stuntprogrammer

For sure - a relief from the cheerleading or timeshare selling feel it otherwise had at times. I would have enjoyed some more to & fro on that. My startup was acquired in more than a talent acquisition deal but far less than a big swing for the fences (55MM but entirely founder funded).

Thinking of the powershift to founders.. and future bigger attempt, I'm not convinced yet to even consider outside money.

A fun afternoon and a chance to speak to great people; not just speakers but also the fine audience. Sound in the room was a bit rough at times..

Format needs tweaking IMHO. Geoff tried to get some more audience interaction going but would be nice to have a more workshop type feel. Afterwards was good but a bit longer break in the middle may have been useful.

Shame Arrington ran for the door after his dipshit company comment..

This is a serious hole in the proposal. If you have enough resources to not need to take investment for your startup (and want to minimize outside early stage money), but not enough for an EB-5 investor visa, then you're excluded. I know several people who fall into that gap; you'd think the US government would be happy to take immigrants with say at least 500k$ to support themselves but nope..