Use Linkedin, Facebook, friends-of-friends, help-me posts on wherever... get meetings.
Say "I'm an entrepreneur from xxx and I'll be visiting the bay area on xxx. I'd like to meet with interesting valley technologists and businesspeople. If you could spare a few minutes of your time, I'd love to chat, get coffee, or have lunch. Thanks!"
[alter as necessary for audience, indirection, etc.]
Looking at one-story office parks is boring. Go inside and talk to the right people.
The YC folks here in the sfbay are supposedly all together in a building in Sunnyvale. They commune there daily and share wisdom. Can you ask, here, if one of those companies will host your visit and invite you in to chat?
This is just 1-2 hours of everyone's time, but will make all the difference. Besides, maybe one of them wants to hire you. :)
Use Linkedin, Facebook, friends-of-friends, help-me posts on wherever... get meetings.
Say "I'm an entrepreneur from xxx and I'll be visiting the bay area on xxx. I'd like to meet with interesting valley technologists and businesspeople. If you could spare a few minutes of your time, I'd love to chat, get coffee, or have lunch. Thanks!"
[alter as necessary for audience, indirection, etc.]
Looking at one-story office parks is boring. Go inside and talk to the right people.