{"id":2038,"date":"2014-02-17T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2014-02-17T12:33:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T16:33:23","slug":"how-to-navigate-sxsw-like-a-downhill-skier-and-get-seeded-self-fund-funded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/how-to-navigate-sxsw-like-a-downhill-skier-and-get-seeded-self-fund-funded\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Navigate #SXSW Like a Downhill Skier and Get Seeded (Self fund) Funded"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SXSW is like a Blackcomb ski run I’ve skied since I was a baby Canadian. You may hate the pop-up SXSW moguls that come in the form of local city party regulations or sxsw TOS (terms of service) changes, but my opinion runs counter to Jolie O’Dells opinion: SXSW = terrible.  Her first two points (as per Dylan Tweeney’s email summary to me) said: Dont Go.<\/div>\n
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SXSW Interactive is super easy, changes year-to-year, and seems super long if you’re used to the rinky-dink runs in Silicon Valley’s MAXIMUM TWO DAY TECH CONFERENCE (and Lake Tahoe!). Traffic to Whistler is easier and shorter than the 7 hour ordeal of Palo Alto ~~> Truckee, but lets focus on my expertise of SXSW. Here is “How to Navigate #SXSW<\/a> Like a Downhill Skier and get a 10x ROI.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\/1\/ Set the goal: Get Seeded at SXSW (Self fund) Seed-Funded<\/span><\/div>\n

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The general public is out there judging and arm chair quarterbacking SXSW. Your average person says its too expensive. I think SXSW should actually provide you with seed capital.<\/span><\/div>\n

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SXSW should actually pay you to attend it. I don’t go to Las Vegas with a budget, I go with a method to stack the cards in my favor. Asian people from Naperville Illinois do Vegas differently (link Tony Hsieh). <\/span><\/div>\n

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\/2\/ Money In.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Pre, money-in: I will give you half a demo table. One day before SXSW. Execute the Justin Wilcox pattern in my “Launch at SXSW for $880” GigaOm post. Text me for your demo table. In short, take your half-demo table and begin to hustle by…<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/3\/ Hustle Up Money In.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Point number two \/ article #17 of 220 SXSW posts \/ paragraph 2<\/span>https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2011\/02\/19\/launch-your-startup-at-sxsw-for-880\/<\/a><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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On Feb 16, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Dylan VB Tweney <dylan@venturebeat.com<\/a><\/a>> wrote:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By Larry Chiang SXSW is like a Blackcomb ski run I’ve skied since I was a baby Canadian. You may hate the pop-up SXSW moguls that come in the form of local city party regulations or sxsw TOS (terms of service) changes, but my opinion runs counter to Jolie O’Dells opinion: SXSW = terrible.  Her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}