🍻 FOMO Munich: FOMO is my full-time job. My story on FAST & CURIOUS with Lea-Sophie Cramer.| 06.10 - 12.10

Hey FOMO Munich 👋

Yes, I do FOMO full-time.

Mid-six-figure revenue.

25,000+ weekly readers. Over 100 events in 12 months. What started as a newsletter is now a community, a media and events company—and my livelihood.

Why share this today? Because I’ve been asked so often lately, and joining Lea-Sophie Cramer on the FAST & CURIOUS podcast gave me a moment to pause and appreciate what we’ve built.

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In a world of AI, I believe human connection will only become more valuable. 

That’s what we do every day. Thank you for reading, showing up and being part of it.

As I always say: this is just the start. 💙.

The FOMO Cape Town WhatsApp group for the 26/27 is officially live! 

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Berlin this week. Munich next. You know where to find us.

And our next FOMO events: 🚨

• Tue. Nov. 17: Founder & Investor Padel Open: Slush Edition 🎾 | 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM: Berlin, Munich, Cape Town. Sold out ten times over. Now Slush. Founders and investors, mixed doubles, partners drawn on court. Then sauna, ice bath, DJ till midnight. With Berlin Partner. The most Finnish way to close a round. Konepaja, Helsinki.

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What did you FOMO last week 📸 

FOMO Opportunity Spotlight & Carve Out 🔦 :

• Sun. Oct. 11: Yinshi Pre Launch: TCM, Tea & Community 🍵 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Yinshi brings TCM into the now, before it even launches. TCM doctor Dr. Sandra Bürklin on why you're tired despite enough sleep. Tea ritual included. Its founders joined our latest female founder event, co-hosted with Auxxo, Vorwerk Ventures and V14.

• Thu. Nov. 5: VC Comms Forum 2026 📣 | 6:00 PM – Fri. 6:00 PM:
  Built for the people who make VCs look good. Comms, platform and IR leads from across the industry. AI agents in comms, LinkedIn, crisis playbooks. Welcome dinner first, apéritif last. By Cosmyc Partners.

• FOMO Cape Town Group 26/27 🌴: Spending winter in Cape Town? Get on the inside before you land. Last season, 500+ of us shared one WhatsApp group: roomies, Garden Route crews, deals closed. 100 already in for 26/27. Event drops, curated dinners, your people from day one. Best season yet. Zero FOMO..

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The FOMO Munich week 💙 (6.10 - 12.10):

FOMO top picks of the week 🔥

These are the events I would attend if I were in town:

• Open House Munich – The Real-Time Database for AI 🤖🗄️| Tuesday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Data and AI professionals explore real-time databases, agentic AI, observability, technical workshops, customer cases, product announcements, and networking. Münchner Macherei, Levelingstraße 2, 81673 Munich.

• Neon Run & Rave ⚡ | Wednesday, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM: Nine Munich run clubs, 8km in the dark, a DJ on a cargo bike leading the pack. Glow sticks, Mizuno test shoes, then a sober club afterparty. Founders Running Club is in. Marathon week starts here. €5, 200 spots. Das Karls, Sonnenstraße.

• Ship & Sip! Munich 🍻 | Thursday, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Munich's product people, indie hackers and founders, one bar, zero slides. No sponsored pitches, no corporate fluff, just drinks and builders talking shop. Free to attend, location revealed after approval. Munich.

Tuesday 6th

• Open House Munich – The Real-Time Database for AI 🤖🗄️| 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Data and AI professionals explore real-time databases, agentic AI, observability, technical workshops, customer cases, product announcements, and networking. Münchner Macherei, Levelingstraße 2, 81673 Munich.

• Open House Munich - ClickHouse Events🤖🗄️ | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Developers and AI professionals explore real-time databases, AI agents, observability, workshops, customer stories, technical talks, networking, and hands-on training. Münchner Macherei, Levelingstraße 2, 81673 Munich.

• AI & Climate Action: Solution or Problem? 🌍 | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Does AI fix the climate or burn it? Celonis sustainability lead Sophia Wieland, TreeSense cofounder Moritz Spielvogel and Heartprint CEO Rainer Karcher argue it out. Science meets business, in English. Celonis, Maxvorstadt.

Wednesday 7th

• AI@Strategy Conference - TUM Chair for Strategy & Organization 🤖📊 | 10:30 AM – 10:00 PM: AI researchers, business leaders, policymakers, and practitioners explore how artificial intelligence is transforming strategy, organizations, business models, and value chains. TUM Audimax, Theresienstraße, 80333 Munich.

• Neon Run & Rave ⚡ | 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM: Nine Munich run clubs, 8km in the dark, a DJ on a cargo bike leading the pack. Glow sticks, Mizuno test shoes, then a sober club afterparty. Founders Running Club is in. Marathon week starts here. €5, 200 spots. Das Karls, Sonnenstraße.

• Beatletics Pilates Party x Run & Rave Afterparty 🪩 | 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM: While the runners hit the streets, Beatletics keeps it indoors. Sixty minutes of Pilates to a live DJ, then straight into the official Run & Rave afterparty. 250+ people, shakes by Shakeroom. Same venue, different sweat. Das Karls, Sonnenstraße.

Thursday 8th

• Ship & Sip! Munich 🍻 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Munich's product people, indie hackers and founders, one bar, zero slides. No sponsored pitches, no corporate fluff, just drinks and builders talking shop. Free to attend, location revealed after approval. Munich.

FOMO Upcoming Top Events & Opportunities 💯

• Wed. Oct. 14: Negotiation Skills with Carolin Bartlau - Sip & Share Germany 🤝💰 | 6:30 PM: Women and founders learn practical negotiation skills, preparation strategies, and confidence through Carolin Bartlau’s talk, model, Q&A, and networking. Workingwell Crew.

• Wed. Oct. 14 – Thu. Oct. 15: Munich Quantum Software Forum 2026 ⚛️💻 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Quantum software researchers, developers, and decision-makers connect to showcase technologies, exchange ideas, and discuss the future of quantum computing. Backstage Kulturzentrum, Reitknechtstraße 6, 80639 Munich.

• Oct 22 – 23, Munich: PUSH UX 2026 🎨 | Around 700 UX & product professionals come together for two days of talks, breakouts and networking on AI, design & product. Speakers from Anthropic, Google, Wise, IKEA, DeepL, n8n & more.

Friday 9th

• PAS x Sweet Protection Social Gravel Ride 🚴 | From 4:00 PM: International Cycling Club rolls out of Pas Normal Studios for 60km of gravel to Lake Tegernsee. Hot dogs and drinks at Sweet Protection's office, then the ride home in the dark. Bring lights. Sign up via Strava. Pas Normal Studios, Munich.

• Hands On with Claude Code + Notion ✍️ | 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Three hours, one laptop, a month of content. Co-Work & founder Vidushi and ex Adobe staff engineer Hina Watts build an AI content system with Claude Code and Notion. Non technical by design. Second edition, the first sold out. CIC Berlin.

• Gründerpokern im WERK1 ♠️ | 6:00 PM – 2:30 AM: Up to 100 of Munich's startup crowd at real tables with professional dealers. Prizes on the line, drinks and snacks on the house. Never played? They teach you. Bluffing your cap table is optional. WERK1 Café, Werksviertel.

• Shakeout Run: NVRSTP x Nike 👟 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: One last shakeout before race weekend. Easy 5km, then Nike Pegasus Plus 2 test shoes, shirt customization, pizza and music. Tonight only, an extra 20% off the NVRSTP x Nike collection. Limited spots. Top4Running, Munich.

•  Salty University: Final Lecture 🎓 | From 6:00 PM: Salty Sports Club and lululemon turn Haus im Tal into a campus for marathon weekend. Tonight's final lecture: breathwork with a lululemon ambassador, panel talks, arts and crafts. Graduation is Sunday, 42.2km later. Anagram Haus im Tal, Munich.

• MOVE Pop Up Store x Secret Release Party 🧦 | From 6:00 PM: MOVE by 1KOMMA5° opens a pop up store on the Alster and drops secret merch the same night. Social run, road bike tour, free socks and tattoos, music by Betriebsgeheimnis. Sign up via Strava. Alster, Hamburg.

Saturday 10th

•  Munich Marathon Shakeout Run by lululemon 🧂 | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM: The last easy 5km before the final exam. Salty Sports Club and lululemon ambassador Chiara Greselin lead a shakeout through the city center. Student ID, free shirt, juice and pastries back on campus. Registration mandatory. Haus im Tal, Munich.

• KEFAI Anniversary 3 🇮🇹 | 9:00 PM – 2:00 AM: Munich's Italian community crew turns three. Kefai kept the venue a riddle, now it's out. Italian pulses into the early hours. The night before the marathon, so runners, choose wisely. €14. Sommerquartier & Dosage Bar, Altstadt.

Sunday 11th

• Marathon München by Brooks 🏅 | From 9:00 AM: 40,000+ runners, one lap through Munich. Olympic Park to Siegestor, Marienplatz, English Garden and Werksviertel, back to the Olympic Park. Registration is closed, so line the course and cheer. Free Runners Festival all weekend. Olympiapark, Munich.

• Lift This Way x LMTLZ 🏋️ | 12:45 PM – 3:30 PM: Not running the marathon? Sweat anyway. This Way Munich takes over Limitlezz for strength and endurance: SkiErg, AirBike, burpees. Then cold drinks by Zero Labs and a community hangout. €15, very limited spots. Limitlezz, Munich.

• Runners Delight: Marathon Afterparty 🥂 | 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM: You finished. Now land softly. Run and Chill, On and STOX close the weekend with breathwork and fascia release, then ice baths, polaroids and a proud wall. Bring your medal. €5, or €4 for party only. Cotidiano Stiglmaierplatz, Maxvorstadt.

• MU.IT Choir Concert v1.1 🎶 | 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM: A choir with a version number. MU.IT Choir Concert v1.1, conducted by Viktor Ignatiev with creative direction by Uliana Gaian. Banchieri to gospel, then soloists from Bellini to Rachmaninoff. Free entry, donations welcome. EineWeltHaus, Schwanthalerhöhe.

Monday 12th

• Munich Impact Co-Founder Matching 🤝🌱 | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Aspiring founders and changemakers connect through structured matching to discover complementary co-founders, spark ideas, build partnerships, and pursue impact ventures. Department of Labor and Economic Development, Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 15, 80331 Munich.

• AWS UG Munich – October 2026 ☁️🤖 | 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM: AWS professionals explore recent announcements, cloud migration, Snowflake’s modern data stack, networking, food, drinks, and technical discussions. Capgemini Deutschland GmbH, Prinzregentenstraße 159A, 81677 Munich.

• GameDevMünchen Stammtisch (formerly Munich Indie) 🎮🤝 | 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM: Game developers gather informally to network, share projects, exchange ideas, meet peers, and enjoy food and drinks together. Wirtshaus am Bavariapark, Theresienhöhe 15, 80339 Munich.

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