The Regulars

#regularing May 18, 2012, courtesy of Manifest Collaborative

A few of the Regulars have banded together to organize live music at Cat Mountain Grill (3815 Dry Creek Road) Sunday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Ask Pat, Luke, or Ricardo for details, and get on out to have fun and support their efforts.

austinkleon:

Wow, that was fast: video of my Everything Is A Remix, so Steal Like An Artist panel with Kirby Ferguson is up. (via)

It was awesome having Kirby and Austin hang out with us last Friday. Austin says he’ll return, so we can look forward to that. In the meantime, enjoy their SXSW panel conversation.

Dylan Ratigan has a crew covering SXSW. Earlier this week, they spoke with Christina Xu, Tim Hwang, and Peyton Wimmer about the Awesome Foundation. They may join us tomorrow. Austin rules, y’all. Thanks, Dylan!

We will reconvene at Mozart’s Coffee tomorrow from 8 a.m. till at least 11 a.m. Come on down.

Hopefully tomorrow Kirby Ferguson will join us. Watch the rest of his Everything Is a Remix series, and please support his next project via Kickstarter. I have.

Thanks.

I’ve been thinking about Regular Works for well more than a year. I introduced the idea on a recent Friday morning, and we have started talking about it a bit each week. The instant enthusiasm and collaboration portend good things.

Our community weekly mixes entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, pranksters, and teachers for benevolent conspiracy. We enjoy a lot of vibrant interaction every Friday morning across diverse skill sets and backgrounds. We will always remain open to everyone, and Regular Works will have continuity with what we have already built.

We have a few more things to do internally first. Then I expect us to start contributing to Austin and building community in cool new ways. It’s gonna be something seeing what we can do together.

When we do, Jason Roberts will remain a powerful inspiration. What a force. I am grateful to TEDxAustin for introducing Austin to him.

See y’all tomorrow morning. We should have a great crew. Thanks, everybody.

p.s. Special thanks to Rye for the idea and help to list on Sched.org.

Check Dylan Ratigan (full clip here) saying nice things about us:

“I spent this morning with a group of entrepreneurs that meet on Fridays apparently, on a regular basis. It blew my mind honestly. They were really inspiring for me. How does a city end up in a situation where you have people, not through some government apparatus or some grand policy, but through a self-organizing culture of entrepreneurship and creativity and investment that can get to this place?”

Right on. On a regular basis, indeed. :)

My answer to his question: You get there one person at a time. Thanks to each of you for showing up and contributing week after week. It’s a blast. Let’s see what we can do next.

brycedotvc:

I wrote a post last week that seems to have struck a cord.

In it, I talked about what I was calling Indie Businesses. Businesses that historically would have raised venture capital, but were deciding to forgo funding and blaze their own trail independent of the pressure and expectations that come with outside investment.

Many commenters rightly pointed out that Indie, or VC free, businesses are the rule rather than the exception and they would be right to posit that.They took issue with me suggesting that this was a new thing but they were only partly right.

You see, the point I wanted to make was that we’re at an critical inflection point for entrepreneurship. The company man and his accompanying gold watch and pension are a relic that I, nor my kids, will see again in our lifetimes. As the book that arrived on my doorstep this week celebrated, the startup is now you. And I believe that’s a fundamental change.

This video celebrating 9 Detroit based businesses captures much of that new independent spirit. Note that no one is talking about raising money, eyeing an IPO or changing the world. They talk of community, and independence, of filling a need and meeting a demand. They make crepes, coffee, pizza, bagels and custard pies. They watch dogs and watch out for visitors to their city. They teach, educate and inform. They share a love for their craft and seem to be collectively crossing fingers that their hard work and passion will be enough to make it on their own.

This video celebrates the spirit of the indie businesses I tried to capture in that post. Which is why it’s required weekend viewing on BRYCE DOT VC.

Go, indies, go.

joelbush:

As part of his building crusade, Dylan Ratigan carried FireflyLED from The Regulars to Jimmy Fallon’s show. Pretty dang cool, eh?

I like Friday mornings at Mozart’s. Come on down and join us tomorrow morning. We will be there from 8 a.m. till at least 10:30 a.m.

Thanks, y’all.