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Get Accepted To Speak
5 quick tricks on how to get your speaker submissions accepted more often.
July Startup Events
Lots of people have asked me if I have feedback or more info about 50Kings events so I thought I’d share some pictures that they showed me from their last trip and some of the things people said. Their next trip is a “Pirate War” which you can apply for here And don’t forget that our second FailChat [...]
June Bay Area Startup Events
Bay Area startup events for June and July
Comps For Friends
Friends support you, not mooch off you.
June Bay Area Startup Events
I wanted to remind you that I’ve brought back FailChats, with our first of the year on June 13th. We’ll be discussing Startup PR with Brandee Barker (recently of Facebook) on what lean startups can do for PR, and what to do if it goes wrong. Just a few tickets are left at http://failchat.mogotix.com Also, [...]
June Startup Events
I’m excited to tell you that Udemy is offering a huge deal to WebWallFlower subscribers for their startup courses. Over the past 6 months, they’ve convinced some of the best startup minds to share their knowledge on camera. Folks like Dave McClure, Naval Ravikant, Dan Martell, Adeo Ressi, Aaron Patzer and more. This resulted in 4 amazing [...]
May Startup Events
The best upcoming May Bay Area Startup Events
May Bay Area Startup Events
I’m not sure if you heard, but we’re just a few weeks away from launching the new website, agenda, and a few speakers for this year’s FailCon. It’s coming together incredibly well, but we’re keeping prices low until we announce everything, so be sure to secure one now athttp://failcon.eventbrite.com. But there are hundreds of great [...]
Why “No” is Nice
I talk to organizers and I ask “who’s participating?” They tell me “Well, I’ve invited….” and rattle off a long list. I ask if any have said “No” (because obviously if they’d heard a “Yes,” they would have said that), and the organizer tends to be pleased to say “Nope, at least no one’s turned [...]
5 Tips for a Better Event Website
Make sure you aren’t missing 5 of the most important pieces of information for your event website.