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OpenCoffee Club was founded in London by venture capitalist and Skype exec Saul Klein. Its now running on dozens of cities. alarm:clock network is managing the San Francisco club.
The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organize real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow.
Who will be there?
Kyte founder (mobile social network funded by Nokia, DFJ, etc.) Daniel Graf will be our guest of honor and can give you a demo.
Who's invited?
Anyone. OpenCoffeeClub is about giving people focussed times and places where they can hang out and connect with others -- not locked inside an office.
Why?
+ Investors are seen as inaccessible.
+ Entrepreneurs need regular physical space to meet, not just each other but also also network with investors and corporates.
good event idea, but what a tragedy to kick it off in starbucks in a town teeming with its own coffee culture, with so many local cafes that serve better coffee in a more authentic atmosphere...
I agree. I can think of a dozen, locally owned, independent cafes which would have been more appropriate venues. A few off the top of my head:
- Philz (any location but the 4th & King in particular)
- Cafe Centro/South Park (historical reasons for one)
- Ritual Roasters (pretty much already the place for Web 2.0 folks, impossible to go without seeing someone usually)
- Coffee to the People
- Cafe du Soleil
- any location of Cafe Trieste
- Village Grounds in Berkeley (east bay but great cafe)
- Nervous Dog Coffee on Mission (where I'm sitting working on my startups and writing this comment)
- The Ferry Building (unless it is a day with the Farmer's Market the easiest coffee is Peets, but there is also coffee available from other stores, free wifi, and unbeatable views and food)
In short, I love the idea, but I agree, the choice of Starbucks as a location, especially in San Francisco of all places is a poor one.
Or even better...how about a Coworking space? Like The Hat Factory or Citizen Space. :) Imagine all of the geeks having to give their hard earned bucks to T-Mobile. Sadness....