’re looking for creatives, strategists, marketers, and builders ready to contribute.

Apply to become a member and join the next Myosin House!