This past June I had the privilege of traveling to East Asia with a group of techies on a trip dubbed GeeksOnAPlane. The experience was a quick-and-dirty way to familiarize myself with the tech industries of Japan and China, since we were herded through back-to-back conferences and networking events meant to give us primers on a number of sectors such as web, mobile, and gaming (you can read about what I learned in each of those countries here and here).
I’m happy to say that the second GeeksOnAPlane trip will take me the other way around the world starting today. Our first stop will be in DC where we plan to meet with representatives from the White House Digital Media Group and the State Department Technology Innovation Team followed by an afternoon Startup2Startup lunch at the Washington Post. After that short layover on the east coast, we’ll jump the pond to attend Seedcamp in London and then the Picnic tech festival in Amsterdam. While I’ll be flying back home after Amsterdam, the rest of the group will continue to Berlin, Prague, Paris, and back to London for a series of other tech events such as Future of Web Apps and Ignite.
As during my trip to Asia, I’ll report back here on what I discover about tech and entrepreneurship in the nation’s capital and abroad. For more information about the trip, visit the official GeeksOnAPlane website. And a special thanks to Founders Fund, AIM, PayPal, O’Reilly and Ignite – the trip’s main sponsors – for making this all possible.
Follow us on Twitter at @GeeksOnAPlane. We’ll be using the hashtag #goap.
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What are you doing back on TC Hendrickson?
I missed you guys, just stopping back for a bit to say hello
hey mark, hope things are going well and have fun on this trip. wish i couldve joined you guys again. geeksonaplane asia was a truly awesome experience.
Have a great time mark! wish i could make this one but planning the next GOAP. next stop after Europe is Geeks On A Plane Hawaii in Nov. ^_^
have fun in good old europe! pitty i couldnt make it this time but markus might meet you and one or the other tour stop. wil try to make it to hawaii though!
Looks like a great time. Have fun Mark
“I am sick and tired of these mofo’in geeks, on this mo’fo’in’ plane!!”
Geeks on Web 2-point-way-too-late. Execs sending their staff on stuff like this should reconsider. It’s a waste of money and a blast back to like 2006 or even 1998.
Plus consider the historical nightmare scenario: bizdevs might bring an unclassified STD over from another continent just like the Slingshot/Myspace team did from the previous iteration of GOAP.
Use protection marketing team. I’m just sayin’….