Last user group I went to (Flex), I did talk to an investor. He wasn't trying to pitch ideas though, he was looking for the next big thing. He wanted to poke around, see who was doing what, what smart people had cool ideas, etc. That seemed like a reasonable thing for an investor to do.
Judah On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> however, around the third or fourth... I started to wonder > > Usually my conversation with "investors" at a UG meeting go something like > this: > > Investor: Hey I am a really important person and have a revolutionary idea! > Me: Oh? > Investor: We are going to [insert unoriginal idea here] and it's going > to be HUGE!!! > Me: Really? > Investor: Yes! ...and then we are going to patent it! > Me: Uh Huh. > Investor: So I am looking for a programmer to make it happen! > Me: What's your budget? > Investor: Since you are getting in on the round floor you'd do it for free! > Me: Except it's ridiculous idea, and not patentable because it's also > an old idea. > Investor: No it's not. > Me: Are you high right now? > Investor: Is that a no? > Me: You're just here for the free pizza aren't you? > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316448 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
