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Cuban Coders Looking to Energize a Nascent Startup Scene
- rodneyrdx 11y agoI'm Rodney, co-organizer of Merchise Startup Circle. We intent to help all those who are involved in the Cuban startup scene in any way. The goal is to create a regular meetup for anyone interested in startups, tech and entrepreneurship. Glad to answer any questions
- cadizjavier 11y agoThere are tons of people that will be glad to collaborate and participate in such meetups here in Cuba. How do you plan to help with those who are involved ? btw, i write you guys at the contact form two days ago.
- lx 11y agoHi Javier, something must have gone wrong with the contact-form... we didn't get message. Please, drop us a line any time info-at-merchise-dot-com
- rodneyrdx 11y agoHi Javier, > There are tons of people that will be glad to collaborate and participate in such meetups here in Cuba. Sure... we know there're tons of people interested. That's exactly the main reason to organize an event like this... Any kind of collaboration is really appreciated. Drop us a line whenever you want...
- lx 11y agoI'm Alex Medina, co-organizing the event with Rodney and Med... AmA
- morenoh149 11y agoI'm in SF but have Cuban roots. If anyone is interested in chatting drop me a line.
- rodneyrdx 11y agowill do, thanks for your interest!
- lazzlazzlazz 11y agoSame here. I live in the Bay area but come from Miami from a Cuban family. I'm interested.
- rodneyrdx 11y agodrop us a line anytime info-at-merchise-dot-com
- kenrikm 11y agoIn SF, From Miami. Wife is Cuban. Same.
- bugulandia 11y agoHiya! Looking forward to meet you guys and remember those times at UCLV.... Best wishes!
- lx 11y agoHi mate, thanks a lot... Any chance in joining us as a speaker in the near future?
- bugulandia 11y agoThat would be great! Returning as speaker to where I left as attendee ;-)
- reis4g 11y agoThis is so cool, i know first hand Cuba has a lot to offer on IT and innovation, I'm in! Do you guys have a mailing list or some other channel? I would like to get notified when new stuff happens.
- rodneyrdx 11y agoHi there, we have a small site explaining what this is all about: http://meetup.merchise.com/ http://meetup.merchise.com/ and twitter here: https://twitter.com/MerchiseMeetup https://twitter.com/MerchiseMeetup
- reis4g 11y agoah, awesome, following!
- lx 11y agoHi, please join as at http://www.meetup.com/merchise/ http://www.meetup.com/merchise/ We have a mailing list there and will notify everyone as soon as venue and date for the first event are set.
- reis4g 11y agoand joined ;)
- hectorxp 11y agoHi guys, glad to see you around. I will be arriving late July, see you there :)
- lx 11y agoHi Hector, we are expecting to hold monthly meetups... See you in July. Let us know before your flight.
- mladenkovacevic 11y agoNow there is one more reason to visit Cuba other than to enjoy the beautiful beaches and the delicious rum. I'd love to attend one of the meetups and see if there is any way I can help next time I'm there.
- lx 11y agoRum and warm weather... uhmm... arguable. Way better some mojitos and a bit of chat ;-) Looking forward to meet you next time you come. Thanks
- civilian 11y agoThere are cuban coders? I thought the internet was nearly illegal down there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Cuba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Cuba
- rodneyrdx 11y ago>There are cuban coders? There are, a lot of them. >I thought the internet was nearly illegal down there. There's internet, expensive though ($4.50/h) ...and, were programmers who created the internet, not the other way around