Every year since 2010 I’ve met some pretty awesome people at SXSW from all over the world. While everyone moans and groans about how …
Every year since 2010 I’ve met some pretty awesome people at SXSW from all over the world. While everyone moans and groans about how big the conference gets, and how its spring break for tech geeks, I’ve found its the one conference I go to every year and meet the most interesting people.
The reason I find these people fascinating is that they aren’t just into the tech scene, rather they bring another discipline into it such as design, entrepreneurship, writing, food and even yoga! For a generalist like myself its the perfect place to have a conversation on all the things I’m interested in, which would normally require me to drive up and down the bay area or fly all the way out out Europe!
This year I’ve got some goals for the types of people I want to meet, here’s my list:
- Tech founders from across the world. Yes its fun hanging out with all of you from Silicon Valley and Alley, but I want to meet those who fly all the way out from South Africa, Asia, and South America. I’m curious to hear how you do software development, recruit, position your product, and what the business culture from where you are from is like.
- Bootstrappers. I care about building a business by generating revenue from day 1. While this leads to slower growth, it also means sustainability. Would be great to exchange stories with other scrappy startup founders.
- Entrepreneurs turned Angel Investors. To me learning from operators who were successful at running their startup is like a secret playbook. While our businesses might be different there are still a lot of worthwhile lessons for me to learn on how they scaled their business over time. Those who become investors have an added advantage because they evaluate businesses based on their monetization scheme and market.
So if you know any folks who meet this criteria or are this person yourself tweet @poornima. See you soon at SXSW!
