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Ideas On Tap A Great Idea

written by John Chow on October 17th, 2008

Ideas On Tap

With the exception of the mic not working properly for the first couple of presenters, Ideas on Tap was a rousing success. The event was jam packed with wall to wall people as Vancouver’s social media scene came out for a night of networking, drinking and listening to people pitch from a milk crate. The event was held at the Yaletown Brewing Company, which worked out really well because I was meeting up with Wall Street whiz kid Tim Sykes after and there are tons of restaurants in the area.

This event featured a competition where five contestants deliver a 60 second elevator pitch from a milk crate. The winner is chosen by the audience based on cheers and beer taps. The pitch winner was Andre Charland of Nitobi Inc. The next Ideas on Tap is schedule for January. See you there!

Ideas On Tap

Ideas On Tap

Ideas On Tap

Ideas On Tap

Ben Collins said on October 17th, 2008 at 10:45 am

Sounds like a lot of fun. Shame I’m in London. Does anybody know any events like this that happen in London, England

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John Chow said on October 17th, 2008 at 11:12 am

Why not create your own?

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Clog Money said on October 17th, 2008 at 11:36 am

There is a similar thing run by people on http://www.warriorforum.com for Londoners. Do a search there.

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Ryan McLean said on October 17th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Definately you should make your onw.
What better way than to learn how to market?

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John Sullivan said on October 17th, 2008 at 11:06 am

That’s pretty cool John
Wish they had something like that here in San Antonio.
Wow some hot ladies up your way damn :)

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Rajaie AlKorani said on October 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Hehe, the benefits of being a superstar blogger, eh? :P

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Ryan McLean said on October 17th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

Why not create your own one also?

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buzzbishop said on October 17th, 2008 at 11:23 am

Agrebo was absolutely right. As a tech writer for 24hrs, I’m constantly having to dig for stories and, often, find excellent brilliant people in Vancouver doing great work and not getting noticed.

If you’re good at what you do, make the leap to MSM and pitch to get press and spread your message.

Blogs are great, but there are millions of the great unwashed who still dont use RSS and dont get blogs, so pitch those of us in MSM and we’ll help you build the bridge.

** that mic was awful, fire the sound man. **

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Quentin @ 6S said on October 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Hi there,

Glad you all enjoyed the event! We certainly had fun organizing it. I agree the sound was pretty sub-par. As an audio-geek myself it was a bit upsetting, but I’ll see to it we’ll have it fixed for the next one!

See you there.

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Jon Jennings said on October 17th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

January? Excellent… I will be there.
Frustrated to miss last night’s good beer & networking - but Thursday night is BCIT this term.

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Matt said on October 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

That’s great and all John, but I am sure the question on everyone’s mind is…What’s was your favorite beer that evening? Anything we should try?

Matt

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igizmore said on October 17th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Yo john , why don’t you defend widgetbucks now ???

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1069480

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John Chow said on October 17th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Why should I defend them? I don’t endorse them and they’re not one of my recommended money makers.

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igizmore said on October 17th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
igizmore said on October 17th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

i am sure your readers will like to know to stay away from it .

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ZK@WebTrafficROI said on October 17th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

I am starting one in Toronto

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Ben Pei said on October 17th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

Lol nice video there.. really nice to be a superstar blogger.

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TYCP Entertainment Magazine said on October 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Amazing. Nothing like mixing beer & business.

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Jason Sieckmann said on October 19th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

I had no idea that there was this level of media following.

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Downloadic said on October 21st, 2008 at 12:05 am

Hey John you look cool at this video, by the way the reportage with the girl is really nice, too.

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LotusJump said on October 21st, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Is it just me or does it look like the logo was stolen from izea :S

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Steven-Sanders said on October 23rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Wow! Looks like alot of people had some ideas rolling around in their heads.

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