....like a boss!

I am officially at the halfway point of my trip. Three more months until I will be back in Seattle. Thinking about this is very bittersweet, but mostly bitter. I have fallen in love with London and do not want to leave. Sadly, I will have to eventually, but I promise I will return! I will however, be very happy to be back in Seattle to see all of my friends and have good coffee

Since coming to London, I have had an extremely smooth transition. Remarkably, I have Twitter to thank for this. Through Twitter, I have found out about various happenings and have made a lot of great friends and connections Prior to London

Even before coming to London, I had two offers to meet up for coffee. Shout out to @JamesProud and @JoshChandler for this! You both helped shape my London experience more than you know. After meeting with both of them, they both gave me some great information about the London Tech and Startup scene. I then followed some of their Twitter friends to get more connected in London and took their advice about upcoming events

After coming to London :

Geek'n'Rolla - I attended the after party. Everyone was basically drunk. It was awesome.

The Next Women - Found through the London Startup Digest, I attended this business pitch night and met so many fantastic women that had exciting startups in the works.

Mashup Event - This event was a debate about Facebook. Sadly, not worth the 35 pounds, but I did meet quite a few cool people. Still had a good time nonetheless.

After all of these events, I was able to meet up with people who had attended for drinks and got even more info and insight about the London startup and tech scene. Thank you to everyone that met up with me! Everyone I connected with after events has been so helpful and I have learned so much from them. Here are a few businesses I think you should definitely check out:

My E-Hive - http://www.myehiveit.com - "Create online stores and pop-up shops for handmade, reclaimed, recycled, and customized vintage gives in the UK & Europe. Louise, the founder was very kind, fun, and had a lot of great insights.

Caffeniehit - http://www.caffeniehit.com a top-rated web design, web development, graphic design and iPhone development company in Shoreditch, London. Go follow  @devioustree @caffeniehit @flashingpumpkin now! They are all awesome.

PieDogMedia - http://www.piedogmedia.com  - At PieDog Media we can handle more than just design. Maybe you need some development done? Perhaps custom programming, scripts & web based applications” These guys were all a blast at Geek Quiz. Check them out!

The Twenty Ten Club - http://www.twentytenclub.com "The Twenty Ten Club connects, inspires, and supports black female business owners." The founder, Octavia is wonderful; a must know in London, and has exciting projects in the works.

Giglocator - http://www.giglocator.com -"GigLocator is a unique system created so like minded lovers of live music can find and keep up-to-date with the gigs they want to hear about"

The Startup Digest - http://www.thestartupdigest.com - Great resource for looking for upcoming events in any city.

During last week, I was able to attend two fabulous events which enabled me to meet even more fabulous people.

These events were:

Geek quiz - Geek quiz was organized by Desigan Chinniah and hosted at the Gumtree/Paypal/Ebay headquarters. Everything about this event was spectacular. The people were great, it was fun and entertaining, the venue was awesome, and they even had peer cider. At geek quiz, I got to meet a few of my Twitter friends including @iamluca &@cyberdees. Go follow them both!

Startup Weekend London :

This was so much fun. Wrote too much in this post so will do another one just about that.

What’s next?

For the next month I will be in London. After this I am not sure. I might travel a bit, or possibly extend my stay in London. My ticket back to Seattle, Washington is on September 8^th so I will definitely be in Europe until then. Will just take it day by day. PS – Thanks to @raphelleheaf and @DaveTreadwell for answering all my London Twitter questions!