The Boise Idea Market

Matt Homann (www.realBIGthinking.com) will be coming to town on June 8th to speak to the Idaho State Bar Association. (more info here). While he’s in town Steve Nipper and I have persuaded him to do an “Idea Market” That evening.

What is an Idea Market?ɬ¢?¢‚Ǩ?æ?Ǭ¢? Think brainstorming + collaboration + networking + happy hour. The brain child of innovation consultant, retreat facilitator and conference planner Matt Homann, an Idea Market is part think tank, part focus group and part social club. At the Idea Market, attendees bring their business challenges, questions and (of course) ideas, and share them with some of the most creative and generous people in the community as they participate in fun exercises designed to cram the most innovation into a two-hour collaborative experience.

Who Should Come: If you are a blogger, entrepreneur, speaker, consultant, designer, webmaster, writer, artist, salesperson, or technologist, you?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢ll enjoy the Boise Idea Market. We only ask that you be passionate about sharing ideas and helping others. Everything else will take care of itself.

When: Friday, June 8, 2007 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: Louie?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢s Pizza & Italian Restaurant, 620 W Idaho St, Boise, ID 83702-5930

Cost: $10.00 (to cover pizza & soda & tip)

How To Attend: We?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢ll only have room for around 35 people for the Idea Market, if we get a lot more RSVP’s we’ll look for another location. We?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢ll use Renkoo to handle the invite process. Email me (tac@techboise.com) and I?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢ll send you an invite.

 

Discussion

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Comments

1.
On May 31st, 2007 at 2:41 pm, Stephen Nipper said:

This is going to be well worth attending. Trust me.

2.
On May 31st, 2007 at 3:47 pm, Leo A. Geis said:

Sooo…I’ve decided to attend, in spite of the Honoroble Mr. Nipper’s endorsement (/teasing). However, I seem to have been shunned! Couldn’t score an invite to the Brown Bagger and don’t seem to be able to get a rise out of Tac on this one. Where are ya, Tac!?!

3.
On May 31st, 2007 at 8:50 pm, Nipper said:

Invites send (to everyone who has already asked Tac for one, and even to Leo). We’re using Renkoo to organize the meetup…so the email will be coming from noreply@renkoo.com. FWIW

4.
On June 1st, 2007 at 12:55 am, Norris said:

Well, I’m in Sweden* and on the 8th I’ll be at the Babson entrepreneurship conference… Have fun, kids!

* or why this week’s submission is tardy, Tac…

5.
On June 1st, 2007 at 8:07 am, Tac said:

Leo, I am afraid I am being unfairly accused here. I know for a fact that I invited you. You may want to check your spam filter. But at least this one got through to you :)

We look forward to seeing everyone there

6.
On June 1st, 2007 at 8:56 am, Leo A. Geis said:

Ha! “Unfairly Accused” or is your elevated sense of propriety being acknowledged!?!

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