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Dallas Startup Happy Hour (Monday July 21 @ 5PM)

July 19, 2008

Are you interested in connecting with the local startup community?  We are working to build a vibrant startup community here in Dallas every bit as interesting and dynamic as San Francisco, Boulder, Boston or Austin.  The first step is engagement.

The first Dallas ’startup happy hour’ went so well we decided to make it a regular thing (every other Monday).  We hope to see you at the INFOMART High Tech Bar at 5PM this Monday July 21st.  If you need directions or help finding us feel free to call me at 214.550.2003 or if I am not available try our help desk at 214.550.2002 (during business hours only).

PLEASE RSVP on Upcoming.org here: Dallas Happy Hour (we need to make sure we can handle the turnout)

The last ‘Startup Happy Hour’ (still thinking about an official name) went off without a hitch.  Around 5PM, Brad Merritt (CEO of WhiteBox and my partner), George Carter (inventor of Laser Tag) and I were the only attendees (except of course for Jennifer and Masha who agreed to help sign people in and hand out name tags).  But within 30 minutes we had around 20 people.  By seven we had upwards of 50 people (34 of which filled out Jennifer’s sign in sheet).  I closed the tab around eight and there were still about seven or eight people.  I was really surprised we had such a good turnout. The best part of the evening was the mix of people.  The majority of people worked at startups.  There were a few angel investors, perhaps not as many as we would like (it is July after all).

Startup Attendees included:

Charles Humphreyson    Prova    www.provagroup.com
Brian Wiblin    Concepla Systems    www.comceptasys.com
Jason Hudgins    Droidworks    http://blog.droidworks.com
Brian Lee    Profit Stars    www.profitstars.com
Ty East    Symon    www.symon.com
Carri Craver    Nomee    www.nomee.com
Justin Bigelow    Adshuffle    www.adshuffle.com
Marc Archin    Web Algorithm, Inc.    www.webalgorithm.com
William Watts    Intelivox    www.intelivox.net
Paul Sanderson    Near Port    www.webalgorithm.com
Jay Ramirez    Marblehead    http://blog.marbleheadllc.com
Marshall Lawrence    Architel    www.architel.com
Abdullah Jibaly    Ayoka    www.ayokasystems.com
Scott Whigham    Learn It First    www.Learnitfirst.com
Mark Blaskovich    Ayoka    www.ayokasystems.com
Paul Johnson    Lomans Rx    www.lomansrx.com
Kevin Theppharaj    Architel    www.architel.com
Stormy Shippy    High Form    www.highform.com
Micah Davis    Roov.com    www.roov.com
Andres Fabris    Traxo    www.traxo.com
Eknauth Persaud    Ayoka    www.ayokasystems.com
Andy Chen    Traxo    www.traxo.com
Brian Mann    Rank One Sport    www.rankonesport.com
Scott Ticer    n/a    www.scott&tieless.com
Charles Cecil    MCG Group    www.mcggroup.com
Scott Ryan Architel www.architel.com
Brad Merritt WhiteBox www.whiteboxco.com

Of course there were more, but they didn’t give us their name, URL and email…

Written by Alexander Muse · Filed Under Blog, Startups, Venture Capital 

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