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Ask YC: Should we launch our startup at a conference?
Is it worth doing a splashy launch at a conference? We're going into private alpha this week and thought we could launch it to a wider audience. Was thinking about the NextWeb conference in Amsterdam, but paying money to present seems lame.
What do people think about 'event' launches... Should we just launch quietly and let the product do the talking?
- thomasswift 19y agoSpeaking from my own experiences with my own little startup. I have thought about doing something like this, but it relates to even when I am talking about it at networking events. I would say you should do it if you can afford it and if your site has instant gratification/wow factor. I think peoples attention spans are limited in conference type settings, with many things going on at once it hard to take it all in, if you can wow them quickly I'd say it be worth it. My site is more community-based (user-generated blah blah), so the instant gratification factor is sort of low. just my thoughts :)
- shafqat 19y agoI think we have enough instant gratification elements to capture attention spans, but its the money aspect that bothers me. It goes against all our bootstrapping principles, but at the same time, I understand that distribution is key. Torn...
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