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I've been planning to make it out to one of the London meetups, but it becomes a little problematic that by the time the meetups are announced all of the cheap

by wheels 18y ago

I've been planning to make it out to one of the London meetups, but it becomes a little problematic that by the time the meetups are announced all of the cheap plane tickets are already snapped up. I've been kicking around getting the same thing going here in Berlin and have talked to a couple of the locals. We've got a couple of good business oriented meetups, but not one with a real hacking atmosphere. I'm always the weirdo that can't keep his laptop closed for the whole time. ;-) If you see this and are based in or around Berlin drop me a line (and aren't already tracking one of my various feeds), and if we get something going we'll be sure to get you on the invite.

babul 18y ago
Don't think about it. Do it. See what happens. Worst case is they are poorly attended and fail. In which case, learn, reset, and try again. Use a different approach (free beer & pizza generally works, or some sort of interactive/engaging/competitive experience). Building momentum and traction becomes easier with each iteration. If you can stay alive long enough, good things can happen. Output is a function of input. It may be worth doing a presentation at BarCamp Berlin (http://barcampberlin3.mixxt.org/ http://barcampberlin3.mixxt.org/, 13 October 2008) to launch the endeavour and get going. Better still, you can do an event ahead of BarCamp and talk about what you have done and are doing, not what you will do. Lastly, there are many talented groups/people in and around Germany who will be interested, appreciate, and attend such an event. London does/should not have the European monopoly.
- wheels 18y ago
  Yep, already in the Mixxt group for BarCamp Berlin. Poorly attended is fine -- you can have an interesting gathering with just a few folks. More what I've been trying to do is to make it around to the other entrepreneurs meetups to make sure that there's not something with a similar character already going on -- there's no sense in splitting things up. Business & Beer and OpenCoffee are quite a different atmosphere, WebMontag is the last one on my checklist, which I've missed due to scheduling conflicts the last couple goes around.

by wheels 18y ago

babul 18y ago

Don't think about it. Do it. See what happens. Worst case is they are poorly attended and fail. In which case, learn, reset, and try again. Use a different approach (free beer & pizza generally works, or some sort of interactive/engaging/competitive experience). Building momentum and traction becomes easier with each iteration. If you can stay alive long enough, good things can happen. Output is a function of input. It may be worth doing a presentation at BarCamp Berlin (http://barcampberlin3.mixxt.org/ http://barcampberlin3.mixxt.org/, 13 October 2008) to launch the endeavour and get going. Better still, you can do an event ahead of BarCamp and talk about what you have done and are doing, not what you will do. Lastly, there are many talented groups/people in and around Germany who will be interested, appreciate, and attend such an event. London does/should not have the European monopoly.

wheels 18y ago
Yep, already in the Mixxt group for BarCamp Berlin. Poorly attended is fine -- you can have an interesting gathering with just a few folks. More what I've been trying to do is to make it around to the other entrepreneurs meetups to make sure that there's not something with a similar character already going on -- there's no sense in splitting things up. Business & Beer and OpenCoffee are quite a different atmosphere, WebMontag is the last one on my checklist, which I've missed due to scheduling conflicts the last couple goes around.