It is an attempt to establish recognized, open and regular meeting places where entrepreneurs can meet with investors (and anyone else who fancies coming along) in a totally informal setting. The key is a regular place and a regular time - it's not important who comes along, some days it might be no one - just that people know if they want to meet, this is the time and this is the place.
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Everyone welcome. Please bring friends and leave a comment if you plan to attend, thx. See you there.
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we will have an informal meeting. Everyone welcome. Please bring friends and leave a comment if you plan to attend, thx. See you there.
09.Jul.09 Events Read more Comments (5)
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Speaking at the event will be Barry Murphy from Pure Sales www.puresales.ie Barry will give a talk on increasing your sales in the current climate.
Please leave a comment if you plan to attend, thx.
29.Jun.09 General Read more Comments (3)
As far as I am concerned, I am very happy with the success of our first meeting. I came in a bit early to set myself up, as I wanted to broadcast/have the meeting in an online conference. Unfortunately there was no WiFi in the Pub, so we had to move to the study, which turned out to be a good idea. The online conferencing system didn’t really work out either, so for the next time I will have to find another solution.
Dispite all that it was great to meet so many nice people and I am looking forward to our next MOCC. But see for yourself and leave a comment.
25.Feb.09 General Read more Comments (4)
Over the last days I have been thinking about how to find a good venue for Meetings of the Open Coffee Club. Here a short description of the process:
Having the Open Coffee Club in Castlebar, the first place I was thinking of was the Royal Theatre Pub. It is well know and easy to find, there are enough parking spaces and it being a pub with plenty of space and big tables, there is no fee for using this venue. It also has free Wifi.
As another location we are thinking of Days Hotel. It matches nearly all criteria, except that parking would not be free in the multi-storey or not as near by, but I think walking a few steps won’t harm. The Restaurant has less space than the RT, but the venue would be free of charge as well, while I don’t know about Wifi.
Last Saturday I went to see both places around lunchtime. Days Hotel Restaurant is a very bright place. It was pretty busy, but I didn’t find it very welcoming. I believe it’s just not my style. The RT was much darker and I found it much nicer. The pub-atmosphere was welcoming and as there is more space, it felt less busy.
In Days Hotel I asked for the Marketing Manager, which was not on duty on Saturdays. I mentioned the reason for my visit and was told to have a look around, nobody asked me if I needed any assistance or had any questions. In the RT I went to the reception and told the reason for my visit, after a few minutes the manager on duty came and showed me around. We sat down, she took a few notes and said she would ring me back later, but generally we were welcome.
As it is not just myself deciding on the venue you will have to wait … I briefed my co-organisers and am now waiting for a reply. As far as I am concerned I would like to meet in the RT.
What do you think? Which place would you prefer? Do you know any other place in C’bar that would be suitable? Do you have your own experiences with Days Hotel Restaurant or the Royal Theatre Pub? Please let us know!
As we will move around the County, we would like to ask you for recommendations for other venues in Mayo. As we will be holding every second meeting (every 4 weeks) in Castlebar and every other around the County, we will need 13 venues to cover the year, so here is a selection of towns, we would like to visit: Castlebar, Westport, Achill Sound, Bangor, Belmullet, Ballycastle, Ballina, Foxford, Charlestown, Claremorris, Ballyhaunis, Cong
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