I went there with the rough expectation that I might find some people to co-found something with, but since I'm a wuss I didn't talk to anyone I didn't already know.
If they're not already working at a startup, are people who attend these events likely to be open the idea of work for equity or co-founding?
I'm a developer who usually works remotely. I agree that people work better together when they are in the same place, but by having a distributed team you are not restricted to recruiting just people from a certain area and so the standard of the people in the team can be higher. So for teams that require a fairly specific skill set, teams that are recruited from anywhere in the world and working remotely would often outperform teams recruited from one area who work in the same place.
If they're not already working at a startup, are people who attend these events likely to be open the idea of work for equity or co-founding?