Posted on September 10, 2008 - by Steven Finch | Visited 473 times, 1 so far today

Conferences: Are They Worth The Price Of Admission?

Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of talk about conferences, and with all this talk I have been thinking, do these conference actually work for startups?

Right at this very moment there are two major conferences being held, Techcrunch 50 and Demo 08. The style of these conferences are total the opposite, but do they provide any real value for startups who attend and present?

All the startups that present at these conferences tend to get a lot of support straight off the bat from PR companies, blogs and other news sources. However, once the conference is finished I really dont think these startups get any more coverage from PR companies and blogs, and then they have to really start to fight for market share within their niches. Thus, spending thousands and thousands of dollars to attend and present at these conferences, does it actually pay off for the startups to actually become a household name in their niche?

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