The Unfinished WorldWilbert Limson

The City That Shows Up · Founder · youth community events

CURNT — making community events work for everyone in the room

Attendees, organizers and brands share one event, but each needs something different from it.

Role
Founder Owner-reported
Relationship
Founder
Where
Indonesia

Phase 0 software complete · first live event pending

The situation

CURNT is a youth activation venture built around community events. Attendees are trying to take part. Organizers and brands each face their own operational reality: registration, entry, attendance, and whether the support they give means anything.

The same evening looks different depending on whose job you are doing that night.

People in the picture

  • Young people joining community events
  • Event organizers
  • Brands supporting events

What I did

I founded CURNT and lead its product direction. A key change was narrowing scope: from a broad graph-platform thesis to an agency-first model built around the tangible work of running an event.

The Phase 0 software is complete, including a prototype entry flow: RSVP, signed QR pass, door scan. Running it at a live event is the next step.

  • Product strategy
  • Service design
  • Full-stack prototyping
  • QR ticketing flows

Decisions that shaped it

  1. From platform thesis to event operations

    The early idea was an expansive platform. The revised scope starts with what an event actually needs on the night: registration, entry, attendance and follow-up.

    Owner-reported

  2. Make the door a single, verifiable step

    An RSVP becomes a signed QR pass, scanned at the door. Attendance is recorded by the same step that lets someone in.

    Owner-reported

  3. Reward showing up, not just signing up

    A proposed “scene passport” turns repeat attendance into rewards that partners can redeem — designed, not yet tested with attendees.

    Proposed

What was made

early thesisa broad network platformset asiderevised · agency-firstwhat an event runs onregistrationentryattendancefollow-upstart hereredrawn summary · not the original pages
Founder notebookConceptual illustrationOwner-reportedLeft page: the early platform thesis. Right page: the revised, agency-first scope built around event operations.
rsvprsvp confirmedregistrationsigned passsignature markthe passdoor scanchecked inentry + attendanceone step lets someone in and records that they cameprototype flow · conceptual redraw
Entry flowConceptual illustrationOwner-reportedRSVP, a signed QR pass, a door scan. Part of the Phase 0 build; not yet run at a live event.
proposed — not yet testedscene passportone stamp per event attendedredeempartner rewardconcept drawing · no events or partners named
Scene passportConceptual illustrationProposedA proposed passport that stamps repeat attendance and unlocks partner rewards. Designed, not yet tested.

Where it stands

  1. Phase 0 software — registration, signed QR pass, door scan

    Prototype

    Code-complete per the project's technical documentation.

    Not yet run at a live event.

  2. First live event

    Future phase

    Planned field validation with real attendees and organizers.

    Pending at last review.

  3. Scene passport incentives

    Concept

    Proposed rewards for repeat participation.

    Untested adoption hypothesis.

Results

Not claimed yet. Results appear here only once they are documented — until then, this page shows what was designed, built or proposed.

Limits and honest caveats

  • No live event results are claimed: the first event was still pending at last review.
  • Incentive and adoption ideas are hypotheses, not findings.

In the Living Mind

This world feeds these lessons: