Speed Dating for VCs & Entrepreneurs

The 3rd Open Coffee Club (OCC) Cape Town is happening this Wednesday.

If you are an entrepreneur, a VC, or someone clever looking for some 'Entrepreneur Porn' this is the perfect place to meet some like-minded folks with smart ideas and/or cash to invest in the next killer app!

From their website:

The Open Coffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow. Read the blog post that started the ball rolling.

I will be giving a short (10 min max) presentation about some of the experiences (read: mistakes) I've had with trying to raise funding for Skyrove, as well as how the Open Coffee Club was integral to raising our latest round from Lingham Capital.

Check out Eric Edelstein's post for details.

Entrepreneur Porn 2: Juice

I had a fabulous dinner with Greg Durst and Helio Machado from Endeavor this evening. Greg is the person who coined the term 'Entrepreneur Porn', and he's done his bit to hook up some of the voyeurs (Venture Capitalists) with the pornstars (i.e. Entrepreneurs).

Tonight Greg spoke about some Cheese & Wine evenings Endeavor has organised, where he brings together some great entrepreneurs, private equity investors, some wise folks and some rich folks with no particular agenda.

Greg: "The most amazing thing that happens if you combine smart and passionate people with cheese and wine, is the 'juice'."

I think he was referring to the ideas and the synergies being formed. I hope so in any case...