{"id":6754,"date":"2016-01-18T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=6754"},"modified":"2016-01-18T18:26:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T22:26:49","slug":"parties-they-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/parties-they-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Parties. They Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1\/18\/16, 10:16 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
What were last years party. Notice the pattern of ‘annual, franchise’ events
For example CAA at #Sundance<\/a> or my #launchParty<\/a> @FSAustin<\/a> #SXSW<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:17 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
what were the parties where RSVPs were done via EMail ONLY.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:17 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
What were\/are the parties where you had to RSVP via cell and security required you to text in a pic of Govt I.D.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:18 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Hosting parties, gets you invited to parties.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:19 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Event planners plan next years Flagship event immediately-after-this-years-event.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:20 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
By Flagship event, I mean franchise. It can also be referred to as a tent pole franchise. #SiliconValley<\/a> just annexed LA.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:22 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Every flagship, tentpole franchise party concept I’ve ever had, I either open sourced or gave to the founder I #externalAPI<\/a>‘d. cc #cs183s<\/a> 14<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:22 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
The distribution of a party cannot be stopped. You can only hope to contain it<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:24 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
I always get a C.A.T. “consumer advocacy truth”. So, when you attacks come there’s a bevy of counterneasures. e.g. #26Feb2013<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:25 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Parties are just opportunities to do #CollisonBros<\/a> installs. My mentor mentored me to #dttdsBHM<\/a> way before a $twtr<\/a> user invented hashtags<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:27 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Parties are distribution in a start, up situation where apathy covers you like 30 defensive backs in the RedZone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:27 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Parties are distribution.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:28 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Parties help you help those that will never say thanks. But host and be jovial, anyway<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:29 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Party guests are like Popcorn before Orville Redenbacher. You never know which kernal will actually pop.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:37 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Producing a party should take under 7 hrs. that includes the 2 hours you spend at @FSAustin<\/a>. If it takes you more than 420 min, u r doing Wg<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:38 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Saying you don’t need a launch party (bc in the 90s they cost 300k) is like saying you don’t need distribution.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:39 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
parties will die when Birthday parties, in-the-real-world, die. Which is never.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:40 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
If you think your afterparty is value addedly hijacking the party, you don’t understand what its like to crash an industry<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:40 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
You name the founder and I will name the industry that they had to crash.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:44 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
I am saying pictures are a form of distribution.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:48 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
I am saying that an eventbrite party page matters. #NoNeed<\/a>, #NoTrust<\/a> (& initially #NoMomentum<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/weKxfN6qT1<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:49 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Executives will say no 2-10 times. If they’re impressed by your party. Your #LTMVP<\/a>, party…U get 2 min on phone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:50 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
After a party where 100 people come. You will get 0.25 handwritten thank you notes<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:54 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Parties have guests that you cannot just eyeball and then extrapolate. You. Don’t. Know. Which. Kernel. Will. Pop.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:58 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
good cooks hosting a party will always have, and get DISTRIBUTION twitter.com\/NapaTruffleFes\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 10:59 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
a 3 day tech conference is a glorified party with content mixed in<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 11:01 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
spring break is a week long party with credit educational content delivered by a 6’5″ shirtless supermodel pic.twitter.com\/hyvUDt0fy8<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 11:11 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Parties are an example of “Doing Things That Don’t Scale (but have MOMENTUM)” #dttdsBHM<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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1\/18\/16, 11:10 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
when you are an engineer hosting a party, you can execute protocols better bc you copy paste protocols<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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