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This is a great opportunity to make a killing (both financially and influentially) with a new trendy tech startup conference. What do we need? A snazzy venue,

by seiji 17y ago

This is a great opportunity to make a killing (both financially and influentially) with a new trendy tech startup conference. What do we need? A snazzy venue, a few internet-famous MCs, startups starved for attention, and attendees. A name and a date would help too. Basic model: No charge for startups presenting. Charge a nominal amount for normal attendees, more for VCs (better seating/access), and a more substantial amount for corporate/VC event sponsors. Format: 24 startups. 8 minutes each to present a heavily polished, rehearsed presentation (TED-level). Generic awards. Applause. Offers of funding. Interested? Reply with more fleshing out of ideas. Maybe we'll make it happen.

staunch 17y ago
If you can get the VCs and press to come you're 90% of the way there. If you can't you're in for a very rough ride. Y Combinator Conference would be awesome, but they already do it for YC companies: Demo Day.
jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
i was at tc50 2 years ago. they did an awesome job putting it on if you're an attendee. The production quality was great. Only gripe was Wifi. As far as the companies go? None were really "startups". Afterwards, I realized I was more excited to see the demo day companies from all the seed accelerators. They all had equal funding playing fields (for the most part), put the company together in 3 months, and were the real "startups". I'd love to see the YC essence mixed in with a TC50 type conference.
- alain94040 17y ago
  We were on stage at TC50 two years ago. We definitely were a startup. Like a good chunk of others, at least 30%, maybe half. I have to be fair to the selection process, having no funding was not a barrier to being selected. That's as open-minded as I can think.
puredemo 17y ago
Well, I own mixce.com, mixce.net and mixce.org. Those would be pretty great names for this sort of event -- short, easy to remember and somewhat hip. The startups would be considered a "mix" of the best of the industry. I also work directly with a couple of prolific designers in SF, as well as some leading event planners and a couple VCs. Diageo might also want to sponsor an event like this as well, especially if it had a "mixed drinks" angle. I could talk to the promotion staff over there about it. Why I am getting downvoted for this? Anyone care to explain why I'm at -3 simply for responding to the request?

by seiji 17y ago

staunch 17y ago

If you can get the VCs and press to come you're 90% of the way there. If you can't you're in for a very rough ride. Y Combinator Conference would be awesome, but they already do it for YC companies: Demo Day.

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago

i was at tc50 2 years ago. they did an awesome job putting it on if you're an attendee. The production quality was great. Only gripe was Wifi. As far as the companies go? None were really "startups". Afterwards, I realized I was more excited to see the demo day companies from all the seed accelerators. They all had equal funding playing fields (for the most part), put the company together in 3 months, and were the real "startups". I'd love to see the YC essence mixed in with a TC50 type conference.

alain94040 17y ago
We were on stage at TC50 two years ago. We definitely were a startup. Like a good chunk of others, at least 30%, maybe half. I have to be fair to the selection process, having no funding was not a barrier to being selected. That's as open-minded as I can think.

puredemo 17y ago

Well, I own mixce.com, mixce.net and mixce.org. Those would be pretty great names for this sort of event -- short, easy to remember and somewhat hip. The startups would be considered a "mix" of the best of the industry. I also work directly with a couple of prolific designers in SF, as well as some leading event planners and a couple VCs. Diageo might also want to sponsor an event like this as well, especially if it had a "mixed drinks" angle. I could talk to the promotion staff over there about it. Why I am getting downvoted for this? Anyone care to explain why I'm at -3 simply for responding to the request?