{"id":9556,"date":"2017-02-26T21:28:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T01:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=9556"},"modified":"2017-02-28T23:26:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T03:26:52","slug":"what-i-learned-from-hosting-parties-at-sxsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/what-i-learned-from-hosting-parties-at-sxsw\/","title":{"rendered":"What I learned from hosting parties at #SXSW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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Hosting a party is a lot like starting a company. Here is what I have learned hosting events in Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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2\/26\/17, 4:07 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Value added r\u00e9pondez s’il vous pla\u00eet = R.S.V.P. pic.twitter.com\/DzABvpXl2q<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nHosting helps you with the signature business recipe #HTGHFAOTR<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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2\/26\/17, 4:03 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Every good event deserves an unofficial #afterParty<\/a>. #NYFW<\/a>
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Backstage at NYFW is a party. And there is an afterparty. <\/span><\/div>\n

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2\/26\/17, 4:00 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Add value to your RSVP process to be a value added guest. Your host is spending time and effort because they want DISTRIBUTION #ch6<\/a> #cs183do<\/a> twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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2\/26\/17, 3:59 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Email addresses. They tell a story twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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r\u00e9pondez s’il vous pla\u00eet = R.S.V.P. pic.twitter.com\/NyJQCI352x<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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2\/26\/17, 12:45 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Start small (keep it all) twitter.com\/larrychiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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Hand curation. Personalized hosting. Robots can’t be charming. AI does a bad job doing r\u00e9pondez s’il vous pla\u00eet twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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2\/26\/17, 3:53 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Weird momentum from just putting yourself out there… twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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2\/26\/17, 12:42 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Big brands take forever. They would much rather M&A your party versus start their own twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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2\/26\/17, 12:42 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Official anything stinks because it had to be approved by a committee twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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What I learned from hosting parties at #SXSW<\/a> (END)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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2017′ List of Best #SxSW<\/a> Parties for Entrepreneurs<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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2\/26\/17, 5:16 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
bit.ly\/vc0310list2017<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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2\/26\/17, 4:37 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
2018’s List of Best, Entrepreneurship, Unofficial, #SxSW<\/a>, Parties bit.ly\/vc0310list2018<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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