"We have three floors here at John's Grill and they are all packed with people who are returning from all the J.P. Morgan years in the past, and booking our private events on the third floor and packed from lunch to dinner,"
"Oh, it's been crazy. Yesterday we went to Starbucks, and we couldn't find a drink, couldn't find a seat. Today we were supposed to meet at Peet's looked around for tables and couldn't find anywhere to meet. We ended up going to the Marriott Marquis, split seats with people,"
"Hotels charge too much money for hotel suits to have meetings, so we decided, what the heck we are going to have our meeting in a mobile meeting room,"
As many as 9,500 people are in San Francisco for the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, straining local hotels, restaurants, and coffee shops. John's Grill projects serving over 4,000 conference attendees across three packed floors with private events booked. Coffee shops and hotel lobbies are crowded, making it difficult for attendees and investors to find meeting space. A venture capital firm, Hatteras Venture Partners, rented a branded bus to serve as a mobile meeting room and has held roughly 35 meetings this week, including sessions with major biotech investors.
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