A fantastic occasion to meet LA entrepreneurs, creatives and technologists is to mingle at LA’s own Mindshare. Original and creative people mix with techies and a business savvy crowd to cross-pollinate ideas in a provocative and informal format. The guest speaker’s short speeches  cover a broad spectrum of original challenges and are oriented toward an educated crowd eager to satisfy their curiosity for novelty.

In addition to a downtown LA warehouse-style venue, showcased artists, intense networking  and great talks, something special about Mindshare is the Mindshare Lab. A group of fun visionary technologists and programmers create their own games and leverage multiple online applications to enable on-site interactive installation placing “Mindsharians” at the heart of the event.

Inspired by the TED conference, Mindshare brings the discussion to the next level in our LA community, and soon in NYC. Started at the Top Loft of a smoke stack brick building  in an artsy section of downtown LA — The Brewery — the event is now gathering 400+ bright Minds that Share ideas and solutions without inhibitions.

The base-of-pyramid social entrepreneur I am cannot wait to hear tonight Jessica Jackley, founder of Kiva, the online micro-loan platform changing life of entrepreneurs in the developing world.

Mingling starts tonight Thursday June 18th at 7PM, at the Firehouse in downtown LA and will be reiterated every 3rd Thursday of the Month.