Comments on: Profits Not So Evil After All http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/profits-not-so-evil-after-all/ Uncovering opportunity in early-stage companies and emerging markets Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:57:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Yihong Ding http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/profits-not-so-evil-after-all/#comment-380 Yihong Ding Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:33:29 +0000 http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-380 Carla, I am not a DEMO alumni yet, but soon I will be. I have also watched the DEMO vs. TC50 debate for a while, and finally I think I should say something. DEMO versus TechCrunch: credit, money, and passion http://yihongs-research.blogspot.com/2008/07/demo-versus-techcrunch-credit-money-and.html Many people talked about the $18,500 fee. But few mentioned some others, such as credit, passion, commitment, decidability, and most important of all, ready to be real businesspeople in the unmerciful business world. Waiving a fee sounds like an action done by an angel. But it only shifts the load to otherwhere because we know there are no angels in this business world. I think you have done a pretty nice cover of this issue in your post. thank you, Carla. Look forward to meeting you at DEMOfall 2008. Carla,

I am not a DEMO alumni yet, but soon I will be. I have also watched the DEMO vs. TC50 debate for a while, and finally I think I should say something.

DEMO versus TechCrunch: credit, money, and passion
http://yihongs-research.blogspot.com/2008/07/demo-versus-techcrunch-credit-money-and.html

Many people talked about the $18,500 fee. But few mentioned some others, such as credit, passion, commitment, decidability, and most important of all, ready to be real businesspeople in the unmerciful business world.

Waiving a fee sounds like an action done by an angel. But it only shifts the load to otherwhere because we know there are no angels in this business world. I think you have done a pretty nice cover of this issue in your post.

thank you, Carla. Look forward to meeting you at DEMOfall 2008.

]]> By: The Web 2.0 Civil War - Profy.Com http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/profits-not-so-evil-after-all/#comment-371 The Web 2.0 Civil War - Profy.Com Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:53:07 +0000 http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-371 [...] their event at the same time as DEMO. Carla Thompson and Chris Shipley of DEMO feel compelled to respond to the attacks, and another blogosphere battle is [...] [...] their event at the same time as DEMO. Carla Thompson and Chris Shipley of DEMO feel compelled to respond to the attacks, and another blogosphere battle is [...]

]]> By: Guillaume Dumortier http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/profits-not-so-evil-after-all/#comment-369 Guillaume Dumortier Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:55:49 +0000 http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-369 I'm a young DEMO alumni on the attendee side, not presenting. DEMO has always brought value to me and the selection made by Chris and others has always proved to be very sharp and relevant for the industry. Paying the fee to DEMO is a comittment for a start up and you'd better be good during your 6mn. I think the fee is worth the premium coverage/networking and makes DEMO and Chris's team excellent prescriptors. If companies pay the fee, DEMO makes the comittment of putting the launching company on the best possible path for the future. I’m a young DEMO alumni on the attendee side, not presenting.

DEMO has always brought value to me and the selection made by Chris and others has always proved to be very sharp and relevant for the industry.

Paying the fee to DEMO is a comittment for a start up and you’d better be good during your 6mn.

I think the fee is worth the premium coverage/networking and makes DEMO and Chris’s team excellent prescriptors. If companies pay the fee, DEMO makes the comittment of putting the launching company on the best possible path for the future.

]]> By: Jim Forbes http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/profits-not-so-evil-after-all/#comment-365 Jim Forbes Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:53:08 +0000 http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-365 Great comment and good reportge of the underlying value of Demo to its companies. Also good logical conclusion. In the end honesty is its own reward and it bolsters credibility. best, Jim the retired Demo producer Great comment and good reportge of the underlying value of Demo to its companies. Also good logical conclusion. In the end honesty is its own reward and it bolsters credibility.

best,
Jim the retired Demo producer

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