On his blog today, Seth Godin said that because travel costs are increasing, conference-goers are demanding to be more engaged.I think most conferences are boring and people have been demanding more engagement since before PowerPoint was invented. I want to learn to make my events better than anyone else’s. To get some help, I called [...]
The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here: A few lessons from this program I have a very helpful mp3 for anyone who’s thinking of raising money for a new business. To help me prepare for the “Getting Your Startup Funded” Mixergy Forum, my friend Dan Gould spent an hour [...]
Joe Platnick, Director of the Pasadena Angles, answered my question on the Angels blog. One other way to put the overall process into perspective is to talk about the numbers on a monthly basis: 80-100 funding applications 6 invitations to present at the screening meeting 1-2 invitations to present at the member [...]
As part of my preparation for the Mixergy Funding Forum, today I talked with Eric Pollard, founder of VentureAssist. One of Eric’s suggestions for startups is to look for advisers before looking for funding. Seek out people that you trust in your vertical to help you think through your idea. Then get advisers who have [...]
I’ll send an official announcement about this soon, but here’s an early notice about the next Mixergy Forum. When: Tuesday, June 3 7:00 – 10:00 Where: The Santa Monica Playhouse Theater Who’s presenting: William Quigley, Managing Director of Clearstone Venture Partners Other presenters will be added shortly What you’ll learn: This event will cover what [...]
My goal is to make Mixergy into an invitation Web site that helps guests mix. If you give us feedback, I’ll link to you here. At a recent event, I asked Mike Prasad, who organizes “TweetUps” for his input. Here’s what he said: Roger Vetruba of movoxo.com says: hey bud, I really wish [the invitation [...]
I took some videos and pictures to help you see who’s coming to my events. Jon Anderson does Talent Acquisition at Yahoo! I asked him why he brought Lunch 2.0 to his office. Allen Vartazarian of taltopia.com is an entrepreneur with big news. Joel Ordesky hosts his own events. As the founder of Mixergy, I [...]
The full program This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here: A few lessons from this program Marjorie Kase is the founder and CEO of Blogger Reps, a company that helps brands reach bloggers and their audiences. I met her at an event I hosted, so I interviewed her to learn how to [...]
Every time I go to an event I come home with piles of business cards. I tell myself that I’ll save them all to my address book, but I don’t do it often enough. If you’re in business, I bet you have a similar pile somewhere. And when it’s time for you to reach out [...]
Jesse Stay wants to bring Lunch 2.0 to Salt Lake City and asked me how it works. Since others have been asking how to bring Lunch 2.0 to their cities, I thought I’d respond to Jesse in a blog post that lists some of the common questions I’ve been getting. What are the rules? You [...]
At the Mixergy education sessions, when I see the audiences’ pens moving while a presenter is talking, I know they’re going to tell me they love that speaker. When I ask people what they thought of one of my panels, their response usually includes how many pages of notes they took. “Greatpanel Andrew! I got [...]
If you review the Mixergy invitation process and give me feedback, I’ll post it here and link to you. Paul, Brandon, Michael and I have been working hard to make Mixergy.com the invitation site that helps guests mix. And we could use your feedback.Here’s who gave us feedback this week. kevinmlynch.org went through the whole [...]
Imagine having a mix of experienced businesspeople mentoring you. That's my mission with Mixergy.com. I'm Andrew Warner. In my 20s, with no outside funding, I co-founded a business that reached $30+ mil in annual sales. This is the site I wish I had. Read More....
