From BarCamp To Valleywag
The Pollection team joined BarCamp Block party this past weekend in Palo Alto at Socialtext’s offices. This was an anniversary event so the turn out was awesome. We met plenty of people that we want to work with and/or learn from.
Not to stray from the spirit of BarCamp, we proposed to hold a talk in the heat of moment. It was titled “Got a Social Network? Monetize it!“. We picked a small room since we didn’t expect many people with the short notice (we posted the sign roughly 2 hours before the talk).
The turn out was awesome! We had more than 10 folks jammed into a tiny room that shouldn’t hold more than 7 (clearly a firecode violation?). The discussion about ways companies monetize their social network and how Pollection’s services fit in was very inspiring. We made some very good contacts; even had our presentation videoblogged by the lovely Sarah Meyers from Valleywag. Sarah was kind enough to have our very own Alex pitch Pollection on camera in 30 seconds [it starts at 00:39 left].
That morning we showed up at BarCamp just to check it out and see what’s happening. Within 3 hours we went from just hanging-out to meeting potential business partners, presenting to potential customers, and even pitching to a journalist. Unconferences work! We highly recommend attending similar events to all technology entrepreneurs. You are gonna love it.
PS: Sarah we are waiting for that party social network invite 