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This looks great. I have read many of the writings of Rob and Patrick and would love to meet them and hear them speak. But why are these things so often sched
by edw519 16y ago
This looks great. I have read many of the writings of Rob and Patrick and would love to meet them and hear them speak.
But why are these things so often scheduled for weekdays?
Conference fee? I'm sure it will be fair.
Plane ticket? No problem.
Hotel room? No big deal. I'll just make it a vacation.
Monday and Tuesday? Deal killer. There will be too many phone calls, emails, and support requests to miss.
I bet that most of the people who would best take advantage of this conference don't work for large companies that will send them. They have to slip away over the weekend and get back to the office Monday morning.
Startup School does it right. Fly from almost anywhere. Catch every event. And make it back to the office before little problems have a chance to get too big.
- rwalling 16y ago>>But why are these things so often scheduled for weekdays? In our case, a couple reasons: 1. We surveyed about a dozen people interested in attending and nearly all of them said they couldn't do a weekend, but could make weekdays work. Obviously 12 people is a small sample size, but the response was overwhelming. 2. Since we are trying to keep the ticket cost as low as possible, weekdays are ideal since they are cheaper for the hotels we looked at. But I certainly understand your point; for some people weekends would be better. For others, weekdays.
- edw519 16y agoInteresting. Monday support is a nightmare for me. OTOH I can just tell everyone I won't be in the office on Monday and check the support logs on Wednesday. Why do I have a feeling everything will be fine? [Thanks for the quick response, Rob. I loved "Start Small, Stay Small." Still one of my 6 "nightstand" books.]