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title: 'Lunch 2.0 Ventures East to Slate Technologies'
date: '2009-08-06T16:04:42-07:00'
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  - Events
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# Lunch 2.0 Ventures East to Slate Technologies

Yesterday, about 50 or 60 people make the eastern trek to [Slate Technologies](http://www.slatetechpdx.com/).

Actually, there might have been more, but I had to bail early, just as the festivities got going. It’s a good thing they got their signs put up earlier in the week, or so [Chris](http://www.twitter.com/chrisorourke) told me, because Slate is in a pretty nondescript office space just east of the SE Foster and SE Holgate intersection.

Once inside, their office is a nice cozy space, definitely larger than what they used to incubate at CubeSpace, with a large common area for working, easily converted to handle the mixing and mingling of a Lunch 2.0.

There’s even an area in the back just off the alley which made for a great barbecue [spot](http://twitpic.com/cvv3l) for grilling veggie and erm, non-veggie hot dogs.

Aside from the usual meat-life networking, I’m not sure what else went on; looking over the tweets from yesterday, it seems like attendance might have been a bit lower than normal, possibly related to the location or maybe people were too busy talking.

If so, win!

So if I missed something noteworthy, let me know in comments.

Chris did give me a set of [Moody Bands](http://moodybands.com/), a client of Slate’s, which I’m [enjoying](http://siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0441.jpg) right now.

Thanks to Slate for having us all over to visit the Eastside.

**Don’t forget these this Lunch 2.0s, coming soon:**

- [August 26](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4166276) hosted by [Portland Ten](http://www.portlandten.com/), [Stoel Rives](http://www.stoel.com/), [FundingUniverse](http://www.fundinguniverse.com/), and [NedSpace](http://nedspace.com/) at NedSpace Old Town

Don’t fret, I have a host on tap for mid-September, which I should be announcing soon. Any takers for the Fall?

Big thanks to all the hosts who have hosted or plan to host Lunch 2.0. Drop a comment (or tweet @[jkuramot](http://twitter.com/jkuramot)) if you want information about hosting one. It’s [easy](../2009/07/30/2009/06/27/2009/05/24/2009/05/24/2009/05/11/2008/11/11/how-to-lunch-20/).