Only For "STARTUPreneurs" in Altanta.
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I totally agree. Nothing complicated. I don't know about anything that makes me pay to chat. I am not too far from perimeter. Send me an email and we can set up something for all of us. [email protected]
PS. John. C cool que tu parles francais. On devrait vraiment se rencontrer ASAP.
Je parle français un peu :) There is a French language meetup group that hopefully is going to move their normal meetup location to the Le Madelaine on Abernathy soon, their fee is only a $1 donation and it's pretty difficult to find people interested in speaking French in these parts so probably worth it. Soon everything will be attainable on Abernathy! C'est vrai!
Ok it looks like this ycombinator thing doesn't handle French characters very well, or maybe I'm doing something wrong
Add me to the list. I'd also be curious to know where in the metro area everyone lives. That might suggest the most convenient meetup location.
http://www.blursoft.com/devFarm/gmeetup/index.php?m=33
http://www.blursoft.com/devFarm/gmeetup/index.php?m=33
I'm in a startup with azsromej, so count me in as well.
As far as having meet n greets, I'd propose somewhere in Midtown. Thats where Tech is, its where Technology Square is, its where all the growth is. The Perimeter area is just full of old established insurance companies, marketing and spamming companies -- the "old school" suits. Midtown is where all the young professionals and visionaries are, plus its literally the only place centralized to all of the metro atlanta area instead of just the northern edge like Perimeter would be.
Just my two cents ;)
As far as having meet n greets, I'd propose somewhere in Midtown. Thats where Tech is, its where Technology Square is, its where all the growth is. The Perimeter area is just full of old established insurance companies, marketing and spamming companies -- the "old school" suits. Midtown is where all the young professionals and visionaries are, plus its literally the only place centralized to all of the metro atlanta area instead of just the northern edge like Perimeter would be.
Just my two cents ;)
i second midtown! :) perimeter is a little too far for me to be able to make it on a consistent basis. my email address is nandan.naik (at) gmail.com
What's up. That sounds ok.
Guys can you all send in your email addresses so we can round up.
Your profile does not show your email addresses.
Or everybody can just throw in a place to meet and time and we vote for the best. That way no one will spam noone in the future.
Send in our email addresses to whom? We need to elect one person to be the organizer of all of this or something.
Just as a note, we (azsromej and I) registered the domain startup20.com a few months ago. Never really did anything with it except put up a logo. I'd be happy to put a wiki or something just to keep track of meet up dates / locations.
The ATL entrepreneurs link that was already posted would have worked but they are charging $10? Whats up with that? Just meet somewhere and have some sushi or drinks or something.
I have a friend who is originally from brazil who has a lot of VC contacts down there, and according to him they are all itching to get their claws into some american startups, because there's simply not much entrepreneuriship going on in brazil outside of banana stands. He lives in tennessee though, but he said he is very very interested in coming down for some of these meet n greets with atlanta area startups. So I'll see if I can get him to tag along to one or two.
Just as a note, we (azsromej and I) registered the domain startup20.com a few months ago. Never really did anything with it except put up a logo. I'd be happy to put a wiki or something just to keep track of meet up dates / locations.
The ATL entrepreneurs link that was already posted would have worked but they are charging $10? Whats up with that? Just meet somewhere and have some sushi or drinks or something.
I have a friend who is originally from brazil who has a lot of VC contacts down there, and according to him they are all itching to get their claws into some american startups, because there's simply not much entrepreneuriship going on in brazil outside of banana stands. He lives in tennessee though, but he said he is very very interested in coming down for some of these meet n greets with atlanta area startups. So I'll see if I can get him to tag along to one or two.
What's up Brian. I posted this thread. Send us (our team) an email at [email protected] and we can make sure that the round up works for all of us. You can also leave your address and we will send you an email.
Done and done, sent it off. Put it in my profile as well.
Want to post up a compiled list so far?
Want to post up a compiled list so far?
So far we got contacts from Brian, Matt and Nandan.
I'll have two other cofounders interested, and I know a few other folks who'd be interested in starting a group. Let's have the first meeting (somewhere near Tech for sure) and then see where it leads us.
Thanks for doing this!
Thanks for doing this!
No Matt, Thank you, as well as everyone else, for participating. Anyone could have said "forget this guys". I think that if we get it done right, we will all benefit from it. I am not sure if one can find a missing element of their startup, but I know that being around people who have a similar goal cannot hurt.
I really think Atlanta could be primed to become the next hot spot ala the bay area. The east coast needs a central magnet for stuff like this, and I think the ATL should be it :)
There's actually a pretty large population of angels and VC's in atlanta already, but they've traditionally invested in normal startups ... just need to get enough steam going to grab their attention.
There's actually a pretty large population of angels and VC's in atlanta already, but they've traditionally invested in normal startups ... just need to get enough steam going to grab their attention.
absolutely brian. :) "Atlanta could be primed to become the next hot spot..." - lets make that a self fulfilling prophecy ;) i have been lamenting over how there is not enough traction in atlanta on startups for a while now. i even found myself eagerly trying to find atlanta in most of the "top-ten cities for startups" lists, only to be continually disappointed. lets make all that change! :)
I still think Perimeter or maybe Buckhead is the most central to where the majority of people in the Atlanta tech industry live and work but I'm up for any location at least once. If I have to sit in hours of traffic to get there though you guys better be really f'in interesting and visionary.
I am totally in. I'm in the buckhead area, but meeting location doesn't matter. [email protected]
Sure, good idea. My email address is in my profile here.
Count me in. :) My email address is also in my profile.
What's up Nandan. I can't see it. Email me at [email protected]. We can set something up.
I'm in as well. -- Calvin
(cyu at mynextdive.com)
Update. Nate from Wamily is IN. That's what's up.
Hi everybody. I am sneaking this comment while on my boss time. Man I hope he truly the last one I ll have.
We are getting a good response. Now meeting up is only a matter of making sure everyone make s it. So far most of you want to meet sometimes next week (frankly I am so exited that I would do it tonight, but it would not work for the rest of us). Most of us are suggesting midtown. That is fine. As soon as we know the best time and date for all we will email and put another post on yc news.
PS. Everybody seems to have dbe some work with RoR. Well I hate to say it but I am not a coder(please don't be mad), although I like to learn about coding languages. Well maybe this group will throw in some help. LOL. Can't wait to meet you guys.
NOT A CODER?! Ok, we're gonna fix that immediately.
Please Help.
Update. On top of our team, we got Brian (and friends), Matt(and friends), Azromej, Nandan, and Jonesmc ( si on peut te joindre, sinon je ferrais une update avec la date et le lieu )
Watch out PG. here comes the Acombinator.
If you are working on a startup and you live in Atlanta, we should all get together, talk about our ventures and help each other. Three entrepreneurs so far.
It would be nice to just have a very casual time and place to hang out and discuss wisdom of crowds, python vs. ruby, turbogears vs. rails, Mochikit, etc... and see what each other is working on, no fee, no requirements, just meet at Carribou at Perimeter Mall (Abernathy) on Thursday evenings? you will be recognized by your Mac book and a Rage Against the Machine t-shirt :)