Scaled Networking

A few nights ago I attended the Dallas Spring Stage Startup Happy Hour and met a few entrepreneurs from the Dallas area. I showed up late as usual, met someone with an anti-sweat band (huh?), some folks failed at finding desperate developers, and some had ideas they just made up or were scared to tell. That, and a fellow colleague at Squeejee.

Nothing too unusual, except, I ran into some folks from a startup called Tasty Nectar. To my dismay and disappointment, it’s not a snack bar; I’m not sure what the service entails but it has something to do with personal brand. They were lively and rambunctious - something I’ve _never_ seen in a Dallas startup. Not that I have looked, but from what I’ve seen, most Dallas startups are one-man shows, 5-years old, depressing, monotone, and/or boring (much like this blog!). We left the startup happy hour and had some burgers at Jake’s. The Nectar team is a) a blast, b) ambitious. Does a + b = success?

If you care about your brand or just want to see something awesome before it takes off, sign up. An ambitious group like this doesn’t come together for nothing.