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- bittermang, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13So this is not some kind of open source coffee I can brew at my house?
I am sorely disappointed. - GTPilot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12i just added a post to see if anyone in LA would be interested in a coffee club in NYC.
- Gally, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Anything that helps startup's, especially in Europe (since we seriously lag behind the US) can only be a good thing.. it's a good idea and it's a good article.. dugg..
- Bomega, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7No need to check if people actually want it in your town. We had one OpenCoffee where there were just 3 of us and it was one of the best ones. 2, 20 or 200 people, it doesn't matter as long as you meet one or two people that you can help or that can help you with anything. The Palo Alto OpenCoffee often has only one member: Keith Teare. He just has coffee there in the same spot every week. If people show up he talks to them and if they don't he reads his newspaper...
- iconnor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4If you look into the history of coffee houses, they played a big part in the formation of the Insurance industry (i.e. Lloyds of London). Most deals for insurance and reinsurance would be conducted in the old coffee houses of the British empire.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1165457
Looks like the coffee houses want to get in on the IT game - good for them! - illadelphia, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4"This startup brought to you by Starbucks."
- roxby, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3looking forward to the one in Amsterdam next week...
- katykat44, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Actually, I think Italy is pretty far behind - would anyone like to get one going?
- manifestdata, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2As am I roxby. We may not get anything done, but EVERY club meeting is a good one.
- ryanmetcalf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Have some beer instead
http://www.freebeer.org/ - fasttap, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yep, that's right, there's one in France and God knows where late, even compared to any European country :-(
- piefayth, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1While 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. =( - tomoleary, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Mmm. Coffee. Just added a post to see if anyone else in Bellingham would be interested in a coffee club in Bellingham.
- szembek, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Not a tech deal.
- tibbon, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1The 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 .
- tempusrob, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1A+ for idea,
FAIL++ for shameless spam.
Shame, too, 'cause that's something I would have otherwise +Fav'd. - seanc6610, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2@tomoleary. That link was pretty much a terrible response to inurb, considering it doesn't address science, medicine, and technology, but only advances in information and communication technology. Douche.
PS: That's not 7th in "tech innovation," it's 7th in ICT. - popothebright, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@tomoleary
LOL. 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? - tomoleary, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Hmmm, 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 http://www.messagingtimes.com/blog/?p=917 (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. *****, 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.
Tom
P.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. - inurb, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3The reason why European tech startups are so few is because they aren't very motivated to begin with. Why do you think America leads medical research in science, medicine and technology? Because we financially reward the outfits that come out with these achievements. European governments....eh not so much.
- AmusedToDeath, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0The Open Coffee Club Movement. Also known as: "a bunch of unemployed people who meet regularly to get funding for ideas that will never make any money".
I detect douchery. - IpNextGen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/43361237/?qo=19&q=by%3Aipnextgen&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
Ze Caffeine! - tomoleary, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Um, the US currently ranks 7th in Tech innovation, behind many European countries. They are falling behind in practically all other areas as well. Don't believe the hype. And I live in the US, so I'm not being biased here.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070403-world-economic-forum-releases-annual-it-rankings-us-slides.html - mstoneburner, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2But but I thought Europe was better than the US in every conceivable way. You folk certainly like to pretend so, anyway.
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