Monogamy not an option for web entrepreneurs

20 April 2007 5 Comments

Speed dating for entrepreneurs in the gorgeous little Mother City* last night >> zoomed into the ubersexy Extreme Hotel for about 28.3nanoseconds >>

because I couldn’t bear to be left out of at least a little of the fun at the new OpenCoffeeClub
South Africa’s first – started in London by powerhouse Saul Klein. Introduced to our shores by Eric Entrepreneur Edelstein.

Speed dating yields the quick & dirty blink instinct assessment. Maybe not perfect for business, but a whole lot more invigorating than the usual networking rounds of intro’s & pitches. For accelerated times it’s a relief to have the room moving at the same pace as you are. I didn’t have time for much more because I had to dash to a Toastmasters session. Not that there were all that many faces I didn’t recognise, all the usual suspects were in the house

… but I believe this one’s going to grow wildly and attract many more bravehearted entreneurs & serial start-up pioneers as 27 has.

Vinny Lingham’s right, in many ways this feels just like web1.0 .. the etherware salemen are shining their shoes and confuddling those who are in the rising panic that they’ll be left behind. [Even if the fundamentals don't bear out fair value in the financials, the big numbers have a gravitational force that equally defies scientific understanding].Hmm.. but we learnt a great deal the first time. And I am determined not to burn out another set of adrenals this time. South Africa has some lag time on the global upsurge but we’re in for a fun ride.

What in the world has this got to do with monogamy? If you happen to be one of the usual suspects at these kind of events anywhere in the world right now, you’ll know exactly what I mean. This is our lifestyle. A serious case of work ADD.

Chris Brogan did a post about this that I giggled at in complete recognition and realised that almost everyone I know has the same quirk. We new media types HAVE to have our fingers in multiple project pies, simultaneously.

We’re meeting, sparking, creating, conceptualising and innovating at a blur of speed that commitment to just one project is a foreign concept. Sound familiar?

As you read this how many projects do YOU have an interest in right now?

*(motherless for some I hear after the free drinks generously laid on by Vinny the VC and Anton Gillis).

5 Comments »

Paul Jacobson said:

4 active projects/businesses, 7 blogs and 3 podcasts … do I get a prize?

# 21 April 2007 at 7:59 am

Sjefke said:

Nah Paul, nice try, but no prize for you – it only counts if you have to wait tables to survive – sorry, man :-)

# 22 April 2007 at 2:08 am

Maximillian Kaizen said:

@Paul LOL ! in your case the prize is deep respect – I’m constantly amazed at your capacity 8-’ you could well be the hardest-working newmedia type I know.
@Sjefke newmedia entrepreneurs J – the only tables we wait on are embedded code versions :-P

# 22 April 2007 at 12:01 pm

uno said:

haha! I know exactly what you are talking about! If you want something done give it to the person who doesn’t have time…?

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