Good for the sake of good #STLgood
Here's what I want to do.
I have some supremely intelligent friends with ridiculous talent. Why they choose to hang with me I don't know, but I want to pick a single business, startup, local, non-profit, whatever that just needs a push in the right direction but would never have the money to put all that talent in a room together. I want all that brainpower focused on one problem, at one place in time, generating a plan towards success for that business or overcoming a specific roadblock. The diversity of skill-sets that can be brought to bear can cover nearly every angle of a problem. There are enough business connections in the group to cover virtually any need.
I've been talking about this for months now with some of you and it's about time to do something about it.
I'm not talking about long term commitments. I'm talking about one night, once a month, to solve real problems. With adult beverages and a white board. Want to continue working with that business afterwards? Wonderful, but I'm not asking you to. You will get nothing monetary out of it. No equity stake, no post-dated check. You will however hopefully remember what it was like when you were in that businesses position and just how valuable it would have been to have a sounding board of the type I'm talking about putting together. I will also gladly provide you with all the food and drink you like, insure that there will be enough debate and dissent to make you all happy, and you'll be the ones submitting/reviewing businesses for consideration.
So you, yeah I'm talking to you. You don't have to post publicly below, but I'm expecting an email/call from you. Don't make me come looking for you.
Matt Ridings - @techguerilla
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(I would have benefited enormously from such a thing, when starting my current venture and the one before that.)
It sounds like a neat idea to me. I assume you mean to concentrate on a different business each month?
This is one of the drivers behind MATA Tech.
We are planning the first post-camp meeting for MATA Tech to finalize the plans to support the four Innovator's Cup winners. I'd like to invite you to join our team and accelerate your #STLGood concept.
There is only one deviation from your concept. All of the time you spend helping out would be considered a tax-deductible donation.
Let me know if your interested.
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