So SXSW has officially concluded. Whew, its been a wild crazy ride over the last 9 days or so.
Interview with Kade Dworkin
While at SXSW I did a quick interview with Kade Dworkin and this dude is absolutely killing it. It was a pleasure to meet him. In this video he touches on his few take-aways and I think he is spot on.
My few take-aways:
SXSW was awesome, especially since I live in Austin and it was a 20 minute walk or a 5 minute cab ride to the convention center.
While SXSW is one of my favorite conferences because of the people I really felt there was a lot of basic content. No one was really “Dropping Bombs” that change the way I think about things. Hopefully next year their will be more advanced sessions.
- 90% of people don’t act on anything. Be in the 10% and actually apply what you learn!
- You gotta set the expectations of your visitors that you do actually plan on making money, otherwise you attract “Freetards.” – Shout out to Julien Smith.
- Broadband Cable probably won’t be replaced by Internet TV for quite some time.
- Gary Vaynerchuk is an awesome speaker.
- Zone bars are Delicious
Future Plans
Alright time to get back to big plans. This has been a short post because I’ve got some big things happening this week. I’ll be sure to announce it here when they happen.
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Awesome spokes person!they aiming for having advanced sessions next year.Most people felt that there was a lot of basic content.And we can apply what we’ve learn! Thanks for your excellent post more power to your site! G-d bless
Nick, great wrap-up of SXSWi – your list of take-aways is spot on (and quite funny, I might add). One of my strongest realizations upon leaving the conference is related to your 90/10 take action comment – so many who attend don’t/won’t take any action. They didn’t take specific action while they were there to go one step further and have real, forward-moving conversations with other attendees, and they probably won’t take specific action when they get home to really take advantage of what they learned.
Just like anything else in life – it’s the little things that make the difference. Anyone can attend conferences, but it’s what you actually do with the new knowledge/relationships you attain that matters. The “doing” is easy, but it’s also incredibly easy not to do.
Great site, keep it up!