From the typewriter of Lance Weber....

I think it's safe to say we've anointed The Cup as our new home. Many thanks to the great folks there for making us feel welcome! Our group continues to be a great mix of core folks and new folks; this week we had several out of town guests including some of the startups in town for the TechStars For a Day event.

Today's session kicked off with a round of announcements from attendees and then promptly jumped into a special presentation from Andrew Hyde and Matt Emmi, proud founders of the new startup VC Wear (Moderately NSFW - language).

Their perfectly delivered deadpan pitch (again, moderately NSFW - language) was hilarious. The background story on VCWear is great: Andrew and Matt were on the plane home from the Bloomington StartupWeekend when they decided to do "StartupPlaneride" and launch a site in three hours. How shocked were they to actually get orders for shirts at $100 each? "We realized we actually had to go get some printed!" said Andrew.

Looking forward to our March 18th gathering, we're going to test-drive a new feature. One attendee will present a problem or challenge they are experiencing and the group will take 10-15 minutes to discuss, suggest and recommend. If you'd like to be a "presenter", please send me an email letting me know what you'd like to have the group discuss.