$699 to attend lean startup conference

#1

Post by pelle » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 10:58 PM UTC

$699 to attend lean startup conference
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Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

#2

Post by pelle » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:01 PM UTC

I don't question the value of this, but this price for a one day conference kind of limits it to mainly funded startup.

Most bootstrapped pre and early revenue would find this hard to justify.

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

#3

Post by eries » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:05 PM UTC

We're looking to line up sponsors for scholarships, see here: http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2010/03/startup-lessons...

If anyone is able to sponsor, please get in touch.

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

#4

Post by teej » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:09 PM UTC

pelle wrote: post #2

I don't question the value of this, but this price for a one day conference kind of limits it to mainly funded startup. Most bootstrapped pre and early revenue would find this hard to justify.

I don't think that justifies an editorialized headline.

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

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Post by pelle » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:13 PM UTC

teej wrote: post #4

pelle wrote: post #2

I don't question the value of this, but this price for a one day conference kind of limits it to mainly funded startup. Most bootstrapped pre and early revenue would find this hard to justify.

I don't think that justifies an editorialized headline.

good point. I uneditorialized it.

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

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Post by pelle » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:32 PM UTC

eries wrote: post #3

We're looking to line up sponsors for scholarships, see here: http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2010/03/startup-lessons... If anyone is able to sponsor, please get in touch.

I don't know. Personally I would feel bad about applying for a scholarship. There are probably people who would need that more than I do. I mean I could find the money, it just seems really hard to justify.

That said I still think it's a least twice as expensive as it should be for the target market. And yes I realize that the "Lean" in "Lean startup" is not monetarily oriented, but if only funded startups are present I would think the conference might lack the diversity of attendees you would want.

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

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Post by megaduck » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:44 PM UTC

Ummm... yeah. That represents around seven months of infrastructure cost for us.

Maybe next year, if we can fit in an 'entertainment and networking' budget.

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

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Post by jrockway » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:48 PM UTC

$699 for another few months of food and rent while you actually work on your startup.

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

#9

Post by PStamatiou » Tue, Mar 09, 2010, 11:55 PM UTC

I'm in the same boat with Summit Series. The speaker line-up is amazing.. but there's no way I can find ~$3,000 to attend. :-(

http://dc10.summitseries.com/

Re: $699 to attend lean startup conference

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Post by pelle » Wed, Mar 10, 2010, 12:26 AM UTC

PStamatiou wrote: post #9

I'm in the same boat with Summit Series. The speaker line-up is amazing.. but there's no way I can find ~$3,000 to attend. :-( http://dc10.summitseries.com/

Price has traditionally been used in things like TED to ensure exclusivity.

However if you look at many of these high end conferences it's the same groups/kinds of people attending all the time making them little more than echo chambers.

Luckily there are lots of alternatives now. BarCamp and friends of course. Reboot and Shift in Europe are also good.