Founders Club Takes Times Square

From the hallowed halls of IAC to the late night set of Saturday Night Live, Founders Club has hosted their quarterly networking events in some pretty stellar locations. Wednesday night was no exception with the top entrepreneurs and executives in Silicon Alley congregating in the ABC studios of Good Morning America.

Notes on a Party once again collaborated with the Founders Club – notably with the indefatigable Dina Kaplan of blip.tv and Dan Allen of Bain Capital Ventures (one of our hosts and sponsors) on the planning of this A-list affair. Here’s the inside scoop…

The event, graciously sponsored by The Walt Disney Group, Steamboat Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Clickable, Savvian and The Ladders, brought out notable guests including Bernard Gershon (Disney/ABC), Alan Patricof (Greycroft Partners), Bob Pittman (Pilot Group), Kevin Ryan (Alley Corp), Nick Denton (Gawker) and Tim Armstrong (Google).

On the start-up side, there was Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan of newly acquired lifestyle, broadband television network LX.TV, Lorien Gabel of newly launched digital invitation company pingg.com and Lindsay Campbell of the soon-to-launch new show MobLogic.tv.

Besides the incredible views of Times Square, guests were treated to an elegant menu of hors d’oeuvres created by Williamson Calvert including New York Strip au Poivre on Yukon Gold Potato Gaufrette and Petite Chicken Cordon Bleu with Truffles, Parmacotto and Taleggio.

In addition to the signature drink of Founders Club, the “Classic CEO Martini,” Chopin debuted a fresh, new cocktail called “Etude in Green” made with muddled cucumber, mint, green tea and Chopin vodka. To accent our green cocktail, we placed an arrangement of cymbidium with philodendron leaves wrapping the base by L’Olivier Floral Atelier on each bar.

And, as a fun twist, we set up a wine bar in the spacious industrial freight lift that transported guests up to the studio. If only more entrepreneurs had the opportunity to give their “elevator pitch” over a glass of Pinot Noir, we’re pretty sure more start-ups would be funded.

Check out Caroline McCarthy’s round-up of the event on CNET The Social.

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