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October 29, 2008
Next Stop: Tel Aviv
I have been on the road quite a bit this month. So much that in fact, October 2008 feels like one big blur to me. During this month I have visited: Athens, Greece, Miami, Orlando, Las Vegas, Seattle, Boston and tonight I’m heading back to Israel and I will be spending time in both Tel Aviv and Rosh Pina.
There have been times during the past few weeks where I have felt the effects of living in what I can best describe as a “life blur.” This is where things happen around me but I’m so caught up in whatever it is that I am doing that I don’t even notice what else is happening. As a result, this is a month where I have fell behind in responding to emails and I haven’t been able to allocate as much time as I would have liked focusing on what is on my mind and sharing these thoughts in my blog.
While I am in Israel, I will be attending a number of events including:
November 3rd - Beta Goes Public @ The Barbie. My friend Dror Gill (the person who created the meta stickers seen at my breakfasts and the father of “Blog2Song”) is a singer in a cover band called “Beta.” I plan on going to see his performance and supporting Dror with my presence. Friends are invited to join me.
November 4th - Building a Social Network of Environmental Activists in Israel. My friend, Eilon Schwartz, runs one of the central environmental organizations in Israel (www.heschel.org.il) and he is currently trying to think through how to create a social network of environmental activists in Israel, to share ideas and information and nurture partnerships.
I offered to help Eilon find people who would be interested in getting involved and that is the purpose of this meeting.
November 5th - Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Tel Aviv - I am looking forward to hosting a social media breakfast for 150+ of my friends in Tel Aviv.
November 6th-7th - 2008 Rosh Pina Festival - If you are planning on attending and have not registered yet, use the priority code taya8 to receive a bigger discount. I’m looking forward to being back at the Rosh Pina Festival, catching up with my friends who will be there and speaking at the event.
During my visit I will have a cameo role on the Israeli TV show “Mesudarim.” Mesudarim is the Israeli version of “Entourage.” I am pretty excited about this. :)
When I’m not at any of these events, chances are that I will be in a hotel lobby meeting with (early) early stage startups. At the moment I have about 27 such meetings scheduled. While my meeting schedule for this trip is now fully booked, if any friends are aware of an interesting hi-tech Israeli startups that I should know about, please feel free to send me a message and I will setup a meeting during a future visit.
Tags: Tel Aviv, startup, Israel, Social Media, Jeff Pulver
Posted by jeff on October 29, 2008 09:01 PM | Permalink
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Comments
Gee Jeff, I love how you update us on your status, whereabouts and most of all how you truly to to fit in every possible person that would love or need to talk to you. I think that's so amazing.
I wish I could be there in Tel Aviv having some hafooch with you, perhaps next year!
I like the paired words, 'life blur'. I think I'm going through a life blur myself, only I think it started way back when I was 23. Just kidding :o)
Posted by: Carmen Villadar at October 30, 2008 07:17 AM