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Startup Events
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Startup School was the best I've been to by far:
a) free
b) great speakers who were surprisingly candid
c) high quality attendees including yc alums
Why do we need conferences, wouldn't a meetup be better?
unfortunately, this is true as a vast majority of events offer no REAL value. It's simply a forum for folks to tell their story..not offer actionable advice.
I intent to host a different type of event - http://www.meetup.com/silicon, whereby attendees will learn real tactics on how to grow their business from folks that have done it.
I intent to host a different type of event - http://www.meetup.com/silicon, whereby attendees will learn real tactics on how to grow their business from folks that have done it.
why the hell is this on the front page?
I've spoken at a few startup conferences, mostly because it's a great way to meet investors, other founders and useful contacts. The ones I found most valuable as a speaker and attendee were the events that were less well known. My favourite for meeting great people was in Luxembourg and ran at the same time as LeWeb London, where most of the tech elite were. http://www.ictspring.com
I got to speak to Randi Zuckerberg, Hiroshi Mikitani from Rakuten but far more importantly a lot of great investors and founders from Silicon Valley that were actually creating value. The people that speak at the top conferences aren't necessarily the people building the best companies
Startup school is a great balance between both, you hear from some of the best thought leaders in tech that don't speak very often and get the opportunity to meet lots of people in a similar position to you.