A Perspective on Entrepreneurship, Technology & Locative Dynamics

Yesterday, Monday, November the 5th, there was the first Web Monday in Mannheim. 16 persons showed up and it was an interesting and mixed group with young and old founders, startup enthusiasts, web developers and blogger with an interest in Web and Internet trends. There were many exciting discussions about topics like finance, venture capital, marketing or music recommendation services. Here a short list of the topics with the most interest, regarding to the participant’s list. Within the parentheses the number of votes.

Social Networks (3) | Startups, Founding a company, Exit (8) | Software and Web Development, Ajax, Flash (4) | creative ideas, pitching ideas (3) | PHP (3) | Ruby on Rails (2) | Music, Music Recommendation, Social-Music-Networks (2) | Marketing (2) | Finance, Venture Capital (2) | Symfony | ORM | Security | Long-Tail Strategies | Meta communities | Mobile Education | Open Innovation | Social-Semantic-Software

So, if you are interested in these kind of topics or you want to add other interesting ones, feel free to come by the next time. We agreed that the format was well-suited, so just some small introductions of projects and afterwards open discussion about this and that. There will be a Barcamp Rhein-Neckar on November 24th/25th which will have longer presentations and parallel sessions with a clearer focus. The next Web Monday is planned for the beginning of January. To stay informed you can look at the wiki from time to time or subscribe to the BarcampMannheim Google Group.

Here some links from the participant’s websites.

Simfy - Social-Music-Network, Ruby on Rails Security Project, ekaabo - Vertical Social Networks, e-Signed Web Solutions, Notizblog, Ryan Hypothetisch

To sum up, a great evening and I am looking forward to the next one in January.

Just a quick announcement about an upcoming event that a friend and me just initiated. On Monday, November 5th 2007, there will be a Web Monday in Mannheim.

A Web Monday is an informal participation-oriented gathering where everyone is invited. From the entrepreneur, the developer, the designer, the investor, the journalist, the business person, the researcher, until the blogger and the podcaster and everyone else who has an interest in the web and startup community. The only requirements are openness for new ideas and the willingness to learn, to participate and to share your knowledge. The idea, initiated by Tim Bonnemann to bring together various groups who have an interest in Web2.0 in the broad sense, is to create networks and to enable information exchange between Germany and the Silicon Valley.

More general information about a Web Monday on the official wiki page. To find out more detailed information for this specific event in Mannheim just go to the wiki page from the Web Monday Mannheim. If you want to participate just add your name to the wiki page, so we know how many attendees will be expected.

The first event is mainly for networking purposes and to discuss how other events like Barcamps can be initiated and how to establish a local community.