It's become clear to me that there are more than a few monkeys on WSO who wish to break the chains of finance and get involved in the startup scene. I know that it's always been a dream of mine to start a business of my own and pave my own way in the world and I'm sure I'm not alone.
With that said, I'm looking to see if there are like-minded monkeys here on WSO who'd be interested in meeting up in NYC to exchange ideas, network, and drink a few beers.
Leave a post here if you'd be down and live in the NYC area. If there's enough interest, we'll set something up.
I'm just a college junior but I've always been interested in tech and I've wanted to get involved with a start up for a while. I'd be interested in a meetup.
I'd be interested in this sometime down the line.
Great idea - I'm down. Although I have to admit, if I had a great b-plan I probably wouldn't be slaving away right now.
King, I'm in as you know.
I'm not in NYC, but I've founded and run several startups on the side (both before and after my banking stint), so would love to be involved if people want to chat.
I think IB/PE guys can make really stellar entrepreneurs. If you guys want to get inspired, check out Bonobos, Everlater, Gojee, Dawdle.com, WePay, BlueLeaf.com, and many others - all started by guys that decided to become entrepreneurs after 2 years in banking were over.
I'd be interested
Moving to NY in July. Count me in if you plan something for anytime thereafter.
I'd be down...
I'd be very interested...
I'm down
I'm actually leaving banking to go to a tech/internet company, but have a deep passion for the start-up world....would love to meet up with other people who are interested
I'm actually leaving banking to go to a tech/internet company, but have a deep passion for the start-up world....would love to meet up with other people who are interested
Its funny how this is a wall street forum but so many people have a deep passion for the start up world this includes myself
Yeah i'd be down even thought im a junior in college
Count me in
I'd come.
Sophomore in college; but I'd come.
Count me in.
i'm down and gotz ideaz
I'd come...(second year analyst)
Glad to see the enthusiasm. I figure we could set something up for a weeknight when people could get together.
I'll post some suggested dates and time soon. If anyone has any particular venues they think would work well, please post them. Otherwise, I'll just throw a few ideas of my own out there.
Let's try to do it around Midtown, I think most monkeys work around there.
Alright everybody, again really happy to see some enthusiasm about this.
How about we aim for an initial meet-up the week after the Super Bowl. I'm thinking either:
-Tuesday, Feb. 8th @ 8pm -Wednesday, Feb. 9th @ 8pm -Thursday, Feb. 10th @ 8pm
As for location ideas, what do people think of the following bars?
-BXT East (51st between 2nd and 3rd) -Blackstone's (55th between 2nd and 3rd)
To be honest, I rarely go to bars in Midtown, so if anyone has any solid suggestions, post them here. In the meantime, let's get a date ironed out.
Blackstone's? Really? Lmao
Blocks away from their office at 51st and Park, too.
lol, I never go to midtown bars. That said, I don't want to go to fucking Black Finn and end up swimming in a sea of B&T.
Let's hear any suggestions people have for locations.
BXL is pretty nice but tends towards an older finance-oriented crowd.
I won't be able to make it unfortunately as I'll be out of town for work for the next month, but hopefully we can make this an occasional thing.
48 Lounge between 6th / 7th
id be interested...left finance and currently running an ecommerce website but always looking for new ideas/ventures
Awesome to see the continued responses. I'll send out a message to people sometime in the next day or two so we can get something solid on the calendar. In the meantime, post any more bar ideas you think would be good and continue to post here if you'd be interested.
Interested, will be in NY
I am also interested
Did this happen? If not, I will definitely come.
Not yet. We've been trying to set it up but are trying to figure out if we should wait until the weather gets warmer.
I'm coming in July, and definitely interested. Just a quick question @CaptK: did you end up selling your ventures before you started your IB gig? This FINRA approval crap is driving me nuts.
hm, i thought everyone in banking had to get approval just b/c of FINRA... i'm waiting for my future MD's approval and I'm kind of nervous about how that's going to play out. I'm rather hesitant to sink capital into it if an MD's just going to torpedo it before I even get going.
i even thought about switching over to consulting after my ib analyst gig in order to avoid this approval crap
Not sure if everyone on this thread met already, but if you guys did already, would you be interested in meeting up again. I'm really interested.
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