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 cafe 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 
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Sounds like it went very well!
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?
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…
Not getting up there, unfortunately. I’ll be in Boston for a couple days in mid August.
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
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..
When and where is the next event?
It was an awesome event, Dave! Can’t wait until the next one. Much congrats!
Next Mixup should be around the last Tuesday of next month. Thanks, Rohail. Great seeing you last night!
Hey Darren, yeah is was a great time!
When will the next meetup be? I’m definitely interested.
Hey Dan, the next “Mixup” should be towards the end of the month. What do you do?
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.
Hey Todd, Absolutely. I’ll contact you to discuss starting an MP Chapter.