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Osman
@osmanify · Growth and product.
Always good to see new event tech startups. I work at BusyConf, an event planning platform for conference organizers.
I think it's a good industry but lots of things to be careful about.
1. Ticket registration is quickly becoming a commodity, where the cheapest price wins.
2. You can't afford to compete with Eventbrite and other large competitors when it… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I've organized several small brunches and a few happy hours. There's certainly an opportunity to make it easier -- finding a venue, coordinating schedules, and personally inviting people takes a lot of time.
Also see Attending.io (http://attending.io, posted here: http://www.producthunt.co/posts/...). cc @stef, @allnick
Jonathon Kresner
@hackerpreneur · Founder, AirPair
I love this idea. I spent 3 years hacking something similar (preparty.com) in my first startup in the days before facebook events.
Todd Goldberg
@toddg777 · Mailjoy, Past: Eventjoy (YC W14)
I'm one of the founders at Eventjoy; happy to answer any questions!
Ryan - Hopefully we can help with some of those events. That's the first time I've seen Attending.io; looks like a cool product.
Jonathon - Thanks! I wish I could see more of how Preparty worked.
Todd Goldberg
@toddg777 · Mailjoy, Past: Eventjoy (YC W14)
@OsmnShkh - Thanks for the insights. A few thoughts:
- Agreed about ticket pricing. We're not trying to be the cheapest; I've even seen one or two companies try to be completely free.
- There are opportunities in paid ads, you just have to be creative where your spend goes.
- We've steered clear of white labeling the app for a few reasons, one of which is … See more