London open coffee...

So today I went to what they call London Open Coffee which is a forum for entrepreneurs and early stage vc's to collect and meet. I expected very little, as similar events in the us I've attended previously were mostly a waste of time; occasionally I'd see something interesting, but the stalker to star-up ratio was high.

This actually turned out pretty to be good. Lovely people, met a few VC's including Jason Ball A couple of decent companies - all in all it was much more interesting than expected. Most of them are a bit intimidated by my USA-digerati communication style (direct/blunt/opinionated) but all of them were smart folks. I really didn't meet any time wasters!

Strangely they are quite ignorant of the US market, which surprised me, I would expect British entrepreneurs to be looking wistfully over the pond. The UK is a tiny market with lots of capital. The US is a massive market with difficult capital - I think that this is a good place to be an entrepreneur.

Off to Home House now - which is another of those posh private uk clubs they love so much.