OK, here is the concept... Early Saturday Exercise, followed by Schmooze -
I do not yet have a sponsor lined up - Unless you hear otherwise before Saturday, please plan to bring some food to share for the schmooze. This can be bagels, or fruit, or juice. I will bring the coffee...
Here is a great photo compilation from the last Bay Schmooze by Nathan Petty
Show up at South Mission Beach Jette - Bayside Parking Lot around 7:30 AM ( Or show up around 9:00 AM for "Late Arrival Option" - see below )
Depart around 7:45 - 8:15 in groups (some slow, some faster)
- Bladers - Skaters - Rollerbladers
- Walkers
- Runners - Joggers - Sprinters
- Bikers
Tour around Mission Bay (away from the wind and crowd)
- Follow the Bay past the Bahia
- North to the Catamaran
- Around to Crown Point Park
- and return
Tour on the Board Walk (or on the sand)
- North past the roller coaster
- Up to Crystal Pier
- and return
Return to the starting point around 9:00 AM for Hosted Coffee, Juice, Bagels & Danish
Food and other Goodies Contributed: Please bring something to share
- Richard Shaw is bringing Oranges
- Peter Ellegard is bringing some Bagels
- Joe Sullivan is bringing some Bagels
- Leif Christofferson is bringing some Orange Juice
- Steve Schindler is bringing Carrot Juice
- Husan Saqallah is bringing a dozen bagels and cheese
- Marco Thompson is bringing a TON of coffee
- I need everyone to bring something, not a lot, but something to share - to eat or drink during the schmooze that starts at 9AM.
Cool Gear:
- Eliptigo is bringing some cool bikes
- College Bike Company is bringing some cool bikes
Late Arrival Option:
If you are not good at getting up early on a weekend, you can show up at 9:00 for the schmooze, and do your exercise after the socializing..
THIS EVENT IS FREE !!
Hang out for another 30-60 minutes to schmooze with like minded Innovation focused folks who enjoy starting the weekend with 60-90 minutes of exercise. Our target "Innovators":
- Technology Community
- Life Sciences Community
- Sports and Action Sports Community
Who is invited ???
- Founders, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs & Presidents of Innovative San Diego companies from the above sectors - plus family
- Select Angel & Venture Investors with demonstrated interests in the sectors listed above
- All attendees require a personal invitation from Marco (Anyone can go to the park of course, but our "schmooze" will be roped off and private for our group only)
- Spouses & Children are welcome (If they can stand all of the shop talk)
- If you would like me to invite someone, please send me full contact information for that person
- Please note that I am NOT inviting Service Providers to participate at this time, just entrepreneurs, founders & investors.
What to bring ?
- You
- Let me know if you have an E-Z Up shelter we can use...
- Camera - please post your photos on this site after the event
- Sunscreen & clothing appropriate to the weather
- Running Shoes, Bike or Roller Blades
- Spouse and Family are welcome - bring a running stroller for infants
- Folding chair or beach chair to "take a break" at the end
- Some food to share (If I do not find a sponsor)
Goals:
- Get 30 people to come participate the first time (despite rain, we had 80+ show up out of 150 confirmed at the first event, and we had over 100 at the second Bay Schmooze)
- Get 50-100 people to do it regularly, quarterly, monthly or more often ?
- Create an new & unique networking event for San Diego which results in high quality introductions and business development
- Find a service provider to sponsor each event
- Print t-shirts... yada yada
Exactly Where are we meeting ??
- South Mission Beach - Bay Side Parking Lot
- Get yourself to the beach in PB or Mission Beach.
- Take the I5 to Pacific Beach
- Exit I5 at Garnet and travel west to the ocean
- Turn Left on Mission Boulevard just before running into the pier
- Follow Mission Boulevard all the way south (past the roller coaster, all the way to the southern tip of South Mission Beach)
- At the very end, when you get to the jetty, turn left.
- The road may be labeled "North Jetty" (according to Google) or "San Diego Pl." (according to Yahoo)
- Follow the road into the parking lot, and go to the end of the lot.
- There is a large grassy area with picnic tables.
- We will be set up somewhere in there.
- Call me if you get lost - 619-518-three 001
Rain or Shine:
Rain will make rollerblading difficult, and will probably cut short the Schmooze portion, but we will be there Rain or Shine
Marco - 619-518-3001 - marco.thompson@windriver.com
Some Attendees of Past Events, Bay Schmooze I & II: (for confirmed attendees of Bay Schmooze III, look at the list on the right side of the invitation)
- Jim Riley, Global Accounts Manager, Infineon
- Chris Harris, President, Inventure Global & CTO, Cloudbreak +1
- Mike Doerr, President, Air2Air
- Marco Thompson, CTO, Wind River Services & Managing Director, Express Ventures
- Eric Busboom, CEO, Clarinova Software
- Mark Evans, SVP Business Development, Dirtbag Music +2
- Gary Paquette, CEO, InControl Technology +2
- Shayne Skaff, Founder & EVP Business Development, MaintenanceNet
- Michael Nova, Founder & CEO, Gombu
- George Eiskamp, CEO, Quasar Geophysical Technologies +1
- Lisa LeVasseur, CEO, DialPlus
- Chris Kameir, CEO, Colizer +1
- Mark Bowles, Founder & CEO, ReMobile + 1
- Wayne Huang, Advisor, China Equity +1
- Stephen Meade, Chairman & Founder, BigBamboo
- Eli Margalith, President, Optotek
- Randy Werneth, Founder & VP Engineering, Ablation Frontiers
- Ryan Tarzy, President, Medikeeper & CEO, Personal Health Labs +1
- Dominic Tong, CEO, DMM&RS +1
- Mike Behnke, President, AuctionMercial.com
- Pertti Visuri, President & CEO, Airgain +1
- Scott Herron, Founder & CEO, MaintenanceNet
- Tyson McDowell, Founder & CEO, Benchmark Revenue Management
- Kathy Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer, Road Runner Sports
- Ray Hivoral, Founder FlexOffice, Founder Concerto Networks +1
- Carey Harrington, CEO, Defense Technology Analysts +1
- Lance Fried, Founder & President, Freestlye Audio
- Rick Sterger, VP Mobile Strategy, Pure Play Music
- Steve Iverson, Founder, Streamload
- Dan O'Neill, CTO, Fluid Music
- Bart Schade, President, IP Video Networks
- Ron Pitt, President & CEO, Ecodog
- Milt Lohr, Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
- Admiral Walter Davis, former commander USS Ranger, Board of Directors, CommNexus
- Keith Longino, Founder & CEO, Sprung +1
- Jim Kaskade, Founder, Eyespot, EIR, Express Ventures
- Scott Fox, Chairman & CEO, Global View Partners
- Jeff Ploetner, CFO & Founder, Craze +2
- Cliff Currie, VP, San Diego Young Entrepreneurs +1
- Steve Topper, Serial Entrepreneur +1
- Stan Kinsey, CEO, Nigel Power
- Dario Santana, CEO, Gavilan Ventures +1
- Saul Umbrassas, Founder & VP Marketing & Sales, E-Band Communications
- Jimmy Hendricks, CEO, Collarfree
- Raj Lahoti, Founder & CEO, DMV.com
- Tracy Trent, Founder & CEO, Proximetry
- Arshak Navruzyan, CTO, EzGDS +2
- Robert Czajkowski, CEO, NXGEN Electronics & Founder, RealPhoneCard
- Mark Wells, Founder & CEO, DriveOK +2
- Erik Reikes, Founder & CEO, Eembed +1
- Frank Gazzano, President, MicroManipulator
- Robert Reyes, Founder, Nordicmode.com +1
- Jim Stroesser, CEO, Dirtbag Clothing and Music & Board member, Connect Sport Innovators
- Doug Palmer, Serial Entrepreneur, Cal(IT)2 Faculty +1
- Ross Cooper, President & CEO, Channel Islands +1
- Val Popescu, Founder & CEO, VirtualMetrix
- Keith Vertrees, Founder, Vativ +1
- Mark Livingston, CEO, Access Properties
- Pat Burns, President, Primary Funding
- Hiep Pham, Founder & CEO, SoarSpace
- Kathryn Largent, Director of Visual Merchandising, Quiksilver +1
- Jay Lacny, Founder & CEO, MyKidisSafe +1
- Rhett Souders, Former VP & COO, K2
- Robert O'Donnell, Founder, Fortress +2
- Shawn McGuan,
- Mike Lee,
- Jason Wieland,
- Prashant Kantak,
- Chris Powell,
- Jim Reesman, +1
- Darrel Drinan, Founder & CEO, Philometron, Founder, Corventis
- Neeraj Bhavani,
- Ted Stearns, +1
- Keith McCrone,
- Ed Cable,
- Derek Morikawa, CEO, Vision Robotics
- Andy Ash,
- John Reed, CEO, Burnham Institute for Medical Research
- Brian Sagi,
- Judy Muller-Cohn, Founder & CEO, Biomatrica
- Chris Perret, VP Services, Wind River
- Bill Lofft, CEO, Zuumcraft
- Dipanshu Sharma, Founder & CTO, V-Enable & Founder, Kadonk
- George Gregoire, President, Dimensional Imprint Technology
- Andrew Dumke, Founder, CEO, Chairman, Cloudbreak Capital
- Tom Steinke, President, Minnow Medical
- Larry Wiese,
- Brian Dear, Founder & Chairman, Eventful.com
- Johnny Heath, Founder, Affordable Wind Turbines
- Randy Blumhagen, Founder, Tonestac
- Craig Misrach, President & CEO, Freedom Medtech
- Marie McFarland, Founder, American Wave Machines
- Greg Costello,
- Derrick Oien,
- Mark Schmid,
- Chuck Longanecker,
- Todd Belt,
- Andreas Dreher,
- Steven King,
- Bryan Ayers,
- Brian Jones,
- Bill Carpenter,
- Thomas Sammon,
Clarification on Time, Distance & Speed:
- There is NO TARGET END POINT or target distance. The route will support a short walk to the Catamaran and back, or a long blade.
- Some of the attendees want to exercise for 45 or 60 minutes instead of 90 minutes. These people should arrive around 8:00 AM, so that they can RETURN to the SCHMOOZE at 9:00 AM.
- 9:00 AM is the key time for the morning. Plan your route, and your "turn around time" so that you return to the SCHMOOZE around 9:00 AM.
- With the variety of speeds within groups of bladers, bikers, walkers & runners, we do NOT expect the groups to stay together. You may choose to move in a pack, or proceed at your own pace, depending on who you want to exercise with.
