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Lunch 2.0 at Netgear and LinkedIn

May 01st, 2007 | Category: Events

It’s summer time again and that means it’s time for community lunches around the valley. First it will be at LinkedIn where my buddy Mario Sundar is the Community Evangelist. Secondly, PodTech will be recording video for our client NetGear in Santa Clara.

A few days ago, I recommended that Oracle (who’s been suggesting they don’t get blogger love they deserve) to consider hosting such a community event, here’s a few reasons why it makes sense:

1) Reach out to the community
2) Those who show up are passionnate about technology the web
3) Those that come are often influencers and share online using Social Media
4) It’s low cost…how much is lunch and schwag?
5) Great to network, meet folks
6) It’s fun

If you’re going to attend these lunch meetups leave a comment on the blog! Be sure to read Terry Chay’s Lunch 2.0 Founder’s chronicle of this event. Jeremy Toeman (Who I was so pleased to meet yesterday, again) gives some details from his blog.

10 Comments so far

  1. Josh Maher May 1st, 2007 2:52 pm

    Do you think Lunch 2.0 can scale outside of the valley to the other major startup cities? Seattle, Boston?

  2. hollyster May 1st, 2007 3:30 pm

    Josh,
    I definately think so. I think there is a Lunch2.0 in LA. You just need some ready companies and some passionate organizers, and it’s all good!

    There is also a twitter for Lunch20. Add it for updates.

    http://twitter.com/lunch20

  3. jeremiah_owyang May 1st, 2007 3:48 pm

    Yes, it definetly can scale!

    It first started out in this area. as there are a lot of 2.0 companies and bloggers

  4. Jeremy Toeman’s LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » Redefining the Networking Lunch May 1st, 2007 5:56 pm

    […] Opportunity to get video interviewed by the PodTech people […]

  5. terry chay May 1st, 2007 11:58 pm

    Josh,

    If there is any way you know how the Lunch 2.0 crew/website can help you “scale out” we’d love to help.

  6. Dennis D. McDonald in Alexandria, Virginia USA May 2nd, 2007 5:14 am

    Heck - is there anybody in Alexandria Virginia interested in a Lunch 2.0?

  7. jeremiah_owyang May 2nd, 2007 6:07 am

    Dennis. Are there any cool companies out there ready to host it?

  8. Mario Sundar May 2nd, 2007 10:17 am

    Hey guys,

    I look forward to seeing you at LinkedIn on May 23rd. We’re really excited to have you there.

    Jeremiah,

    Don’t forget the smurfs, buddy :)

  9. Seattle Lunch 2.0 « Messaging….. Technology…… Life….. May 2nd, 2007 1:15 pm

    […] So who wants to sponsor a lunch 2.0 event here in the greater Seattle area? […]

  10. Tim Low May 8th, 2007 11:46 am

    We’d be happy to host a lunch 2.0 at our offices in Seattle. on Western Avenue about a block from Elliott Bay.

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