Questions, answered honestly

Independents in Singapore — founders, freelancers, consultants and creative makers who work for themselves and would rather not do it entirely alone. If you’re between things or just gone solo, that counts too. The one thing everyone shares is that they’re building something on their own terms.

Circle is $38/month for the online community and twice-monthly meetups. Studio is $88/month and adds weekday space access, a fortnightly accountability pod and free workshops. Guild is $168/month and adds two-way mentoring, small-table dinners and hosting privileges. You can pay yearly and get roughly two months free, and you can move up or down a tier anytime.

Yes — come to a Saturday Coffee Morning as a guest first. It’s the honest way to see the room, meet a few members and decide if it’s your kind of place before any money changes hands. Just message us and we’ll put you on the list.

Not to feel exclusive — it’s so the small-table dinners and the mentoring actually work. Those only deliver when everyone at the table is genuinely a few years in and ready to give as much as they take, so we keep the cohort small and have a quick chat before you join.

A pod is a fixed group of five or six members who meet every fortnight to set goals, report back on the last ones and help each other get unstuck. It’s the single thing members credit most with actually moving their work forward. Pods come with Studio and Guild.

Both. The community lives online so it’s there at midnight when you need it, and we have two spaces — the Clubroom near Tanjong Pagar MRT and a quieter studio in Joo Chiat. Studio and Guild members get weekday drop-in access to the Clubroom.

By being deliberate about it. There are no pitch rounds, no lead-swapping, and the work people pass each other comes with no finder’s fees. We host for belonging first; the useful stuff — clients, collaborators, advice — turns out to follow naturally when nobody’s hunting for it.

Anytime. There’s no lock-in and no long contract — membership renews monthly (or yearly if you choose that). If life or work changes, you can pause for a few months and pick up where you left off, and we’ll keep your directory listing warm for you.

Membership is billed in Singapore dollars by PayNow or card, with an itemised receipt each cycle. Yearly members pay once and save about two months. We handle your details in line with PDPA and never share the directory outside the membership.