I really enjoy hanging out with people in the Startup community in Pittsburgh. It is always great to meet new people, talk about ideas and see the cool projects these people are working on. I had actually never heard of Startup Drinks before. The night before I was out and ran in to my friend Zach and he told me about the event and I was pretty excited to check it out. This event was held at the Apple Store in Shadyside.

The whole idea of the event is to bring people in the Startup community together to discuss ideas, get advice, and maybe even meet people you could hire or do business with. The event kicked off with a speaker, Dave Nelsen. Dave is a entrepreneur who has raised $70 million in angel and venture funding. Of course his talk was on funding. It was a really insightful and interesting talk. Definitely gave you a good idea about how funding works, how to get started and Dave’s own personal experiences.

After the talk there were a couple of demos setup from AlphaLab and PGH Tech Council. The only one that I really got to check out was Tunessence. It is basically an online teaching tool for musicians. Currently it only supports guitar right now, but I do believe they plan to add more instruments in the future.

The event continued across the street at Steel Cactus for drinks and conversations. Overall it was a great event and I hope there are more events like it soon. Remember if you want to stay up to date on what I’m up to you can always follow me on twitter!