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Sean Fioritto was the first person I met at BaconBizConf while waiting outside the doors on morning #1. Confident, smart, and altogether friendly guy. I was imp

Sean Fioritto was the first person I met at BaconBizConf while waiting outside the doors on morning #1. Confident, smart, and altogether friendly guy. I was impressed the level of demonstrated grit he showed when he volunteered his site for a teardown. He was over there just scratching notes away while they punished him. We could all use that kind of grit. More of us would launch great products if we did. Pat Pohler had a teardown too. He should share his lessons learned as well... {Pat Signal}

SMrF 13y ago
Thanks Barry. It was nice to meet you there. It was such a great conference, I learned so much and met so many great, like-minded folks.
ahoyhere 13y ago
It's so weird for me to hear from people who were at BaconBizConf and thought the teardowns were "brutal" or "punishing." None of us panelists ever said "This is terrible" or anything of that sort, or insulted anyone/anything, or discouraged any of the volunteers, etc. We said "This doesn't work" "That won't work" "That's weak" etc.… and then gave lots of supportive suggestions to make it better. The worst possible thing anyone said is when Patrick said [paraphrasing] "Please don't take this personally, but if your target market is designers, you need to have more of a… design." Genuinely asking "Why would I be interested in this?" is not only not brutal, it's not even a criticism. I guess more people need to experience actual brutal criticism in order to see how our teardown was anything but!
- thetrumanshow 13y ago
  I guess I did make this overblown using those terms. And yes, when is Patrick ever 'punishing'? Heh. Then again, there's something to be said for being willing to be scrutinized by your heroes. Therein lies my admiration for Sean.
  - ahoyhere 13y ago
    This is true. I have a huge amount of respect for people who: A. Ask for feedback. B. Publicly! C. Act on the feedback. That's why Sean is awesome :) He did a GREAT job incorporating our feedback into something that's 10x better than before.

SMrF 13y ago

Thanks Barry. It was nice to meet you there. It was such a great conference, I learned so much and met so many great, like-minded folks.

ahoyhere 13y ago

It's so weird for me to hear from people who were at BaconBizConf and thought the teardowns were "brutal" or "punishing." None of us panelists ever said "This is terrible" or anything of that sort, or insulted anyone/anything, or discouraged any of the volunteers, etc. We said "This doesn't work" "That won't work" "That's weak" etc.… and then gave lots of supportive suggestions to make it better. The worst possible thing anyone said is when Patrick said [paraphrasing] "Please don't take this personally, but if your target market is designers, you need to have more of a… design." Genuinely asking "Why would I be interested in this?" is not only not brutal, it's not even a criticism. I guess more people need to experience actual brutal criticism in order to see how our teardown was anything but!

thetrumanshow 13y ago
I guess I did make this overblown using those terms. And yes, when is Patrick ever 'punishing'? Heh. Then again, there's something to be said for being willing to be scrutinized by your heroes. Therein lies my admiration for Sean.
- ahoyhere 13y ago
  This is true. I have a huge amount of respect for people who: A. Ask for feedback. B. Publicly! C. Act on the feedback. That's why Sean is awesome :) He did a GREAT job incorporating our feedback into something that's 10x better than before.