First visit to San Francisco... suggestions?
I'm a Canadian entrepreneur/designer about to visit San Francisco for the first time, and am interested in ideas of people to meet, places to go, events to attend, etc. With all the talk of SF being a great place to be for an entrepreneur, I'd love to experience as much of that as I can in a short span of time! If any of you have ideas, I'm all ears. Also, if anyone can recommend a great hostel to check in to that would be a wonderful help.
I'll be there Sept 1-3, 8-9 and the morning of the 10th (I'm attending a nearby entrepreneurial gathering the 4th - 7th).
Since December '06 I've been co-founder of a consumer wellness technology company, first in product development in China and then jack-of-all-trades marketer/designer/web-developer in Canada as we've evolved into a retail/distribution company. I'm 26.
After building our e-commerce business this fall while living in Buenos Aires, in early 2010 I'll be looking for a new project to start/join (probably start) and so I'm interested in meeting almost anyone at this point, as I have extremely diverse interests and have a feeling that my next big thing hasn't occurred to me yet. I am a generalist who also loves delving into details and am most proficient at communication (writing/speaking), design, and strategy. I have also been poking away at learning Python+Django lately, as I've been designing/building websites for several years but am just getting into the real meat of programming. I enjoy learning about almost anything and have been an avid researcher of eclectic interests since about age 5.
I have often thought about spending time in San Francisco if I could get visa issues sorted out because it seems like it may be a great fit.
My email is mhuebert (at) gmail (dot) ca
(I also have an informal bio up here: http://www.huebert.ca/bio.html)