Archive for March, 2008
MiniBar March
On March 30, 2008 in Mapness
Last Friday I went to another MiniBar. I love those events. Free beer, interesting people, lots of ideas and ah did I mention free beer? 
I already RSVPed for next one in April and I encourage every entrepreneur in London area to pop in at least once to one of those events.
Had a nice talk with Phillip from Snagsta. Great splash screen Just had a look at your alpha version - looks interesting. Talk more about it next time.
London Startup Camp and 3rd prize
On March 28, 2008 in Mapness
Finally I have some spare time
As we have already written, I participated in the Startup Camp which took place on 7-8 March in London.
The Startup Camp has a form of an unconference which I was a bit skeptical about at first but when I saw how it works I just loved it.
As part of the agenda the Best Startup Contest was conducted. There was almost 300 people attending the conference and only 19 Best Startup Contest participants which means over an hour of explaining our vision to others. I’d like to thank everyone who voted for us as thanks to you we came third
Sun was the official sponsor of this event and for the 3rd place we received new and shiny iPod Touch witch will probably accompany us on our travels. Also I’d like to congratulate 1st prize winner Fav.or.it and 2nd place WebCanvas. All other participants can be seen here.
During the conference I was interviewed by Fritz Nelson from TechWeb TV.
Mapness at StartupCamp in London
On March 04, 2008 in Mapness
Wojtek on the catwalk!
Wojtek will be attending StartupCamp (a.k.a “The Unconference for the Startup Community”) in London on 7 and 8 March 2008. Mapness will take part in the Best Startup Contest there - Wojtek will give a presentation about Mapness, our business model and our plans for future world domination (of course).
If you happen to be anywhere around don’t hesitate to say “hi” - Wojtek will be more than happy to have a chat.
StartupCamp is..
As described on the StartupCamp wiki, it is “an unconference that makes use of the Open Space methodology — an approach to events that takes the best parts of regular conferences like the coffee breaks, after-hours events, and the 5 minutes of Q&A after those long sleepy presentations — and turns them into the event itself.” Sounds like lots of geek fun for Wojtek! See you there.
Minibar, February 22nd, London
On March 01, 2008 in Mapness
This Friday Wojtek took part in the social evening MiniBar - London organized by Christian from openbusiness.cc . It’s a cycle of meetings, during which people involved in start-ups, p2p, social networks etc. have great possibility to share their experience and ideas.
The meeting was held in Corbet Place Bar on Brick Lane. Around 200 people attended who guaranteed a metter-of-fact discussion, but also a lot of fun and great atmosphere as always. Apart from the people who make their first steps in Internet business, there was a lot of experienced people willing to help the beginners. Among the invited guests presenting their ideas were Margaret Gold (Vodafone Betavine.net), Nick Haltsted (tweetmeme.com), Antonio Roldao Lopes (graffywall.com) and others.
MiniBar is supported by BBC Innovation and O’Reilly.
TechCrunch UK represented by Mike Butcher is a media partner for MiniBar.
