Your Very Own Stuart Smalley Moment
This morning, as I was getting ready, I had an impromptu Stuart Smalley moment. I stared at myself in the mirror and said out loud: “Social Tables is doing awesome. Our roadmap is solid. And god damnit we will be successful.”
I’m not sure where this came from. I mean, things are going really well for us. Our team is formidable, our userbase is growing fast, our product is being polished every day, and we’re working on some amazing partnerships.
So, if you’re ever feeling just a little down about things (it’s normal), come up with your own version of “I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!” and yell it in front of the mirror.
DC is awesome for startups. Here’s proof.
So DC Week just wrapped up last friday (BYT’s photos here) and DC Entrepreneurship Week has arrived. I didn’t even get a chance to breathe!
Apart from being informative and fun-filled, these two weeks are illustrating why DC is [again] becoming a technology hub.
In his October 2011 essay, Paul Ghraham says tech hubs work because within them startups are seen as cool and chance meetings with people who can help you are more likely. The more startups in one area, the more potent this formula becomes, he says.
Well, the YCombinator godfather must have been thinking about DC when he was writing his post. Events such as these are helping put DC on the map by making startups cooler and people more connected.
TechCocktail and iStrategyLabs deserve a huge amount of props for producing DC Week. Let’s follow their lead and produce more community-building/inspiring events. DC Startup Weekend is another good example. This is why I help organize monthly DC Founder Dinners and Study Hall DC. And it’s why Social Tables works out of District I/O.
What are you doing to make this hub stronger?
Picture: Marina Cano / solent (via Pictures of the day: 14 November 2011 - Telegraph)
Putting together a seating chart has never been a simple task - until now. Allow us to introduce you to Social Tables, an easy, elegant, and fun seating chart tool that will save anyone planning an event at least two hours. Social Tables helps you create a web-based seating chart for your special occasion AND lets you build a fun, active online community for your guests. Co-founder, Dan Berger came up with the idea three years ago as he was heading to a childhood friend’s wedding in Miami…
“I realized I’m not going to know anyone there because I haven’t seen the kid in years. I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if I could meet some ladies before I got there?’. And then I thought, ‘What if there was a social networking utility for events with assigned seating?’. In other words, be able to see who I’m seated with before I get to the wedding.”
Et voilà, Social Tables was born! Now hosts and event planners can come to the site, design their floor plan, and upload their guest list. If they want, they can publicize their seating chart to their guests. Attendees can interact before or follow up with each other after. Watch the video for a quick “How-To” and then get over to SocialTables.com to get started.
