Thursday, 8th of November 2007 at 10:40:27 PM
I am exhausted and exhilarated all at once right now. Spending an entire day talking startups, venture capital and networking tends to do that to me. Today was no exception.
First off, thanks to Brad Burke and the Rice Alliance for putting on one heckuva show. The presenters were excellent, the forum was well run and the cumbayah effect was a wonderful touch. I was definitely feeling the luv.
So here were my takeaways from today:
- There is no shortage of good deals in Houston;
- There is no shortage of VC’s looking to invest in good deals;
- VC’s have a different view of a good deal than I do;
- Stacey Higginbotham writes a great blog;
- In Web 2.0, anyone can build a business, anyone;
- Following startups are hobbies to some people;
- You can never have enough business cards or enough types of business cards;
- Age has impacted my memory;
- Blair Garrou is the best thing to happen to Houston since air conditioning;
- Marc Nathan is officially Web 2.0 with those new spectacles;
- Walter Ulrich’s “win one for the Gipper” speech was awesome;
- Speaking in front of a group is easier without a time limit;
- Drinks should have been served before the elevator pitches;
- Next week’s OpenCoffee will be packed!
Kurt’s going to talk about the companies we met. I will try and fill in the gaps after his post.
What a day!
Josh,
Thanks for those notes, and great seeing you & Kurt there. We enjoyed the show and were suprised (and honored) to receive our award.
I also posted some of our notes from the Jeff Henley, Chairman of Oracle, opening talk on our ideatango blog.
We’ll hopefully have some audio, photos, and more notes up over the weekend. Did anyone videotape the event?
Bryan
President & Founder of IdeaTango.com – the largest social networking site for inventors
We’ve posted some audio recordings of the keynote speakers & a couple company presentations on our site. Listen to the Rice Alliance Web 2.0 Forum recordings…
Thanks for the plug, and for bringing the Houston technology community into the spotlight. The increasing number of startups in Texas gives me a reason to stay here rather than move to one of the coasts. It’s hard to find good Tex-Mex in New York or California.