Mind Petals NYC Chapter Meeting #1 – The Official Gathering of Young Entrepreneurial Minds
Last night was our debut Mind Petals Mixup here in the Big Apple, New York City baby! It was an amazing turnout of young and talented entrepreneurs not only from New York but as far as San Francisco and other areas.
Wine, unlimited gourmet cookies, brownies, cup cakes, amazing tea and a bunch of innovative, smart, and hungry entrepreneurs in a café downtown Manhattan — what more can you ask for?
The best part of my night was finally getting to meet so many of the entrepreneurs who I have been speaking to online and over the phone for the past year after they’ve found Mind Petals, and actually getting to meet or — “Mixup” — with them in person. Amazing.
That’s what it was about: mixing up various entrepreneurs and interacting, engaging, debating, and brainstorming with one another — this is how brilliance comes about and it was great to see this happening at our Mixup.
Once a month we’ll be throwing a Mind Petals Mixup here in NYC, so if you plan on visiting NYC this summer, definitely let me know — I’d love to have you there!
Here are some shots. You can also view all of ‘em here.
The Mixup totally rocked! Thanks so much Access Granted for sponsoring the event and Gramstand for supplying the awesome spot / yummy food. Hope to see some of you guys next month. Oh, and yes!, I am rockin’ a mohawk 
15 Comments
Darren Herman
May 30th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Sounds like it went very well!
Sammy Villarreal
May 30th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
I’m jealous of all who attended.
How about having one here in SoCal David?
…just a thought.
PS: so how’d ya get the sponsor?
David Askaripour
May 30th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hey Sammy, sure why not? It’ll take some planning, though. We can discuss that
The sponsor was easy to get because my brother owns the company…
Patrick
May 30th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Not getting up there, unfortunately. I’ll be in Boston for a couple days in mid August.
lawrence
May 30th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
great shots.
but it’d be better if you made a photo chronicle of who’s who…of who attended.
label the photos, especially key people…so we know whom they may be.
not putting MP down…but what’s the diff. between this and a Meetup meeting - seems strikingly similar
David Askaripour
May 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Ahhh.. too bad Patrick. Maybe in the future, though.
Lawrence: thanks for the suggestions. Mind Petals Mixup is invite only; meetup.com events are usually open to just anyone that wants to come. I am actually an organizer of a meetup.com event called NY Technology and it’s great.
Some people that you may have heard of are in that above image: Ben Casnocha, Mike Simmons, Greg Galant, etc..
Unity Stoakes
May 30th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
When and where is the next event?
Rohail
May 30th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
It was an awesome event, Dave! Can’t wait until the next one. Much congrats!
David Askaripour
May 30th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Next Mixup should be around the last Tuesday of next month. Thanks, Rohail. Great seeing you last night!
David Askaripour
May 30th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Hey Darren, yeah is was a great time!
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Dan Banker
June 11th, 2007 at 3:01 am
When will the next meetup be? I’m definitely interested.
David Askaripour
June 11th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Hey Dan, the next “Mixup” should be towards the end of the month. What do you do?
Todd
November 13th, 2007 at 4:28 am
David….any interest in starting a branch in Seattle? I am a life coach / counselor and IT guy who sees possibility as the driving force of creation. It’s my sense that the world doesn’t change because of politics, rather, the world changes because people give a s*&t.
David Askaripour
November 13th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Hey Todd, Absolutely. I’ll contact you to discuss starting an MP Chapter.
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