WebExpo 2018
These last few days I was attending WebExpo 2018 conference. On one side just because of the curiosity to see what is hype right now in Web. On the other side because I like networking and meeting new people. I was there like a volunteer - my usual way to get to conferences :D.
I will try to do more or less subjective highlights from this conference, which lasts for 2-3 days (if you include workshop, which I was unable to attend) and was held at Lucerna (right in the middle of Prague). I was able to attend almost all interesting presentation on Friday and one on Saturday (because I had to help with organizing the conferences).
Highlights
Susan Lindman
- Content from the user is much more trustworthy - let the user create it (reviews, provide space for that, opinions …)
- Dollar shave club
- Best time to deal with PR is 3 months before going to the market
- Also a good time to make a “friendship” with reporters
- Do NOT focus on revolution or evolution -> CREATE transformation
WHERE HAVE ALL THE STARTUPS GONE?
- Bad examples
- Good examples of useless one
- Million Dollar Homepage
- Something Store
- You will pay 10$ and will get something for that (with similar value)
- Died in House
- DiedInHouse.com is the first of its kind, web-based service that helps you find out if anyone has died at any valid US address.
- According to Forbes there is almost 90% of startup failing, but according to Kickstarter the number is only 10%
- It depends on the platform …
Pitch to win
- Mistakes
- Talk too much
- Talk about yourself
JUGGLING WITH CATS: LEVEL PM
- by my favourite speaker Petr Pouchlý from Court of Moravia
- If you need to spend 2 hours in the kitchen speaking with your colleagues, it is ok if you can vindicate it - but you need to realize that you cannot use that time in calculation of your working schedule
- Make business meeting in a sauna - like in Sweden. It is much harder to lie when you are naked.
- We are learning in childhood to obey authority (without questioning)
- Is it good?
- Would be open feedback culture better?
Ideas and thoughts
- Sunk Cost Fallacy
- Use Kickstarter more as a marketing tool - not to get money
- Steve Wozniak: Coffee test for AI
- If the AI is good enough that it can make coffee in a place where is for the first time then it is smart enough
Books and articles
- Brad Frost - Just
- Ray Dalio - Principles
- Kim Scott - Radical Candor
- Brad Blanton - Radical Honesty
- Eva Reitmayerová - Cílená zpětná vazba
If you want to get a discount for Liftago 3x50kc, use promo code “WEBEXPO2018” before a journey (you need to use saved card as a payment method)
I was at this conference as a volunteer even last year and I can say that this year was a little bit disappointing for me because of less novelty in lectures (maybe it is because I am attending a lot of conferences these days). Anyway, I would like to thank Sarka Strossova for organizing this event this year and I hope that next year would be also with her as the main organizer.