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johnzib
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Title: open coffee for entrepreneurs, developers and investors (Forum)
Submitted: October 21st, 2007 - 11:23pm
Do you think Providence benefit from another event?
Anyone have experience with OpenCofee event or similar?
http://www.opencoffeeclub.org/
There is one up in Boston, weekly on thurs 10-12. I'm going this week if anyone want to check it out w/me or carpool.
John johnz@getmemo.com



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I noticed that our open coffee is not listed on the main OPEN COFFEE website.
http://www.opencoffeeclub.org/
Getting listed would only widen the circle and give potential attendees a good reference to the purpose.
There were about 8 people, many first/second time visitors. There was no format and very loose. The leader/organizer (VC guy) was not there. I only spoke with half the people, but most were startups. Some were just out of college, others were professionals with an idea all the way to up&running with small client base.
Overall it was interesting to have a very open format to talk, listed, get//give feedback. I did find a good potential developer groups and 2 leads for potential business partnerships (reseller type).
The value seems to come from the ebb/flow of new faces and ideas. Being able to make new connections and have a easy point of entry.
Given the events that already exist in Prov and the relatively small/close community, I'm not sure of the value add and longterm viabilaty for a opencoffee in Prov.
On the flip side - why not. Give it a try and see how it goes. Everything is what we make of it and we seem to be making cool things lately :)