readwriteweb.com — A round-up of the new global phenomenon that is Open Coffee. Around the world, tech entrepreneurs and investors are meeting regularly to drink coffee, network and hopefully do deals. No more of the old-school "please send us your executive summary before we'll even talk to you". A place to find opportunities.
May 24, 2007 View in Crawl 4
roxbyMay 24, 2007
looking forward to the one in Amsterdam next week...
piefaythMay 24, 2007
While this might be a new idea as far as Business is concerned, coffee has been an ice breaker for couples since the coffee shop was invented.Of course, no one can forget how they learned that the girl he liked didn't like coffee. =(
mstoneburnerMay 24, 2007
But but I thought Europe was better than the US in every conceivable way. You folk certainly like to pretend so, anyway.
gtpilotMay 24, 2007
i just added a post to see if anyone in LA would be interested in a coffee club in NYC.
popothebrightMay 24, 2007
@tomolearyLOL. 7th in interactive technology, sure. But that's because very few venture capitalists worth their salt are tossing $'s at the whole Web 2.0 redux. We've done it before (hell, we started it), and we're done with it.Now let's talk about Monoclonal Antibodies. Anyone close to kicking the US's ass in the MAB department? No? I didn't think so.Next question: what matters more? Monoclonal Antibodies, or every new dot com idea combined?
tempusrobMay 24, 2007
A+ for idea,FAIL++ for shameless spam.Shame, too, 'cause that's something I would have otherwise +Fav'd.
tomolearyMay 25, 2007
Hmmm, sounds like some of you are a bit defensive? Don't shoot the messenger man. What about mobile telephony? How does the US compare? Regarding science, last I heard, the most important event in the physics world is happening this November at CERN, far removed from the US. Recently, an international group of mathematicians (non-US) factored the largest ?special? hard-to-factor number. See <a class="user" href="http://www.messagingtimes.com/blog/?p=917">http://www.messagingtimes.com/blog/?p=917</a> (disclaimer, it's my blog and I don't care if you visit it or not, just has links supporting the 2 claims above.)We Americans have been touting the "we are the best" for years now. Today, people are beginning to realize that this isn't necessarily the case. s**t, even our best basketball players have a tough time competing with the rest of the world today. And I thought we really did have that one in the bag. Please state your evidence that Americans are the 'best' at tech innovation. I don't even know what measure would be used. If we Americans decide, it will probably have something to do with money.Leave the geocentricism at the door Jack. It's a great big world out there.Have a great Memorial Day weekend.TomP.S. Proud to be an American not blinded by bias.P.P.S. My comments don't suggest that I think that America doesn't offer real value to the world, just that it needs to take a gut check, step up a bit and remove the veil of hyperbole and actually start competing. Hell, I moved back to the States after 10 years in Europe because I love it here.
szembekJun 6, 2007
Not a tech deal.
Closed AccountNov 17, 2007
The Open Coffee event in Cambridge, Mass is great. Last week we packed the place as we had our first topic focus on Facebook applications. Then again, I pretty much think that Boston/Cambridge is the next best place to be if you're not in SF/Valley area .