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Perhaps the startups that are doing well arent going to the same self congratulatory parties and meetups as Paul Carr types are. Far too many of the popular Lo
by danw 17y ago
Perhaps the startups that are doing well arent going to the same self congratulatory parties and meetups as Paul Carr types are.
Far too many of the popular London events are overwhelmed with social-media-enterprise-consultants and as such those who do have snuck away into smaller lesser known events and are doing their best not to invite the flotsam.
- kierank 17y agoI agree with you in the sense that most people at the kind of events this guy talks about are doing web-apps/social media of some sort. He needs to go to some of the more tech-based events where people are genuinely innovating.
- digispaghetti 17y agoTotally agree, and it's a pity he only talks about London. Up here in Edinburgh we have http://www.techmeetup.co.uk/ http://www.techmeetup.co.uk/ held within the local Uni, but all are invited and there are some clever folks there. This meet used to be packed with techies and social media types, but recently the latter have seemed to tailed off - a few are left but seem to have a few genuinely good ideas. I have noticed however the angel investor types aren't showing up as much but certainly there also seems to be plenty innovation funding going around within the Uni and organisations like NESTA, 4IP and EPIS.