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> If this person is so interested in doing demos in such a manner, he should just go create DemoCamp Bangalore. Or maybe sponsor the next BarCamp in his area an

> If this person is so interested in doing demos in such a manner, he should just go create DemoCamp Bangalore. Or maybe sponsor the next BarCamp in his area and similar events. As the original blog post says I am a bootstrapper and I think its really hard for bootstrappers to sponsor event. That said, I do understand/appreciate the other points you mentioned.

silencio 17y ago
> As the original blog post says I am a bootstrapper and I think its really hard for bootstrappers to sponsor event. Yeah, I had that in mind when I was writing that sentence, and wasn't sure how to approach it because "sponsor" usually tends to imply money and there'd be an obvious shortage of that - I'm well aware, I'm trying to bootstrap my startup too :) But I don't mean you should necessarily be contributing money to the event, but rather that there are things that can be done without spending extra money that could still help a lot towards organizing a BarCamp that can help spread the word about your product. (Did I use enough "that"s in that sentence? hah.) Anyway, I still think you should fork and start a DemoCamp or StartupCamp in your area if there are enough interested people. It not only means you can set the rules (like, oh, 10 minute slots for demos) but also would attract more people that weren't interested in the free-for-all-ness of BarCamps but have an interest in one that is startup-specific: investors, other founders, you get the idea. And of course, you could use a BarCamp to get things started in a myriad of ways and to let people know that there is such an event and oh look, here's some demos of products you might be interested in. Or maybe it could be a sub-camp within the BarCamp where you can just have a dedicated area with shorter sessions for people to demo their stuff.
danw 17y ago
Putting on a barcamp/democamp is very easy. I put together MobileCampBrighton in a few spare hours and it only cost about £50 of my own money. There's usually some company/coworking space/pub you can use for free.
- prateekdayal 17y ago
  But it still does not solve the problem of not being able to demo in a different city/country.

silencio 17y ago

> As the original blog post says I am a bootstrapper and I think its really hard for bootstrappers to sponsor event. Yeah, I had that in mind when I was writing that sentence, and wasn't sure how to approach it because "sponsor" usually tends to imply money and there'd be an obvious shortage of that - I'm well aware, I'm trying to bootstrap my startup too :) But I don't mean you should necessarily be contributing money to the event, but rather that there are things that can be done without spending extra money that could still help a lot towards organizing a BarCamp that can help spread the word about your product. (Did I use enough "that"s in that sentence? hah.) Anyway, I still think you should fork and start a DemoCamp or StartupCamp in your area if there are enough interested people. It not only means you can set the rules (like, oh, 10 minute slots for demos) but also would attract more people that weren't interested in the free-for-all-ness of BarCamps but have an interest in one that is startup-specific: investors, other founders, you get the idea. And of course, you could use a BarCamp to get things started in a myriad of ways and to let people know that there is such an event and oh look, here's some demos of products you might be interested in. Or maybe it could be a sub-camp within the BarCamp where you can just have a dedicated area with shorter sessions for people to demo their stuff.

danw 17y ago

Putting on a barcamp/democamp is very easy. I put together MobileCampBrighton in a few spare hours and it only cost about £50 of my own money. There's usually some company/coworking space/pub you can use for free.

prateekdayal 17y ago
But it still does not solve the problem of not being able to demo in a different city/country.