#TechCocktailDC It’s Usual Thing
Last night, I went to the DC TechCocktail for the second time. It was fun, much more so than the last meetup I attended. The DC TechCocktail showcases about a dozen local startups, both for exposure’s sake and (ostensibly) for possible fundraising. My experience, however, has been that the events are long on equal parts people offering services (lawyers, PR firms) and other startup people (usually looking for funding or just straight networking) with a fair number of job seekers and a few friends/supporters thrown in for good measure.
Of the startups present last night, three seem to be solutions in search of a problem, two are wading into a very saturated market (good luck with that, guys), and the others are not offerings that particularly speak to me. A shoutout to CampusSplash, though, who had the good presence of mind to snap up Anton (a fellow LeanStartupDC member).
I don’t regret going to this sort of thing; it’s a few times a year and it’s nice to meet my fellow entrepreneurs in a social setting. But don’t kid yourself; this is pretty much a “social only” event. If you’re looking for a more serious, business oriented event where there are people with checkbooks in the DC area, try GrubStake
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