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Early Stage Startup Founders Should Probably Not Attend SXSW

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Re: Early Stage Startup Founders Should Probably Not Attend SXSW

#11

How does this self-righteous non-sense make the front page, again. Just because Danielle was a "conference ho" doesn't mean everyone falls into the trap.

Don't you diss Danielle. I'll have you know she is a remarkably effective conference ho.

Also nonsense is one word.

Re: Early Stage Startup Founders Should Probably Not Attend SXSW

#12
post #7
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been suffering from the same thing. The posts that make the front page stay on for a while, then get modded off without notice.

Do you have any examples of submissions where it is happening?

Happened to me this morning with the Coca-Cola thing. Was around #6, got bombed to the mid-80's

Re: Early Stage Startup Founders Should Probably Not Attend SXSW

#14
It's worthwhile to point out many people don't attend SXSW sessions but instead go to Austin during a combination of either Interactive or Music and just bum around the city, meet new people, and hack on their own projects. IMHO, the value of SXSW is not the conference sessions, but the change of environment.

If you're resourceful, you can do Austin during SXSW on a very tight budget (If you're careful with your time and energy, traveling to Austin during SXSW can be a big productivity and morale boost.

Re: Early Stage Startup Founders Should Probably Not Attend SXSW

#15

The simple fact that if your startup has minimal capital (if any at all) and no revenue should indicate that spending a small fortune (potentially $2,500-10,000) to travel to a week long party (that's what SXSW is anyway) will only put you further into the debt hole that you need to make up for later. Who cares if you make $5,000 later on, because you're effectively still negative. Some of these ego-whores are at eve…

But I thought the reason you become a founder is week-long parties? :(

Re: Early Stage Startup Founders Should Probably Not Attend SXSW

#17

What happened to Refer.ly? When did they pivot to being some sort of magazine?

Wasn't refer ly some affiliate marketing system for startups before? http://www.crunchbase.com/company/refer-ly

It seems to have been turned into an affiliate marketing driven blog?

(someone please correct me if I'm wrong)

Re: Early Stage Startup Founders Should Probably Not Attend SXSW

#18

What happened to Refer.ly? When did they pivot to being some sort of magazine?

Wasn't refer ly some affiliate marketing system for startups before? http://www.crunchbase.com/company/refer-ly

Yes, that was their prior model - a very difficult one to scale, so not exactly shocked at a pivot.
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