Ideas on Tap…I get all nostalgic when I think about it. I was only 19 when i attended my first IDEAS ON TAP event at the Yaletown Brew Pub in Vancouver. It was a business networking event for the tech industry. Officially people were there to network with other people in the tech industry, but unofficially we were all there for the beer :P
I remember wearing my little baby t with “GeekRave” plastered across my chest…ahh, so classy. I’d step up onto the milk crate and give my “30 sec” pitch on why everyone should attend the geekfest myself and 11 other SFU students were organizing. Amongst all the beer and geek speak, little did I know that I was entering into what would be the launch pad for my career in technology and media. I have the event to thank for introducing me to hundreds of fellow entrepreneurs and endless tech ideas.
Ideas on Tap fizzled out in 2001 when the venture capital company organizing it, felt the pain of the tech bubble burst. But 8 years later, it is being revived by a couple of Yaletown’s tech celebrities (I call them tech celebrities because if you don’t know who they are…then you don’t get out much!). Chris Breikss, President and founder of 6S Marketing, in cahoots with his business partner, John Blown, has revived the old beast and are proving that there is still a demand for tech networking.
The next event coming up on Jan. 22 already has over 200 people registered.
