While in New York City I was a guest at a number of tech start-up parties. I have to say firstly that I was very honoured to have been invited to these events, they were a ball of fun and a great networking event.

So if you haven’t been to a tech start-up party before it is very similar, based on my experience, like a fraternity party (that you see on a US movie) but with a bit of business thrown in.

There was pizza, there was kegs of beer, there was antics galore and in every tech start-up party I went to I went through 100+ business cards.

The room may be filled with 20 somethings, hope and desires but behind all of that and the college fun is millions upon millions of venture capital funding and the hope and dreams of an entrepreneur .

In future blogs I will speak in detail about some of the start-ups that I met with and believe will go places but the there are three so called “take-away” lessons from these start-up parties that I wish to share, they are;

1- Dream big;

2 – Involve your key market place in your journey; and

3 – Celebrate milestones and keep building towards the vision.

Whatever phase you are in your start-up I encourage you not only to follow these three lessons but also, like many successfully and sustainable startups, engage a success coach to be your sounding board and to help you be all that you can be.

Embrace the future, enjoy and be successful.

Jason