Dear Friends,
The first Venture Cocktail was a huge success! The energy was extremely positive and all signs say the interest is there. VCs, Investors and Entrepreneurs alike seemed to enjoy the evening immensely. Thanks again to all who made it great. As promised, the next event will be the last Thursday of this month. So, the 31st it is! Same place, same time.
May 31st, 7PM – 9 or so.
AYA, Drinx & Talx
Heinrichstrasse 269 (Steinfelsplatz)
8004 Zürich
Tram: Escherwyss
Train: Hardbrücke
Elizabeth’s phone: +41 78 784 59 35
Email: eperry@perry-productions.com
We will try again to be outside. If the weather doesn’t permit, however, we’ll go upstairs. Hope all of you can make it.
This time, please bring your business cards, as we will use them to play a game!
In other news: we are building a web site for this event. Coming soon: www.venturecocktail.com. The site will talk of our events and the people that make them happen. Like the event itself, it will grow as we do. We will have a links page where we will list attendees’/members’ web sites. Very excited about this!
About Venture Cocktail
The idea for Venture Cocktail was born, like many great ideas, out of an informal chat. We observed, as many of you probably have, as we sat in the lobby of the hotel hosting Red Herring’s Venture Market Europe – a conference celebrating top tech startups and financiers – that some of the most exciting business gets done over chats like these – over coffee or drinks. That day in Cannes, my friends Prodosh and Remo suggested that I, with a background in media and public relations, should launch an event which brings together international entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators on a regular basis, to exchange ideas – to create an informal environment where people with common interests could gather for inspiring conversation. Though this is not a new idea, the setting is.
And what better place than Zurich, where the appetite for innovation is clear. While global companies such as Google, IBM, eBay and others settle in to create a critical mass for technology, the Banhofstrasse provides the financial resources for innovation. My role is simply to offer the glue to put the pieces together.
My plan is to meet at least every last Thursday of the month at a designated place in Zurich. Red Herring Magazine’s Farley Duvall will be there as our first supporter, as will blogger Remo Uherek (http://www.remo.fm – Remo about Entrepreneurship), Prodosh Banerjee, local technology entrepreneur, and photographer Olivier Pages. No fees, no sponsors, and people will buy their own drinks. This will be an organic event which will grow as we do!
So, whether you’re an Investor, an Entrepreneur, an Innovator or simply Interested, join us for cocktails and conversation.
For more information on our next event, please call Elizabeth on
+41 78 784 59 35
Unfortulately, this time I won’t make it again (I’ll be in Copenhagen at reboot9.0). But I’m sure there will be photos :-).
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