Friday, 7th of March 2008 at 10:56:20 AMFor the April Startup Happy Hour, we are looking to shake things up and try a new location as well as a new format. What we are looking for is a place that has a little more room, more parking space, and has a good layout that lends itself to doing presentations. Why you ask? Well, in the April meetup, we would like to get two featured startups to give a 3 minute overview of their startup / product / site so that we can start doing more of what we love to do the most, and that is to showcase Houston startups. After that, we will probably have an open mike for anyone who wants to come up and give a quick show of what they or their company are working on.
Let us know what you think:
- Would you like to be one of the featured startups at our April Startup Happy Hour? Let us know.
- Would you like to be a sponsor with featured branding at our Startup Happy Hour? Let us know.
- Would you like our next happy hour to be at The Tasting Room on Kirby? Ziggy’s? Somewhere else? Let us know.
- Have any other suggestions for keeping the happy hour fresh while showcasing and networking startups? Let us know.
See a trend here? Let us know. 
Good call on the need for a new venue! I like Ziggy’s and TR.
Konstruction Zone would love to present to the masses, but we will have to probably do it in May(or when the HSHH schedule permits). Most likely out of town for the April HSHH. What might be interesting is to set up a Digg like voting system on who everybody wants to hear from? Allow for suggestions so that we can reach out to those companies which are not already attending, but everyone wants to hear about… You could probably use a Digg like technology with the article being a simple description of the company.
What would the sponsor’s contribution be used toward?
I support the big venue and a chance to formally introduce products. I’d just love to be able to better get to know my fellow web entrepreneurs. (My company piersystems.com is probably not technically a start-up anymore, but we still have that mindset, and there ARE only 2 of us in Houston, and 15 in the whole company.)
We probably can’t sponsor it, but I could probably secure us a board-room venue suitable for presentations and such with enough lead time. How many people would be coming?