Defense Entrepreneurs Forum
High Trust Informal Networks as a Strateegic Capability
How we gather matters
Defense Entrepreneurs Forum: The Strategic Impact Collective for National Security’s Human Edge.
DEF turns informal networks into strategic assets. We build the connective tissue between people inside the national security system and those working alongside it: service members and civil servants, founders and investors, technologists, creatives, academics, and civic leaders.
When traditional systems stall, this high-trust network turns field insight into action and delivers outcomes that strengthen U.S. relevance, resilience, and deterrence.
In ancient Greece, the agora was the public square where people met to trade ideas and make deals. DEF Agoras carry that forward: local, in-person gatherings where operators, founders, and civic leaders meet, talk candidly, and find ways to act together.
DEF runs on proximity, and the Agoras are where that starts.
(Agora Chapters)
Smaller, invitation-only gatherings held over two to three days, at home and abroad. Each is built around one challenge and convenes leaders across national security, intelligence, diplomacy, and entrepreneurship.
About Defense Entrepreneurs Forum
Cultivating Informal networks as a strategic capability.
DEF decentralizes, demystifies, and democratizes national security by making it participatory,
community-driven, and accessible.
Through convening we work to increase the surface area for serendipity in national security.
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Upcoming Events
DEF NYC Defense Tech RoundtableFri, Oct 09Pvilion
