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I’ve gone ahead and created a Facebook group for the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast. It will help me keep track of people who have come in the past and remember to invite people to future gatherings.

If you’ve attended a Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast or would like to in the future and you don’t get an invite from me, please check out the group and add yourself.

I’ll be posting the date/time/location of upcoming breakfasts in there as well. The next one will be on October 9th at Bistro, Etc. I didn’t send out invites via Facebook for the event, so make sure you take a look and let us know if you’re coming. You don’t have to RSVP but it’s nice to know who will attend.

Hopefully this helps me keep better track of what’s going on, remember to invite people and helps us find new people that will be interested in showing up.

We all know how vigorous and serious Apple is about their brand. Even when there’s a hiccup. Apple’s mastered the product launch, and gets everyone talking about them constantly.

The biggest lesson from Apple is really how far they’ll go to create a specific image to maintain and enhance their brand.

Apple’s currently planning to open a superstore in Montreal.

Great news for Mac fans.

And now we have news that Apple asked the city to remove 3 parking meters from in front of where the store will be to “simplify the look.” Parking meters are ugly after all - hardly representative of the Apple brand.

Apple was willing to compensate the city for lost revenues over 5 years. And guess what the city said? No.

It could have been a very interesting PR move for the city. They’d be promoting a reduction in traffic downtown (one of their goals), promoting the economy, and be able to climb on the back of Apple even further to promote Montreal as a cosmopolitan, techno-savvy place.

As the article says, “But bureaucrats say no; that’s what they do. ‘We’ve never done it before, so we can’t.’”

It makes me wonder what a city would look like if Apple managed it? What would Apple City look like?

Just a quick reminder to Montreal entrepreneurs, technologists, angel investors, venture capitalists and others interested in entrepreneurship and technology — the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is tomorrow.

Normally it would have been today (2nd Tuesday of every month) but I had to postpone it for a day.

Same location as always: Bistro, Etc.

Same time as always: 9am.

See you tomorrow morning!

The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is scheduled for Wednesday, September 12th.

Normally it would be on Tuesday (September 11th) but I couldn’t make it on that day, so I decided to push it one day forward.

If you’d like to sign-up (to let others know you’re coming) visit the event listing. You don’t have to register or RSVP (just show up!) but it’s cool to see who is coming.

As always, everyone is invited.

If you’re an entrepreneur, technologist, interested in startups and entrepreneurship, a VC, angel investor, etc. please come out and get involved in the Montreal tech entrepreneur community.

Our monthly Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is tomorrow.

I’ll definitely be in attendance. And I’m looking forward to it having missed the last couple of meetups.

The breakfast is held at 9:00am at Bistro, Etc.

Every month we get new people coming out. I look forward to meeting new entrepreneurs, developers, investors, etc. Everyone’s welcome: There’s no cost, sign-up, or anything — just come as you are and meet some great people.