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Re:Lanyrd (YC W11) Secures $1.4m In Seed Funding To Make Con... by petercooper on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @03:23PM (#2966882)
A nice validation of being in the UK, given the rather negative air over startups in the UK recently. As much as I want to be in the US one day, the labor here is certainly a lot cheaper and easier to obtain.

I wonder, though, where's the money in something like Lanyrd? Payment processing for events? Promotion of events to the userbase? I'm guessing the investment is primarily a way to start exploring these possibilities?

Re:Lanyrd (YC W11) Secures $1.4m In Seed Funding To Make Con... by earbitscom on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @01:39AM (#2968508)
I have always seen tons of monetization potential in Lanyrd. Conferences are a time of significant travel, planning, wining and dining, and other things that companies spend money on. And, Lanyrd stretches across a ton of industries. Just like companies will pay big bucks to sponsor an event, sponsoring the Lanyrd destination for that same event, if thousands of attendees will see it, is highly targeted and of similar value. As someone with a lengthy background in the advertising and lead gen space, Lanyrd seems like a gold mine to me in those areas alone, to say nothing of speaker reputation management, event planning assistance, group discounts for specific industries surround events, and more.