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Open Coffee Club Bangalore meets up every alternate Sunday to discuss about Entrepreneurship. The group focuses on working at the grass root level by giving a platform to Entrepreneurs, Wannabe Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists connect with each other. The theme of the meet today was Co-Founders, a topic often discussed and thought about individuals planning to venture out. Close to 25 people turned up at 11 AM today, to discuss about Co-founders and also share their experiences on this subject while working on their idea/ venture. The group aimed to discuss about the various parameters which one should look in a Co-Founder and how co-founders can actually make or break the success of the Startup.

Open Coffee Club Bangalore organizes meetups for Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and wannabe Entrepreneurs to connect and share. The meets are held every alternate Sunday. If you are interested in Entrepreneurship and would like to start out something, please do sign up the group by visiting group page at http://groups.google.com/group/bangaloreocc The details for the next OCC meet are as follows: Date: 27 Apr 08, Sunday. Time: 11 AM – 1 PM Venue: CoreObjects Brigade MLR, #50, Vani Vilas Road, Opp. National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore, Karnataka 560004

The next OCC Bangalore meet will be held on 30th March 2008 from 11AM - 1PM at St. Mary’s Boys Orphanage, 2nd Cross, D’costa Layout, Cooke Town, Bangalore 560 084 (google map will follow) For this meet, we shall have Mr. Ramesh Jude Thomas with us. Mr.Ramesh is the CEO of EQUITOR Management Consulting P Ltd., the first and probably the only management consultancy in India focusing on brands as lead business assets. Amongst his key professional contributions is having led the first known Strategic Brand Valuation in India which was for Titan Industries Ltd. Followed by the valuation of the TATA brand. Mr. Ramesh’s lectures are attended by very high profile CEO’s, and he has lectured at the CII, IIM B and various other forums of repute. It is fortunate that he will be with us on 30th. Let us learn a bit about branding.

If you are an entrepreneur or a freelancer who is fed up of working at home or at a coffee shop and need access to real business infrastructure, you should find this really interesting. OpenCommune is a movement to create cafe-like community/collaboration space within a shared office environment for entrepreneurs and freelancers – via the coworking model. They are a proud part of the Coworking movement around the world and actively support it. What is Coworking? Start with a shared office and add cafe culture. Which is the opposite of most modern cafes and ofcourse most offices.

Its time to announce the date and venue for the next OCC Bangalore meet. Below are the next meet details: Date: 16th March 2008 Venue: CoreObjects Brigade MLR, #50, Vani Vilas Road, Opp. National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore, Karnataka 560004 (Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps) Agenda: