Re:Startup School Dilemma
by jamiequint on Friday March 09, 2007 @05:44AM
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I just realized a business plan competition I entered is on March 24th too, the competition is pretty weak and the top two prizes are $5k and $1.5k plus some legal and accounting work (about $2k-$4k worth), I'm thinking about having one of my friends present for me, but its not the same as the passion I have for it. (although I still think it has a decent shot of winning if he presents it) I already bought my plane ticket for Startup School....what would you do?
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If it were me I'd fly out the morning of the day before, schmooze with the people who were around all day, and then skip the presentations and take a red eye back a few hours later in time for the contest. But then again I'm kind of crazy like that.
You can get the content of the presentations online later, if that is what you're after.
And honestly, it's not like you're going to be bumping into people with their checkbooks open, or something, at startup school.
not me. IMO the connections and perspective of startup school would be more valuable than the presentation ('course I don't know exactly who you're presenting to so I could be wrong). Not to minimize the difficulty of pulling together money sometimes, but it seems that if your idea is worth much it shouldn't be a big deal drumming up 10k somewhere else.
I'm not dismissing the benefits of Startup School (I'm excited to be attending myself); however, if I constructed a business plan that I believed to be a winner, I would see it through to the end myself.