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Startups, Free Beer, No Rules, Tonight

Posted by | Feb 17, 2013

Tonight in downtown Raleigh, a veritable supergroup of entrepreneurs and investors will gather for the 15th ExitEvent Startup Social. Billed as an anti-networking event and limited to verified entrepreneurs and investors, it’s like a punk rock version of a startup community — formed completely from grass roots by entrepreneurs, spun way out of control, and held together by the good nature of a few volunteers, who do this simply because it needs to be done. There are no sponsors, there are no sales pitches, there is no guarantee that you’ll get to chat with Johnny BigExit or Jane ManagingPartner....

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Party On the Web

Posted by | Jun 19, 2012

There are several reasons why the ExitEvent Startup Social is taking July off. #1: Monday night’s Social was, without question, a high point. We broke 200 entrepreneurs and investors for the first time, you could literally taste the energy in the room, and we had what could be called a perfect mix of veteran startups and newly-minted-but-gaining-traction startups talking to one another. #2: There’s just way too much going on between now and August. Seriously. #3: There needs to be something more. I think you, the collective group of entrepreneurs who are making the Social what it is each...

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The ExitEvent Startup Social

Posted by | Jun 3, 2012

The ExitEvent Startup Social is a monthly anti-networking event limited to entrepreneurs and investors by invite only (usually 150-250) — with free craft beer supplied by local breweries in some of the most awesome spaces in the Durham, Raleigh, Charlotte, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. June 13, 2011“This proves to me, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the concept worked. If you put just entrepreneurs in a room with no agenda and no thinking or selling required, they will have an awesome time.” From These Nerds Are Self-Cleaning Of note: November 14, 2011 was a joint Social with TechJournal’s...

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