Spring Winds, Discussion and Hot Coffee
March 31, 2009 Victoria OpenCoffee Club meeting
Six seems to be our magic number for the first couple of meetings. Six of us met this morning for the second Victoria OpenCoffee Club, including two new members:
- Annalea Krebs (@AnnaleaKrebs), founder of Sustainable Pursuits
- Piers hollott (@piers_hollott), a software developer at Sierra Systems
Annalea is seeking a CTO for her company, Sustainable Pursuits. The ideal candidate has a post-secondary education and is under 30 years old. She’s found funding for this hire through a NRC IRAP youth employment grant. She is also going to be entering the 2009 New Ventures BC Competition. The New Ventures BC Competion registration deadline is April 20, 2009.
Catherine reminded us that the first meeting of the Social Media Club Victoria is happening tonight at 6:40pm in room C122 of the David Strong Building on the UVic Campus (map).
We discussed what makes a region more supportive to startups compared to others, what the components a start-up ecocystem requires to become successful, supportive and grow — and how we could work together to help make Victoria a more supportive region. I think this will become a long term discussion topic for the group.
The next meeting is in two weeks, on Tuesday April 14 between 8:00-9:30am at the Ogden Point Cafe – map.
Victoria joins over 100 other cities around the world in creating an informal space for entrepreneurs, designers, developers, founders, investors and supporters to meet and discuss their projects and companies. If you’re interested in learning more about the OpenCoffee Club concept, the OpenCoffee Club website is a great resource — or, you may email Jennifer Ross at jenn@jenn.com.