Is starting (or maintaining) a business as challenging as finding a date?
Many appear to think so. That's why the good folks over at "The Hatchery" are promoting an event called "Hatch Match."
It's very much like "Speed Dating"--where you're "forced" to go from table to table meeting different people (for a delineated time period)--except this is for business networking and related purposes.
Here's a copy of the e-mail I received earlier today. (The spacing problems were in the original e-mail I received. I also took the liberty of deleting the accompanying advertising.)
in conjunction with
Pace University SCI2 Incubator
for New York's Internet Week
PACE UNIVERSITY
100 Spruce St
(between Gold & Williams Sts.) Business Attire WHAT IS HATCH MATCH?
Active facilitated networking with a twist.What defines a great networking event is meeting the people you need to meet and having great conversations. So, we will help you do that. Hatchery will create introductions and provide you access to advisors and experts to help you grow your businesses.The twist is a component like speed dating. There will be about 20 experts from angel investors, venture capitals, technologists, legal, marketing, etc. All there for you to access.
When we checked the The Hatchery's website just a few moments ago, this is the list of people the company claims will be in attendance on the 4th:
| Name | Company | Title |
| David Reiff | Manor Trade Development Corp | President |
| Michael Novi | Rahha, Inc. | President |
| Jeff Frese | Freshman Fund | Founder |
| Tom Grech | thecollegenitelife.com | Director |
| Sunil Sreenivasan | Anagraf | software engineer |
| Charlie Oliver | Blue Orchid Films LLC | CEO / Founder |
| David Reinke | StyleHop | President |
| David Reinke | StyleHop | President |
| Marc Scoleri | The Art Institute of NYC | Director of Career Services |
| parnell pierre-louis | Alloy Marketing.com | OOH & Interactive, specialist |
| Sam Hodges | Pequot Ventures | Associate |
| Mary Lee | Innovative Microsystems Consulting, Inc. | President |
| Dmitri Soubbotin | SenseBot | Founder |
| parnell pierre louis | alloy | Interactive, Specialist |
| Patrick Dolan | IAB | SVP & Chief Administrative Officer |
| Froilan Mendoza | StyleHop Corp | Chief Technology Officer |
| Andy Chang | Panther Express CDN | Business Development |
| Lloyd Trufelman | Trylon SMR | President |
| Eli Mandelbaum | Parentricity, Inc. | Founder |
| Joel Solar | Meyers Associates L.P. | Investmant Banker |
| Belinda Ephraim | Manilla Consulting Group, Inc. | President |
| rajan tawate | http://www.meetingflex.com | founder |
| Matthew Knell | MTV Networks | Sr Manager, Social Media Product Development |
| Tim Kaelin | Darwinian Media Interactive | CEO |
| David Maccarella | AdChannel | Founder |
| Milla Bakhareva | istari technologies | CEO |
| Will Suarez | Minyanville Publishing & Multimedia | VP Sales |
| Tom Stein | Goosie Cards | COO |
| Jeff Marchetti | Goosie Cards | Managing Partner |
| Yuli Ziv | http://myitthings.com | President & Co-founder |
| Jordan Stolper | Startup | Founder |
| Steve Ward | Trademark Associates of NY Ltd. | President |
| Ed Gould | EAG Americas Corp | President |
| Tim Marman | Notches, Inc. | Founder & CTO |
| Heekyung Kim | Pequot Ventures | Associate |
| Jeevan Padiyar | element^n | Principal, Marketing and Business Development |
| Dawn Rowan | Rowan Communications | President |
| Rich Hutnik | IAGO World Tour | President |
| Ido Tuchman | tuchmanlaw.com | owner |
| Susan Fleming | Shulman Fleming & Partners | Partner |
| Norm Shulman | Shulman Fleming & Partners | Partner |
| Norm Shulman | Shulman Fleming | Managing Partner |
| Shakhruz Ashirov | Dandelife Inc | CTO |
| Jon Thornton | ParkWhiz | CTO |
| Michael Hallinan | MediaMerx | COO |
| Richard Nacht | Blogging Systems Group | CEO |
| Michael Gruen | Greyworks | Associate |
| Shenlei Winkler | Fashion Research Institute, Inc. | CEO |
| Asi Burak | ImpactGames | Co-Founder |
| Aaron Carver | PoPo Media | Founder |
| Denise Edwards | Edwards Consulting | President |
| Zachariah Durand | itMayBe Media | Co-Founder |
| Robert Samet | Madison Search Partners | Managing Director |
| roget romain | sample my melodyz Inc. | CEO |
| lloyd williams | sample my melodyz Inc. | Web Administrator |
| Andrew Ward | TrustFX | CEO |
| Jared Weiss | madProper | The Guy |
| Charles Strout | Local Fork, Inc. | President |
| Rose-Del Davies-Adewebi | First Touch Technology | Principal |
| Joao Carreira | Critical Links Inc | CEO |
| simon lloyd | DUBAI DREAMZ | MR |
| Michael Rodov | ZepFrog | CEO |
| Matthew Jording | RadiusIM | Developer |
| Andrew Breen | KnowMe | Founder |
| Vikash Mishra | MediaMerx, Inc. | CTO |
| Michael Feigin | Law Office of Michael J. Feigin, Esq. | Patent & Trademark Attorney |
| Douglas Krugman | Protocol Partners | Partner |
| Spencer Bartels | TruPing | Vice President Sales & Marketing |
| Angela Ciccotti | TruPing | COO |
| Yossi Zilberman | Buffalo north | President |
| Susan Mangiero | Pension Governance, LLC | President and CEO |
| Kevin Hawkins | Feed2Cell | Owner |
| Jeff Marchetti | Goosie LLc | Partner |
| Anthony Jones | The Jones Firm | Partner |
| Karen St. Clair | Wett Giggles,Inc | President |
| Ariel Steinlauf | Newkio | Founder & CEO |
| David Owen | Sinu | principal |
| Ilya Zatulovskiy | Camlink | CEO |
| Deniz Onal | Goldman Sachs | Vice President |
| Julie Ruvolo | VentureBeat and others | Consultant and Contributor |
| Bill Weber | Bill Weber Studios/RoleModel.TV | Chief Creative Officer |
| Jeff Justice Williams | Seedco's Business Solutions Center | Business Consultant |
| Charles Harris | J.Ester MarquezLtd | V.P.of Marketing |
| Seth Hidek | MiltonAlexander LLC | Associate Partner |
| Rodney Settles | Cogent Communications | Regional Account Manager III |
| Christine Warner | Pari Passu | Sales Rep |
| Matthew Sola | UBS AG | Investment Consultant |
| Robyn HATCHER | Robyn's Speakeasy Communications | Owner |
| Elli Papadopoulos | NYC Business Solutions | Account Executive |
| Swatick Majumdar | Chatsworth Securities LLC | Managing Director |
| Tess Ross | SpellSpace.com | CEO |
| Dave Ross | SpellSpace.com | CTO |
| Valerie Gurka | Inspire Solutions | Founder |
| Eric Schlissel | FanRocket | Consultant |
| Gregory Tarris | Business Development Associates, LLC | Managing Partner |
| Gregory Tarris | Business Development Associates, LLC | Managing Partner |
| Alan Powell | LookNow Inc | VP Marketing |
| Nance Schick | Law Office of Nance L. Schick | Attorney/Entrepreneur |
| Jonathan Landau | WeHive | Founder |
| Erika Arno | Kurland Realty | Real Estate Salesperson |
| Tereza Nemessanyi | High Ridge Group LLC | Managing Partner |
| lucinda cross | LC Associates | President |
| Robert Abrams | Robert Abrams Consulting / ExploreDance.com | President |
| Barbara Bellafiore | Bell Communications | Consultant |
| Janet Neal | The Professional Women's Center | Executive Director & Founder |
| Avishai Weiss | Gridpop | Founder |
| Donald Schwartz | Imagelink Productions | Director of Online Promotion/Technical Writer |
| dawn barber | NY Tech Meetup | Co-Organizer |
| Ken Zamkow | Project Honeybee | Founder |
| James Wallace | Price Protectr LLC | Co-founder |
| karl schmieder | messaginglab | managing partner |
| Joseph Okojie | Sweetsecond.com | Founder |
| David Brooks | SPS Group Inc. | President |
| Markus Wagner | i5invest Incubator | Founder |
| MIRIAM SAKOL | BRANDISHMENTS Consulting | Managing Director |
| Frank Waters | The 1209 Affair | President |
| Mark Shore | Shore Capital Management LLC | President & Chief Investment Officer |
| Russell Hanson | SciColab | CEO |
| James Dorans | Keltic Nation | Jr Partner |
| Sumya Ojakli | Evolution & Strategy | Managing Director |
| Emmanuel St Jean | WaMu | Financial Center Manager |
| Tim Watson | Gagos Technologies, LLC | Owner |
| james decrescenzo | internet area network inc | president |
| Marcelo Ballester | LatinVision Finance | SVP |
| Frank Russo | RoughWave Advisory Group | Consultant |
| Anne Andiorio | Corporate Development Advisory | Director |
| Anita Modha | UPWorld | Mktg Manager |
| Srini Masanam | NYSE Euronext | Managing Director |
| mike garcia | AnotherMonster.com | Principal Strategist |
| Anya Feinberg | Manufacturing In China | owner |
| RONALD ENGLAND | Westbrook Capital | Partner |
| ron mullen | workflowone | sales mgr |
| David Salinas | Digital Surgeons | CEO |
| Mitria Di Giacomo | Nexus Plexus | President + Chief Branding Strategist |
| Kate Fischer | NotHomeAlone | Project Director |
| Josh Rosenberg | Grubb and Ellis | Associate Director |
| Rand Brenner | Licensing Consulting Group | President & CEO |
| Peter Rothberg | Duane Morris LLP | Partner |
| marc dole | Hatchling Studios | CEO |
| Terence Dover | Txttunes | SVP |
| Chuck Sacco | PhindMe | CEO |
| Arpan Jhaveri | SIPHS, LLC | CEO / Co-Founder |
| Josh Levy | BeenVerified.com | CEO |
| Ross Cohen | BeenVerified.com | VP, Business Development |
| Ben Yandell | Yandell and Company | President |
| Jane Lu | DressKing Inc. | CEO |
| Frank Davis | Lek securities | Senior Boat Man |
| Matthew Gordon | Oak Street Advisors | Managing Director |
| Barbara Shimoda | ShimodaWorld LLC | VP |
| leslie fox | lfoxcopy inc. | copywriter |
| Bill HARDING | TCO | CRO/General Manager |
| Jabril Bensedrine | The Triana Group, Inc. | Managing Director |
| Joel Solar | meyers Associates L.P | investment Banker |
| Bill HARDING | TCO | CRO/General Manager |
| Craig Alberino | ActiveCause | Founder, CEO |
| Damion Hankejh | ActiveCause | Founder, CTO |
| Susan Pickman | The Pickman Group LLC | President |
| Justo Valladares | Merrill Lynch | Financial Advisor |
| Todd Bacastow | VC | Associate |
| David Owen | Sinu | principal |
| kiho shin | compact-impact.com llc | partner |
| Sean O'Rourke | Syzygy 3, Inc. | Principal |