Ep 14: Creating Connection, Building Teams, and Off-site Virtual Food and Wine Events in the Hybrid Environment with Jonathan Como of Offsyte

Jonathan is the co-founder and CTO at Offsyte, a marketplace for planning amazing team events. He started Offsyte with his co-founder, Emma, right after the pandemic started last year. They were on a mission to make it as easy as possible to connect with your team. Since launching, they've helped teams book 1,000s of events towards that mission. Jonathan has lived in San Francisco for the past 7-8 years (with many, many trips to wine country) and currently lives with his partner Rachel and adorable dog Lola.

In this episode, Jonathan shares with us about how virtual events are thriving as we welcome a more digital-phasing world, and he also shares with us how we go into wine and why he just loves Napa Valley. Let’s dive in! 

[00:01 -08:45] Opening Segment 

• I introduce our guest for this episode 
• Jonathan talks about how Off-Site came into existence 
• • Launching a virtual platform 
  • How COVID has shaped the working world 
• What types of vendors they have on the platform 
• • Vendors from different categories
  • Not just wine vendors 

[8:46 - 17:35] Hosting Meaningful Virtual Events

• Difference between actual and virtual events/meetings
• • People who are good in events translate well to the virtual space 
• How the global landscape has changed
• • Opportunity to see the team composition
  • More options for the employees: remote/non-remote 
• Join my wine club and connect with other wine lovers! 
• • See link below
• Building better teams and relationships virtually 
  • Use the code: EVERYDAYWINE
  • Get $50 off of your first event 
• • Building trust 
  • Being genuinely invested on their success
  • Learn how to manager and host virtual events through this link

[17:36 - 26:36] Let’s talk about Wine 

• Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley
• Jonathan talks about how he got into wine 
• • Started in college 
  • Became close to wine country because of work 
  • The experiencing of tasting is special 
• Jonathan shares about why he keeps coming back to Napa Valley 

[27:27 - 31:02] Closing Segment 

• Favorite Wine
• Got-to pairing
• Favorite wine resource
• Connect with Jonathan
• • See links below 
• Final words

Tweetable Quotes:

“But I think for most companies, what we're gonna see is just choice, like, they're going to be giving, pushing a lot more of this on to individual departments and teams, and you're gonna see a lot more hybrid mode.”

Connect with Jonathan through LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also check his website at https://www.offsyte.co.

Book an event with Offsyte by logging on to www.offsyte.co/everyday-wine and use the code: EverydayWine and get $50 off from your first event! 

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