Check out the shots from this edition of Dart Dinner and make sure to sign up for the next one.  The sign up form will be available soon.

We are thrilled to have won the Community Leadership Award presented by New England Venture Network– check out the press here.

And, we’re excited to hear all the nice things that previous entrepreneurs and angel/mentors are saying about Dart Dinner:

“Case in point: I went to the best entrepreneur-event ever in January.  Hands down, the best (and I’ve been to a lot).  It’s called the Dart Family dinner, organized by Flybridge’s Victoria Song here in Boston and sponsored by a different company each time.  It’s a dinner event that happens monthly to bring entrepreneurs and investors together.

On the surface, the concept behind the dinner I attended wasn’t unique, but the execution was.  We were seated for dinner at tables of 4 people with a good mix of entrepreneurs and investors at each table.  This allowed us to really talk with everyone and build connections that lasted beyond 3 minute conversations. Before and after dinner, people mingled, and I was amazed by just how helpful people were.  According to DartBoston co-founder Cort Johnson, the premise of Dart is that everyone should leave the dinner having gotten to know almost everyone in the room.  And, it really showed — I had never been to a mingling event where everyone was so pro-active in making sure that everyone knew each other.  I’m sorry to say — although there are lots of private events in the Bay Area, tight-knit networking events (with the purpose of meeting and getting to know new entrepreneurs) just don’t happen in the Valley.”

Hope to see you at the next Dart Dinner!

Victoria

Of course the night was all about Kabir Hemrajani and his company RiotVine.  He is going to be pitching this Tuesday at Venrock for Dart’s first Capitalize event.  If you don’t get a ticket remember we are live streaming the event so be sure to participate online!

Helping us out last night in the Pokin’ Holes discussion we had a 3 great panelists two of which were first timers.

Alex King: Director of Marketing with @webnoter

Vadim Revzin: Bentley grad and a man looking to micro fund start-ups

Nick Ward: Gainfully employed geek by day, gamer by night

Check out what these guys had to say about RiotVine…

Listen to Kabir pitch and the community’s questions…

Listen to the audiences thoughts on comments for Kabir…

Today we are going to take a look at the business side of Blabberize to see if there are ways in which we can help improve the business model, traffic to the site and the overall user experience.

To help with today’s show we are bringing in a few rockstar young entrepreneurs in Boston.

Nidhi Makhija: Call me P Niddy or Cakes – Recent Emerson grad, I do marketing & try my hand at social media. I also cook sometimes. Indian, Thai and Chinese.

George Gayl: SEO & SEM guru, harnesser of social media channels to increase brand awareness, drive traffic and engage users

Paul Northup:  Graphic and web designer, snowboard enthusiast, music lover, talker