Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread J.J. Merrick
We usually just have to deal with recruiters... sometimes they buy the pizza though so it's cool. Never had an investor though. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Last user group I went to (Flex), I did talk to an investor. He wasn't > trying to pitch ideas though, he wa

Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Judah McAuley
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

Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Dana
hmm. Well they haven't gone like that. No pitches. Nor is there really any common characteristic, besides that. It may be that they just like pizza though, who knows On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Dana wrote: >> however, aroun

Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Dana 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 t

Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Dana
however, around the third or fourth... I started to wonder On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Dana wrote: > I was thinking along those lines. Silicon Valley or not. > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Cameron Childress > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Eric Roberts >> wrote: >

Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Dana
I was thinking along those lines. Silicon Valley or not. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Eric Roberts > wrote: >> I would assume that they are wanting to learn more about CF from the folks >> that do it and see what the community

RE: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
That was a swag ;-) -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:03 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: user group meetings On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: > I would assume that they are wanting to le

Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: > I would assume that they are wanting to learn more about CF from the folks > that do it and see what the community is like before they invest in a > company that is using it or contemplating using it. I have never met an investor willing to

Re: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Dana wrote: > is it common for investors to attend? Just wondering. Albuquerque does > not have a lot of user groups, but around here I seem to keep running > into investors. No. In my personal experience, most "investors" who attend User

RE: user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
21, 2010 3:17 AM To: cf-community Subject: user group meetings is it common for investors to attend? Just wondering. Albuquerque does not have a lot of user groups, but around here I seem to keep running into investors

user group meetings

2010-04-21 Thread Dana
is it common for investors to attend? Just wondering. Albuquerque does not have a lot of user groups, but around here I seem to keep running into investors. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let

Two Major New York ColdFusion User Group Meetings!

2005-08-30 Thread Judith Dinowitz
I'm pleased to announce that we'll have two meetings in September. *** Tuesday, September 13th, 6:30 PM: NYU Medical Center, 550 1st Avenue, Coles 101 Please RSVP at http://www.nycfug.org Greg Anthony, author of Iterating Infusion: Clearer Views of Objects, Classes and Systems,