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Ask HN: Is TechCrunch Disrupt worth its $3,000 admission fee?

• friendstock 14y ago
  NO.
  • shill 14y ago
    I think I get your drift. Thanks.
• staunch 14y ago
  Conferences are a way for BigCo employees to get a few days off work on the company dime. You can have a lot more fun (even productive/educational fun) with $3k if you get to choose how to spend it. BigCo employees are restricted to wasting money on conferences because it seems like a legit use of funds.
  • logn 14y ago
    Yeah I agree with this. In fact a lot of managers get in trouble if they don't use all of their training budget (or they lose it for the next year).
• ig1 14y ago
  The primary value of high-ticket conferences is the networking which can convert into direct value for your company (sales, investment, etc.) So whether a particular conference is worth your time is very much dependant on your circumstances, if it's likely to add more than $3000 of value to your company and you've got the cash to spend then it's probably worth it. Otherwise probably not.