Conferences don't suck if your startup helps conferences :) Seriously if your company can some how help the conference by using your product you will find con

Conferences don't suck if your startup helps conferences :) Seriously if your company can some how help the conference by using your product you will find conferences are much more valuable. For example we provide inbound mobile marketing software (http://snaphop.com http://snaphop.com). We often give the conference holder free access to our software to help run the event. Otherwise: yeah conferences feel pretty much like "circle jerks". Basically all the vendors extolling how awesome they are and how cool the problem space is. If its B2B the press is generally pretty bored. Rarely do I see prospects (leads) at these events. Sometimes I even walk over to other booths in the beginning of the event and pretend to be a prospect so I can hear their pitch :)