This week on The Tie-In, Zena and Mark sit down with Jonathan Bricklin: an entrepreneur, filmmaker, writer, and co-founder of SPIN ping-pong social clubs and the Little People Social Club (LPSC), opening in Lower Manhattan. Jonathan shares how a ping pong obsession at 30 turned into nine social clubs, and how a short film he made in college planted the seed for LPSC decades later.
He walks through the vision for LPSC: parlor games scaled for little people, a main bar with a lower serving counter, a private room inspired by Elvis's Graceland billiards room, a speakeasy entrance, a disco dance floor, and week-long trial memberships priced by height.
The conversation also turns to energy. Jonathan spent time as a door-to-door solar salesman in Texas, and he just finished an '80s-style romantic comedy screenplay about a solar salesman who fills a 10,000-acre ranch with solar. Along the way, he and Mark get into gravity battery storage, the SmartFlower solar tracker, balcony solar, and the future energy mix.
Perfect for entrepreneurs, hospitality and venue designers, filmmakers, and anyone interested in community building, human connection, and creative storytelling.
Topics: social clubs, members clubs, community building, human connection, inclusive design, venue design, hospitality, entrepreneurship, SPIN ping pong, Outlaw Pickle, pickleball, solar energy, battery storage, climate storytelling, filmmaking, New York City.
🎙️ Connect with Jonathan & LPSC:
🌐 littlepeoplesocialclub.com
🌐 lpsc.love
📸 Instagram: @littlepeoplesocialclub
🏓 wearespin.com
🎙️ Connect with your hosts:
💼 Zena Harris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenaharris/
💼 Mark Rabin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabinmark/
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