Dinner In 2 weeks
November
Thursday
19:30–22:30 2026 · Barcelona time
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Alpha School says kids can learn 2x in 2 hours a day with AI tutors, then spend the afternoon on public speaking, entrepreneurship and leadership. Many of you know Alpha through PEF, and their new a16z episode is making the rounds. They’re opening 27 new campuses this fall, at up to $75k a year. Is this where school is heading? Would you send yours?
At our last PEF Barcelona dinner, on investing beyond AI, the conversation kept drifting back to our kids and how they’re being educated. So this dinner is only about that.
10 PEF members at one table in a private room at Soho Pool House, for one Jeffersonian conversation: one question at a time, and everyone gets the floor.
Co-hosting is Christopher Pommerening, PEF member and founder of Learnlife, which runs learner-driven hubs here in Barcelona. He’ll share where he thinks education is going, from the perspective of someone building a frontier school.
What we’ll get into:
Can you teach entrepreneurship, or is it just what happens when kids get autonomy, adaptability and creativity?
Alpha, Learnlife, international school, homeschooling: what are we actually choosing between, and what are we optimizing for?
Which skills are worth paying for when knowledge is free?
Is university still the goal, a backup plan, or a detour?
What are you doing with your own kids right now, and what would you change?
For PEF members who are parents, future parents, or building or investing in education. No pitches, no decks.
Come with an answer: what did building a company teach you that school never did, and how are you teaching it to your kids?
The evening
7:30PM drinks in a private room, with complimentary Cava from the Soho Pool House GM
8:30PM three-course, family-style dinner in a private room at Cecconi’s, third floor
Wrapping up by 10:45PM
€65/head, paid on-site, covers dinner; drinks are extra
No Soho House membership needed. The GM will join us and has special membership perks for PEF members.
Can’t make it? Cancel by Monday, Nov 9 so we can give your seat to the waitlist.
10 seats. Our last dinner filled up with a waitlist, so grab yours early.
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Av. del Tibidabo, 23, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
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