Brightoncisco
March 7, 2007 – Graeme Sutherland – Print
Brightoncisco, has a just spontaneously materialized to discuss Brighton as a potential Silicon Valley:
Someone proposed that Brighton could be the ‘next Silicon Valley’. Someone else said it was more like another San Francisco. There is a lot of activity around startups and tech industries here. There are two universities and a lot of talent. But some things seem to be missing. Maybe it’s the VCs. Maybe it’s the networking. Maybe something else. Let’s work it out.
Time to go look at Richard Florida’s Creative Class and see if we can spot what is missing.
Sounds good to me. The Wed 10am Brighton OpenCoffee is a bit of a struggle for me right now, but I’ll get there one day. Perhaps we can do an evening or weekend event?
Having announced OpenCoffee Manchester at http://www.manojranaweera.com/2007/03/07/is-manchester-ready-for-opencoffee/, I am also debating whether OpenBeer is more appropriate for Manchester than OpenCoffee.
Regards
Manoj
Yeah, coffee mornings seem a bit blue-rinse really :-) Actually, I’d prefer something in the evening really. too much on in the day already.
Hi guys!
Love Brighton – not sure you’d want it to be Silicon Valley and – unless Brighton has changed a LOT since I left the UK – I reckon you have the creative talent to network/cluster in a way that is unique.
Definitely going to hook up next time we’re in England!
Best
Anita (Western Australia)