Yeah, "Tech Mixers" are probably something I want to avoid if they are just people hustling for their first investment. Where do the funded guys hang out?
Any key areas / coffee shops I should hit up?
Hello, After a long time coming, I'm making my first trip to the Bay Area (second to the US) between the 24th - 27th of this month and I'm wondering how I make the most of my time there?I'm aiming for this to predominantly be a work trip to generate interest in my company OtusLabs.com (a consumer profiling company) and I already have a couple of meetings set-up. But I'm wondering if there are...
I definitely agree with you my pitch definitely needs some work, especially when its written down and I'm not verbally delivering it! I love your summery... that's a perfect description of what we're doing.
Thanks again for those ideas, definitely helpful.
Firstly let me tackle the spam RSVP point... Over the last couple of years at SXSW there has been an increase in the number of "bots" that you can sign-up to and RSVP to all events! This allows the attendee to turn up anywhere and be "on the list", which is great for them but not so great for the organiser! The organiser hasn't just put this event on as a public service, they usually want to promote their brand and product. But with the current system they have no idea how popular their event is, who is actually going to turn up and how many of these attendees are worth the marketing budget! (They may as well not had an RSVP... Which is fine, some events are for the masses!)
RocketLi.st aims to solve this by allowing everyone to RSVP with their email address (even the bots), but then incentivises those attendees who actually want to be there to carry out small tasks in return for "at event" perks (such as priority entry, cool swag, etc.)!
With regard to the tasks... We are talking about simple things such as signing up to the mailing list, following the organisers on twiter, etc. (Definitely no captchas)!
You can actually see this in action on our "test event" - http://2012closingparty.rocketli.st
I hope this has made it slightly clearer? But I definitely need to work on my pitch.
I've just "launched" my start-up - http://RocketLi.st A fully brandable RSVP platform targeted at free events / parties (Think SXSW)! But unlike other sites out there, RocketLi.st is different in two main ways;1) It incentivises attendees to complete small tasks in return for event perks and status increases. (eg. Attendees start on the "Z list" but simply by verifying their email and...
Launched it a couple of weeks ago... but finding it hard to get it out to SXSW event organisers before they use something else!