The investment to join the upcoming cohort is €350.

This fee includes:

✅ A €120/year license fee – Giving you exclusive rights to host F*ck the Small Talk in your city.

🎓 Comprehensive training – Three live, interactive sessions (2 hours each) covering everything you need to run unforgettable events.

🛠️ Resources & branding – Access to our event framework, marketing materials, and the credibility of an established brand.

🤝 Ongoing support – We don’t just train you and leave. After your first event, we move to a commission-based model and continue to support you every step of the way. You'll also join our communtiy of awesome/supportive hosts around the world! 

💻 Essential Tools - Like Meetup, Typeform Plus, G-suite and Luma Pro.

💡 Bonus: The skills you gain from this training will serve you far beyond just hosting F*ck the Small Talk™ - they’re useful in so many other aspects of facilitation, networking, and community-building!

📞 A full breakdown of the fee and commission structure will be shared with you before our onboarding call, after you fill out the application.

If finances are tight but you’re passionate about becoming a host, reach out. We’re happy to explore flexible options to make it work. 

Think of it like launching your own event series, except you’re not starting from scratch. You’re stepping into something that already works, with a team behind you to help you make it happen. (we’ve been doing this for 5+ years!)

And most importantly? We’ll never leave you hanging. If we bring you on as a host, it means we believe in your city and your ability to make this work. We’re in it with you. 💙

We’ve been doing this for years, we’ve built a strong brand, and we’ll support your events through our channels, social media, and newsletter of 10,000+ subscribers.

That said, we also expect hosts to take initiative.

Every city is different, and in many places you’ll know the local scene better than we do. That might mean posting in relevant Facebook groups, sharing on Instagram, reaching out to local communities, collaborating with venues, or experimenting with other ways to get the word out.

We’ll give you the tools, brand, strategy and support. You bring the local knowledge, curiosity and willingness to try things.

You’re definitely not doing this solo, but we do want hosts who are excited to help their events grow.

This directly depends on your city! The host receives the majority percentage of the event sales.

The average host payout is around between 250€-450€ per event. Could be more or less depending on your city.

We’ll send you more detailed information once we have a call and you fill in the application form.

Epic Llama is the umbrella company, and F*ck the Small Talk™ is one of our signature experiences. In addition to FTST, we host a variety of other unique events like Playground for Adults and Get Shit Done.

Beyond our events, we specialize in experience design consulting and offer epic team-building events and workshops for organizations of all sizes. We’ve had the privilege of working with companies like Amazon, Klarna, Malwarebytes, foodspring, Google Cloud, and SAP.

You don’t need to be an influencer or content creator, but you should feel comfortable using Instagram, Facebook and other digital tools to help promote your event.

We’ll support you with content, branding and marketing, but every city is different. We expect hosts to bring some local knowledge, initiative and willingness to experiment with what works.

We’re just as invested in your success as you are, because when your events thrive, F*ck the Small Talk thrives too.We’ll give you the training, tools, support and guidance to help you get started, and we expect you to bring the same level of initiative and commitment on your side.

If we both genuinely give it a proper shot and something still isn’t working, we’ll talk about it together and figure out what makes sense. Ultimately, this is an opportunity to bring something meaningful to your city, earn from it, and do it with the backing of an established brand, proven format and global network of hosts.

It’s not a job, and it’s not a gamble. It’s a partnership. 💙

Most of our events currently attract people in their mid-20s to mid-30s, and that’s the core audience we’ve built FTST around so far.

When bringing FTST to a new city, we’re generally looking to reach a similar crowd: curious, open-minded humans around 25–35 who are excited to meet new people and skip the usual small talk.

That said, we’re open to exploring events for other age groups too. If you think there’s a strong opportunity for a different audience in your city, let’s talk about it.

We’re currently looking for committed hosts who can run regular events in cities that meet one of these criteria:

1. Active Meetup scene – Think cities with a vibrant Meetup community, like most cities in North America and European capitals.

2. Active digital nomad community – Ideal for cities like Buenos Aires, Malta, and Mexico City.

3. Private events – If you prefer hosting private or community-specific events, the city you’re in doesn’t matter! You can still join the training and use the format however you like (for religious groups, community organizations, etc.).

We currently have chapters in 29 cities: Barcelona 🇪🇸, Basel 🇨🇭, Berlin 🇩🇪, Bologna 🇮🇹, Brussels 🇧🇪, Buenos Aires 🇦🇷, Budapest 🇭🇺, Chiang Mai 🇹🇭, Cologne 🇩🇪, Copenhagen 🇩🇰, Cyprus 🇨🇾, Dubai 🇦🇪, Edinburgh 🇬🇧, Geneva 🇨🇭, Glasgow 🇬🇧, Hamburg 🇩🇪, Istanbul 🇹🇷, Lisbon 🇵🇹, London 🇬🇧, Mexico City 🇲🇽, Montreal 🇨🇦, Paris 🇫🇷, Riyadh 🇸🇦, Torino 🇮🇹, Toronto 🇨🇦, Vancouver 🇨🇦, Vienna 🇦🇹, Wellington 🇳🇿, and Zurich 🇨🇭.

For example, Vancouver isn’t known as a digital nomad hub, but its strong Meetup culture makes it one of our most popular cities! The same goes for Berlin.

🌍 We’re particularly interested in expanding to cities like Amsterdam, Bangkok, Singapore, Seoul, Munich, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. (We’re also keen on expanding to less-known cities!)

If your city isn’t on the list, don’t worry, you can still apply to become a host!

We’re looking for hosts who can commit to organizing monthly events (or at least 11 per year) in their city. Of course, you’re welcome to host more if the demand is high!