Calling All Powerful VCs (and a few weakling entrepreneurs)
In a typical breakfast with my friend Hunter Walk, we spent half the time talking about business (online video, startup finance, the advertising ecosystem, etc.) and half the time talking about nutty ideas that would be fun. One such idea is coming to fruition. We decided that it would be a great idea to have a VC vs. Entrepreneur dodgeball game. Hunter dubbed it Labor vs. Capital Dodgeball, enlisted the help of his friend Noah Kagan of OkDork fame, and we were off and running.
After some planning and a lot of effort designing the t-shirts, we are ready to rumble. We have a fantastic group of entrepreneurs and VCs signed up so far. But we still have a few slots left for the game. So if you are a Bay Area VC (or a VC visiting from out of town) who used to be a professional athlete or are an entrepreneur who used to a Dungeon Master, here's the scoop:
Labor vs. Capital Dodgeball
Friday, June 8th
Noon to 2 pm
Sky High Sports in Santa Clara
Not only will there be some serious dodgeball playing and pizza eating, but Craig and I will also be podcast from the gathering, thus making it a major media event. And best of all, the pizza, t-shirts and dodgeball are courtesy of August Capital, ComVentures, Greylock Partners, and Mohr Davidow (many thanks to Baris Karadogan, David Sze, and David Feinleib for lending a helping Amex).
I'll be training hard over the weekend with my kids. See you all on the battle field.
dave - you and i may be good friends but next Friday it's all business. I'll be chuckin' and you'll be duckin'
Watch your back Dave!
FYI - we're now at capacity for Entrepreneurs but if you want to get on the waiting list, please email hunterwalk@gmail.com.
Given the likely demand, you should make this a charity fundraiser for some obviously worthy cause ($100 / head? ).
hi john -
we considered the charity idea but wanted to keep it simple for the first go-round. But when we do it again (or make the "Labor vs Capital" events a theme), the fundraiser angle could make lots of sense. Thanks for the note!