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Posted by Jonathan Martin, Seattle, Washington | Sep 17, 2007

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I am interested in starting a weekly Seattle morning coffee entrepreneurial get together. What time is too early? I was thinking 8am at a local near downtown espresso shop. It would be casual and networking oriented. Being in sales I focus energy towards maintaining a great mindset. We could share wins and losses from the week and help to motivate each other to reach beyond our comfort zones to better success.

Any Ideas?

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  • Dwyane Faux
    Posted by Dwyane Faux, Seattle, Washington | Sep 17, 2007

    Depends on what I think I would get out of it. If I knew it would be of an advantage to me there is nothing too early. I met a 4:00 AM flight to give a potential client a ride, in exchange for 5 minutes of conversation time.

    However, for something like this I think 8:00 could be good.

  • Renee Cloud
    Posted by Renee Cloud, Birmingham, Alabama | Sep 19, 2007

    An 8 am coffee get together sounds like a great idea, good timing. In a good location & casual atmosphere, once a week or once a month depending how you would want to structure it. A local coffe shop, bookstore or library etc... could be a location also. The topics of discussion wouldn't have to be planned, just see where the mood takes you or various round table discussions. A good way to bring up ideas. I say it's a good idea give it a go!

  • Lara Eve Feltin
    Posted by Lara Eve Feltin, Seattle, Washington | Sep 19, 2007

    Thanks for posting your idea, Jonathan. You just never know how people will respond until they're faced with an event in the calendar that they can RSVP for.

    I agree with Dwyane, in that for me it usually depends on what's involved in the meeting. I work from a home office and generally don't leave the house before 10am, as the first 3 hours of my morning is a great time for me to take care of business admin stuff and correspondence.

    But if the event included a presentation, like Kim suggested, then I might be willing to reorganize my routine if the talk was compelling.

    I say - try it! Put an event in the calendar and see what happens.

    You're welcome to include a note in the description that says you require an X number of RSVPs within X number of days of the event or the event will be canceled.

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  • Dwyane Faux
    Director of Sesquinpedintary
    Seattle, Washington
  • Renee Cloud
    Virtual Assistant/Administrative Consultant
    Birmingham, Alabama
  • Lara Eve Feltin
    Biznik Business Networking Co-Founder
    Seattle, Washington

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