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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/the-first-15-events-bled-money/index.md b/content/posts/2026/the-first-15-events-bled-money/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db4f90f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/the-first-15-events-bled-money/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +title: "The first 15 events bled money" +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z +draft: false +excerpt: "The first SLIST event at 494 Broadway in SoHo drew 60 people with a week of promotion. Total ticket sales: roughly $1,700. After staff and expenses, the payout was around … Read more" +categories: + - BTS +tags: + - financial + - format-long-form + - growth + - tone-raw +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-first-15-events-bled-money/cover.png + alt: "Dark scene of scattered financial receipts illuminated by red light" +legacy_wp_id: 16012 +--- +The first SLIST event at 494 Broadway in SoHo drew 60 people with a week of promotion. Total ticket sales: roughly $1,700. After staff and expenses, the payout was around $1,400. That was one of the better outcomes. Most of the first 15 events lost money or barely broke even. And every single one of them was worth it. + +## The real numbers + +The earliest documented financial record is the Silo Thursday in August 2024: 33 Dice tickets for $495, 122 RA tickets for $749.70, 18 door tickets for $498.50. Total ticket sales: $1,743.20. Deductions: $200 staff plus $100 bar tip. Payout: $1,443.20. For context, that event had 200 guests and was the most successful Thursday in Silo’s history. The margin was still razor-thin. +Diff truncated (48 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
