Dan Berger, the CEO and founder of Social Tables, talks about being inspired by meetings, creating "founding moments," and treating teams like family.

In the lobby of their Chinatown office, a gold bamboo banquet chair is mounted on the wall, surrounded by lanyards and passes from hundreds of events made possible by Social Tables—the DC-based startup that is disrupting the event planning industry with cutting-edge software. At the helm of it all is Dan Berger, who founded the company just four years ago.

In this episode, Dan Berger talks about the power of meetings; creating "founding moments" at Social Tables; and how the employee-employer relationship should be a partnership rooted in professional and personal development.

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My whole life I've kind of been infatuated with bringing people together.

Maximizing opportunities for learning and development - that's my number one job. I don't give a sh** about anything else. As long as I've helped people realize their potential and continue to impress themselves. That's what I care about.

Dan can be reached at @danberger. Social Tables at @socialtables and www.socialtables.com. The Protagonist: @hughandcrye, #theprotagonist.

In this episode, Dan references The Alliance by Reid Hoffman, Jack Dorsey's concept of founding moments, and a Harvard Business Journal article, Making Business Personal, co-written by Robert Kegan.

The first two images are courtesy of Social Tables, and the third is from The Muse.