Our pal Alex Muse has gotten really fired up lately about improving the opportunities through entrepreneurs via a community of experienced entrepreneurs, angels, VCs, etc. He's hosting a semiweekly happy our called SpringStage at the InfoMart to bring these types of folks together.

It wasn't so long ago that I was beating the streets for capital to launch Our Little Business, and I was indeed disappointed with the capital and resources available here in North Texas. I was able to find some Angels in our niche, but for bigger capital, it was an exercise in futility until I made a trip to the West Coast. One trip there and the floodgates opened. That means (IMHO) that there was (and is) a hole in the local marketplace.

I'm interested to see how/if this group gels and will be there this afternoon. If you've got a business, or an idea (and even in this economy, paradoxically, you should have both.)

If you're joining in, try to RSVP here so they know how many to expect.