I've been trying for months to find fellow startups or entrepreneurs in my city. I've come to the conclusion there aren't any (or they're very good at hiding). Silly, considering Wachovia, Hanes/Sara Lee, RJ Reynolds, Wrangler, Krispy Kreme, and about a million other big companies are based here in Winston-Salem or very close by... Redhat is based about 30 minutes away, as well as a bunch of large tech companies (in Raleigh).

There's even this silly group that tries to connect business and creative people, but their events are so terrible I can't bring myself to go... think "The development of Disney as a cultural phenomena"... and I know others feel the same. I've offered to help them, offered event ideas, but these folks think they know it all. Too bad the time I did go, there were only maybe a dozen or so people there, all mostly employees of this partnership group.

So if there are any startups in North Carolina (especially the Triad) raise your hands, lets buy each other a beer soon.