Topspin Meetup, MidemNet, Cannes, Jan 17th

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: Michael Robertson couldn’t make it in person so I’m now participating in the debate with Ted Cohen and Eric Nicoli that opens MidemNet. Should be fun! Be there on time and lets get our debate on!

UPDATE UPDATE: Angela Linneman did some serious homework and discovered that Bar Amstel is CLOSED. We have decided on Morrison’s Pub as the new home for the event. See the Facebook invite for details and we’ll see you there.

UPDATE: It’s with great pleasure I report that Bruce Houghton and Hypebot are co-presenting our MidemNet meetup. Thanks, Bruce! See you there.

I’ll be honest with you, the difference between throwing a “meetup” and throwing a party is, when you’re throwing a party you spend money and when you’re throwing a “meetup” you trick a huge group of people into sharing the cost. Maybe it’s cheap, maybe it’s clever, but when you’re a startup and the recession is official, it’s what you do.

Which is why Topspin ain’t goin’ out like Qtrax at last year’s MIDEM and is instead hosting a “meetup” at a bar frequented by “rockers” according to our friends who know the city well. We’ll be at Bar Amstel in Cannes, France on January 17th from 7-10pm, and already have confirmed attendance from a veritable who’s who of digital media, a group of people who can (for the most part, thankfully) afford to buy their own drinks, even with today’s exchange rate. If you can come, please RSVP on Facebook so we can get an accurate count, and alert you with any changes.

So if you’re attending MidemNet this year, your attendance is required at Bar Amstel at 7pm on the 17th. The place isn’t huge and they don’t (yet) know we’re coming (despite multiple phone calls and messages in broken French by Mr. Steve Patch), so don’t be late. Dust off that mullet wig (or hurry up and grow/cut a mullet) and come on down.

Oh and if you’re attending the conference, you can come see us showcase a bit of Topspin at the panel, Connecting artists & fans – A showcase of services or spend some special 1:1 time with me in Sunday’s mentoring sessions (I promise to try to refrain from El Duce references).

See you there,
ian c rogers
Topspin

ps – don’t forget our CES meetup is Wednesday night in Vegas, and we are representing on a panel at both CES and the Billboard Digital Media Live conference. see you next week!