Plans shouldn’t fall through
by just a little.

I am Heydao’s founder. I first arrived in Vancouver in 2013. Since then, I have known both the excitement of rebuilding a life in an unfamiliar city and the many goodbyes caused by graduation, work, time and distance. People who were always up for something became names checked on occasionally, and every change of environment meant gathering the people you go out with all over again.

Most of the time the urge is there: a drink, a song, a round of board games. What gets in the way is usually something small — not enough people, no idea what to do, friends who happen to be busy, or simply being new in town. That little gap is often enough to let a whole evening slip away.

That is why I built Heydao: send out a “want to come along?”, let people nearby who also want to go out see it, ask to join and chat a little — and once the group is there, go. No months of building a connection first, no pushing what you want to do to next week. And if you are new to a city, playing together is a way to make friends and find your own buddies.