DealMaker Media LA Event @MTV Networks

I went to the Dealmaker Media event yesterday with a couple members of the docstoc crew.
It was an exciting night of networking and meeting members of the TECH community in the posh MTV offices. haha..

You know, I consider myself to be a relatively social person, but I find networking at these events to be forced. I met a ton of really cool people from VC’s to PR people to of course, tech gurus who have their own start-ups. We mostly agreed that these events reminded us of middle school dances with cliques of the “Cool People” and of course, cliques within cliques.

BUT..the highlight of the night was “ROCK BAND” that was set up in the corner. I sang/karaoke/rock band-ed “Say It Ain’t So” by Weezer as well as “Creep” by “Radiohead.”
Belting out a song or two definitely helps to loosen up so you can go out and network and spread the word about docstoc. BEST PART… I won an mStation 2.1 Stereo for singing!!!
I haven’t won anything since the 4th grade library contest. SO EXCITING. Ok, gotta go back to work. Have a good Tuesday!

May 6, 2008. Tags: , , , . Networking.

4 Comments

  1. Dean replied:

    Hi Kat- the new media scene can be like that sometimes. I do have this cool icebreaker/networking technique that I use that works quite well if you are in new media.

    Let me know and I can email it to you.

    It’s quite funny because it uses a technique that guys use to hit on girls :)

    Dean

    May 8, 2008 at 8:06 pm. Permalink.

  2. girlatastartup replied:

    Hey Dean, sure, e-mail me at girlatastartup@gmail.com
    I actually did meet a lot of cool people. Its just my own awkwardness, I think.

    May 8, 2008 at 8:11 pm. Permalink.

  3. James replied:

    Hey, I believe my contribution to your “middle-school dance” analogy was that it’s like going somewhere and being forced to hit on everyone. I’m curious about the technique mentioned. It can’t be better than the wingman/woman/person thing.

    PS: Also, yes, totally blog-stalking you as of now.

    May 14, 2008 at 5:57 pm. Permalink.

  4. girlatastartup replied:

    James! My wingman of the night. How’s SF? You actually did pretty good at the event, meeting people left and right, while I stocked up on the free beverages.

    P.P.S. I feel less nerdy now that I’m being blog-stalked by you. haha.

    May 15, 2008 at 4:15 am. Permalink.

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