Part-Time

City Host

Base

Base

51-200 employees

AI-matched professional networking membership platform

Compensation Overview

$25 - $300/hr

+ Mileage reimbursement + Parking reimbursement + On-shift food reimbursement

No H1B Sponsorship

Boston, MA, USA + 12 more

More locations: Houston, TX, USA | Washington, DC, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Detroit, MI, USA | Tampa, FL, USA | Miami, FL, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | Phoenix, AZ, USA | Denver, CO, USA

Hybrid

Must travel independently to event venues using a reliable vehicle.

Category
Customer Experience & Support (1)

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Requirements
  • You must have a valid driver's license, active auto insurance, and a reliable vehicle.
  • You must be comfortable standing for the duration of events and setting up rooms, including moving tables, chairs, and supplies weighing up to 30 pounds.
  • You must have a smartphone with reliable data.
  • You must be at least 18 years old and eligible to work in the United States.
  • You must not drink while on shift when alcohol is served at an event.
Responsibilities
  • Own the room from open to close by setting the space before attendees arrive, including lighting, music, place cards, and event flow.
  • Welcome Members at the door and address them by name.
  • Open events, manage energy, handle transitions, and close events intentionally for groups of 20 to 60 people.
  • Run experiences, socials, orientations, dinners, and seasonal events, adapting the format while maintaining the required standard.
  • Identify and correct issues such as crooked chairs, dim corners, and awkward transitions in the music before attendees notice them.
  • Tear down events and leave the venue better than it was found.

Base.club is a professional networking platform that uses AI to connect members for meaningful, non-transactional relationships. Members join through nomination or direct application and are part of an exclusive community. Each month, the AI matches members in their city based on shared interests and goals, and member reviews help improve future matches. The platform also hosts biannual events for additional networking opportunities. Unlike more transactional networking sites, Base.club emphasizes authentic help-for-growth relationships and curates its community around archetypes like entrepreneurs, leaders, scholars, and artists. Its goal is to help professionals build genuine connections that support personal and professional growth via a focused, membership-based model.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$700K

Headquarters

Miami, Florida

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Base is active in ten cities and plans 20 new launches in 2026.
  • Refresh Miami reported sevenfold growth in 2024 across members and revenue.
  • Partner venues and member-reviewed matching reduce venue overhead and improve retention.

What critics are saying

  • Base lacks durable network effects; event quality collapses if each city stays thin.
  • Competitors like Soho House, Meetup, and LinkedIn can copy curation and undercut pricing.
  • If expansion into 20 cities in 2026 stalls, Base becomes a niche Miami club.

What makes Base unique

  • Selective, vetted membership with monthly city matching and curated events builds social density.
  • Base’s feedback loop uses member ratings to sharpen AI matching and event recommendations.
  • The brand sells authentic, non-transactional relationships, not broad networking or job-market utility.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Professional Development Budget

Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

19%
Refresh Miami
Jan 30th, 2025
Tribes, Not Transactions: How Base Leverages Tech To Curate Connections

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1BITE-CON, 4Geeks partner on scholarships & more4Geeks Academy, a leading Miami-based online coding bootcamp, and the BITE-CON Foundation, an organization committed to helping to grow a pipeline of 1 million BIPOC and women technologists in the next five years, recently teamed up to provide scholarships aimed at fostering inclusive access to tech education.The partners share a vision of democratizing high-quality tech education. The BITE-CON Foundation engages, educates, and exposes the Black and Brown community to emerging technologies through strategic events, partnerships, and workforce development initiatives. 4Geeks Academy is renowned globally for its coding education, graduating over 4,000 students across its 8 campuses, and placing 84% in relevant tech positions.BITE-CON and 4Geeks Academy are introducing three pivotal scholarship opportunities: the TechBoost Scholarship, HBCU Scholarship, and the Miami Tech Talent Coalition Scholarship. Each scholarship is designed to empower individuals to enroll in 4Geeks Academy’s Full Stack Development or Data Science and Machine Learning programs by providing significant financial support.“The partnership has tremendous potential,” BITE-CON founder and Executive Director Temanté Leary told the Miami Herald. “We are working on several initiatives in addition to providing scholarship opportunities for those who want to break into tech by way of bootcamp.”Those include putting on periodic educational workshops. The first one, in June in the debut of a Web3 TechTalk series, was titled “Leveraging Blockchain for Social Impact,” featuring Nandy Martin, Chairman of the Captain Haiti Foundation, who discussed technology’s influential role in uplifting Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.The partnership also plans to provide certificate programs starting, with an AI certification from Microsoft

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The startup is creating in-person events in an age where professional and social connections are moving online.