UK Web Mission 2009 – time to go
27th March 2009, 11:24 pm by Charlie Osmond
I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s trip to San Francisco as part of Web Mission 09. We’ve just been sent the itinerary and a great agenda has been organised by UKTI.
We start tomorrow with an early morning VIP reception at Virgin Atlantic’s Heathrow Lounge before hopping aboard the flight.
On arrival, TechCrunch and GPBullHound are hosting us for the first of a series of drinks receptions.
Sunday is a full day of relaxing into the SanFran way of life with a little networking thrown in.
On Monday we’re heading over to the GooglePlex and then on to Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Headquarters.
Tuesday is a day of meeting and pitching to VCs and on Wednesday we’re spending the day at Oracle’s Headquarters. Thursday is our day at Web2.0 Expo followed by a reception hosted by the British Consul General in SF.
And amidst all this we also have a load of other meetings arranged, dinners booked and parties to attend. I suspect sleeping on the flight home will be a breeze.
Before embarking on this sort of trip, it’s never clear exactly what one might get out of it. But I think I’m hoping to learn a lot from what’s going on in The Valley, to develop some new ideas for our business and to make some great connections.
Most of all I am looking forward to spending a week with other entrepreneurs. I always find that time spent among entrepreneurs is incredibly valuable. It invariably raises my personal level of ambition, leaving me inspired to achieve more in less time.
I’ll be trying to blog on a daily basis throughout the trip and you can read all of our WebMission 09 blog posts here.
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