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Introducing The NOLA Meetup: for entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts

| September 6, 2012 | Comments (7)

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Brendan Finke and Joe McMenemon, co-founders of ChapterSpot.com, are also launching NOLA Meetup.

There’s a new meetup in town: the NOLA Meetup, modeled after New York City’s own tech meetup.  Spearheaded by Chapterspot.com founders Brendan Finke and Joe McMenemon, NOLA Meetup is the not-to-be-missed networking event for techies, entrepreneurs, and aspiring businessmen.

The NOLA Meetup, which will take place on the third Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm on the upper level of Lucy’s Retired Surfer’s Bar and Restaurant, aims to provide a career and community platform created by and customized for New Orleans’s tech community.  The kickoff event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18th, 2012.  You can register for the event here.

Whether you’re a CEO or employee of a technology company, a web developer looking for work, a business in need of a tech service, an investor, or even a student simply interested in the industry, NOLA Meetup advisor and board member Chris Schultz urges you to attend the events. “New Orleans is fueled by rhythm and ritual and the goal for the NOLA Meetup is to be the regular monthly meetup where the whole tech ecosystem – founders, investors, hackers, enthusiasts – convenes to learn and help each other to keep building the NOLA tech community. We know that what will keep people coming back is creating a high-value event that’s well worth their time, so that’s exactly what the NOLA Meetup will be,” explains Schultz.

Each monthly meetup will feature knowledgeable speakers and presentations.  Additionally, as NOLA Meetup’s headline partner, Silicon Bayou News will provide a monthly “Bayou Tech Roundup,” an overview of the latest technology news and happenings in New Orleans.  Michael DeBoer, CIO of General Electric, and Jeffry Silverman, Partner at Laconia Ventures, will kick off the first NOLA Meetup as keynote speakers.  Silverman plans to bring his experience with New York tech cultures to the table while de Boar will talk about GE’s new Capital Technology Center in New Orleans and the company’s call for 300 qualified employees.

The NOLA Meetup is an incredible opportunity for networking, job seeking, potential investments, and most importantly, joining New Orleans’s rapidly emergent tech culture and community. “We are looking to connect the technology world in New Orleans by bringing everyone together monthly to share ideas, contact information, and most importantly, enjoy themselves,” says Joe McMenemon, cofounder of ChapterSpot.

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About Zach Kupperman: Zach Kupperman is the Founder of Silicon Bayou News. View author profile.

  • http://Tung.Ly/ Tung Ly

    No other event details? Time? Registration?

    • http://twitter.com/JuliaBallard Julia Ballard

      Hey Tung, the registration link is on there and the event is at 6:00 pm on Sept. 18th: http://www.meetup.com/NOLAMeetup/

  • http://twitter.com/heyitsmegan heyitsmegan

    how is this different from Net2No?

    • http://Tung.Ly/ Tung Ly

      this one has an admission price

    • http://Tung.Ly/ Tung Ly

      Now it’s “$5 per meetup which includes an open bar (beer only, but who doesn’t love beer?)”

  • http://twitter.com/adeletiblier Adele Tiblier

    This is a little disappointing. So many have lamented about there being too many groups trying to do exactly the same thing without collaboration, but it seems like we are back where we started. I would have thought that if Silicon Bayou was looking for a partner in the tech community, the first call on the list would be to connect these new, fresh minds with an established and active community of “tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs”. The Net2NO group along with the number of niche spinoff groups have always been open to being run by those who want to step in and help. I think I speak for all of those who organize these groups and their events, that new “blood” with innovative ideas, concepts and connections to the group are always welcome. It’s sad that the introduction or connection was never made by those that could be the bridge between these efforts.

    • http://Tung.Ly/ Tung Ly

      i think i’ll check out this other meeting when they have more than 969 members :P