With this thread + yesterday's about WWDC being so "oversold" and people lamenting their desire to go back to the 500-person meetups of yore I thought I'd share

With this thread + yesterday's about WWDC being so "oversold" and people lamenting their desire to go back to the 500-person meetups of yore I thought I'd share a tip. I've found it helpful to purposely target the smaller, industry-specific or location-specific conferences. While you don't necessarily meet the "super angels" or luminary press figures, I almost always come away glad that I went. Two recent examples was pitching our location startup at the Telecom Council's "Connected Car" start-up: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/events/connected-car/event-summary-d934b2d1062c4317b1301df128863aae.aspx http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/events/connected-car/event-s... I think registration was $200 and it was maybe 300 people deeply connected into the telecom and auto industries. Or the App Developer's Alliance in Los Angeles (regionally important to us): http://www.appdevelopersalliance.org/ http://www.appdevelopersalliance.org/ Again, great people, lots of indie devs, etc. I could walk away from both being materially glad that we attended, and with a list of people that I connected with face-to-face and look forward to doing business with.