Drinks Please
{ April 24th, 2008 }
I think its time to pick a place so we can get our drink on ASAP! I think our startup problems are pilling on so we need to get a drinking group together.
http://www.unthirsty.com/ is a nice tool to find bars around the area.
Please vote on the place through comments, or suggest one:)
So far
- Henry’s Tavern [ http://henrystavern.com/ ]
- BridgePort Brewing Company [http://www.bridgeportbrew.com/index.php]
- Amnesia
- RonTom’s- Vendettav
- Rock Bottom
- Mcmenamins downtown (market st)
- Bailey’s Tap Room on Broadway downtown
- Green Dragon Brewpub on SE 9th
Lets get this going!
- Akshay
A simple concept: startup culture in cities around the world gathers around a bar to have a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Count me in. I don’t care where we meet. But it needs to be: not too loud, and have plenty of open space. Someone needs to just choose the place since I don’t know how we’re going to easily vote on one here without thrashing. Once we all get there, we can discuss a better (permanent?) place(s). At risk of sounding pretentious, I will just strongly suggest we meet at Rock Bottom. Unless someone has a strong objection, let’s go with that. The wide open upstairs (and pool tables) make it a good spot to get comfortable.
Shall we say next Thursday (May 1)? That’s “first thursday” but that shouldn’t overcrowd the place, right? I
think we want to stay away from the weekend since it would probably be too busy to find enough open space.
I’d like to encourage a spirit of openness. I want to share my ideas with everyone, but I want to make sure it’s a safe place to do so.
Does someone want to put together any sort of agenda? I would have it very casual, but look something like: 1) set the tone (openness, safety, etc); 2) introductions (favorite technology, why you’re here); 3) play pool and chat maybe in smaller groups.
Contact your entrepreneurial friends so we can get as many people there as possible — I’m not sure how many Portlanders are aware of this site. Let’s show PG that Portland is a viable home for startups.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Thank you Micah! Seems like you and others are pretty excited. I am going to prepare and agenda tomorrow all the details should be taken care of. Event should be up tomorrow.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
How about the Thursday after that, like May 8th? Being as May 1st is First Thursday, people may already have other plans. At least I do.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Turns out that Thursdays are actually not so good for me. I can make them if necessary, but would prefer Mon, Tue, or Wed. We should also decide on time. It would be nice to shoot for happy hours — I’m pretty flexible. But most important is finding a time when the most people can attend. If that’s 8-10p, then I’m willing to pay a couple extra bucks for my beers.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Hi Akshay — thanks for driving this. Is that agenda/plan/date up yet? Where will we find it?