Startup Drinks Wrapup
I’m a few days late posting this as I was away for the weekend, but am now back in Cleveland and ready to move forward with the next steps from Startup Drinks. The event, in my opinion, was a huge success. I was suprised by the RSVP Count (24) but was impressed when even more people showed up - I didn’t take an exact count, but I don’t think I would be stretching it to say nearly 30 people showed.
I got to hear more about what’s going on at Mahalo from Chris Miller, a local lead developper for the LA Startup. Had some excellent Ruby conversations with Joe Fiorini, Corey Haines, Scott Himmel and Darren Powell. Before the event started, I had dinner with a few freelancers and other tech heads working for large corporations at Phnom Penh and was surprised to hear about all of the other groups around Cleveland that were starting up as well.
Best of all, I was able to erase one project from my whiteboard and side links, Nomadic Desk, as I was able to find a group of people a little further ahead on the project and hopefully will be able to lend a helping hand with their project. Usually I would say there is room for more than 1 player in any space, but in the space I was aiming for in Nomadic Desk, I think joining forces to create 1 local solution will be optimal. I look forward to hearing more about FS15 as it progresses and comes closer to opening.
Now that the first Startup Drinks is behind us, it’s time to look to the future. The need to continue these events is there, but I think the format could stand for a little more structure to aid in some of the discussions. I am starting to plan the next Startup Drinks and will post more about that soon, and I hope to see some of the Startup Drinkers at the Columbus Startup Weekend in July.
