Somebody Has To Say It
| May 18, 07 in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital |  2 Comments |
UPDATE: Scott has a full writeup.
Good job Scott and Michael on pulling together the Capital Connections event on Wednesday night.
The fact that 180 entrepreneurs and investors showed up for the gathering in and of itself speaks for what a great job they did and the need for this type of gathering. Mixing entrepreneurs and folks with money is one of the keys to make Atlanta a better technology community. About a dozen companies set up demos in the room and it was really interesting to walk around and learn about some new concepts that I had not seen before (and I see a lot).
At one point in the evening I got the eerie feeling that I was at the seventh grade dance. All the boys (the entrepreneurs) and all the girls (the investors) were standing around in there own little clumps with no one wanting to cross the room and ask the other to dance. Well let me tell you, the boys have got to make the first move. And you don't have to ask them to dance. Just go over and do the equivalent of telling them you like their hair, dress, or purse (the purse comment always worked) and take it from there.
Hi there, Lance, and thanks for the mention.
I have been sitting on a post about this, as I've been waiting to get the pics back from the event (which I got last night.) So, something should go up today on it. I think Haynie and Jason Caplain were waiting on pics as well (which I sent to them.)
Good point re: the networking. In fact, it is one of the things that I pointed out in my draft post as well. No excuse for camping in the corner or hanging out with your buddies - no excuse.
Cheers.
Scott