Brett Goldstein

There's countless startups that started as spreadsheets or took processes that were spreadsheets and then converted them into products. And so really the simplest thing is you go and you find these spreadsheets ahead of these conferences or during these conferences.

There's countless startups that started as spreadsheets or took processes that were spreadsheets and then converted them into products. And so really the simplest thing is you go and you find these spreadsheets ahead of these conferences or during these conferences.

You build some scraper, some system to ingest all of that data, parse the dates, the times, the locations, other information, images about these events. And then you create a beautiful app that plots them on a map, one-click RSVP. And basically, that's your wedge. Your wedge is, this is the place you're going to go to see where all the conference events are. Right.

You build some scraper, some system to ingest all of that data, parse the dates, the times, the locations, other information, images about these events. And then you create a beautiful app that plots them on a map, one-click RSVP. And basically, that's your wedge. Your wedge is, this is the place you're going to go to see where all the conference events are. Right.

You build some scraper, some system to ingest all of that data, parse the dates, the times, the locations, other information, images about these events. And then you create a beautiful app that plots them on a map, one-click RSVP. And basically, that's your wedge. Your wedge is, this is the place you're going to go to see where all the conference events are. Right.

When we tried this at, I think we did it like NFT NYC or something. We built a very crappy version of this. People were just like loving it. People clamored for it. Like people said, thank you so much. Can I get my friend on it? All that stuff. But where does this turn into an app to find friends to meet up with? Conferences are designed for people to meet up and hang out.

When we tried this at, I think we did it like NFT NYC or something. We built a very crappy version of this. People were just like loving it. People clamored for it. Like people said, thank you so much. Can I get my friend on it? All that stuff. But where does this turn into an app to find friends to meet up with? Conferences are designed for people to meet up and hang out.

When we tried this at, I think we did it like NFT NYC or something. We built a very crappy version of this. People were just like loving it. People clamored for it. Like people said, thank you so much. Can I get my friend on it? All that stuff. But where does this turn into an app to find friends to meet up with? Conferences are designed for people to meet up and hang out.

Literally, the whole point of the conference is for professional networking to happen, for you to go and find that person who's at the conference and go grab coffee or whatever, or do business and stuff like that. So these people are very... Of anybody in the world...

Literally, the whole point of the conference is for professional networking to happen, for you to go and find that person who's at the conference and go grab coffee or whatever, or do business and stuff like that. So these people are very... Of anybody in the world...

Literally, the whole point of the conference is for professional networking to happen, for you to go and find that person who's at the conference and go grab coffee or whatever, or do business and stuff like that. So these people are very... Of anybody in the world...

These people are the most authentically interested in connecting and chatting and meeting up in person because that's what they're there for. And actually, unlike the social world, a non-professional space where you have negative selection bias of the nerdiest, weirdest people being the only ones who want to hang out. this is actually everyone, right? High status, low status, whoever.

These people are the most authentically interested in connecting and chatting and meeting up in person because that's what they're there for. And actually, unlike the social world, a non-professional space where you have negative selection bias of the nerdiest, weirdest people being the only ones who want to hang out. this is actually everyone, right? High status, low status, whoever.

These people are the most authentically interested in connecting and chatting and meeting up in person because that's what they're there for. And actually, unlike the social world, a non-professional space where you have negative selection bias of the nerdiest, weirdest people being the only ones who want to hang out. this is actually everyone, right? High status, low status, whoever.

So that's the first thing. That's the first solution or the first problem that you've solved is you have great people who want to hang out.

So that's the first thing. That's the first solution or the first problem that you've solved is you have great people who want to hang out.

So that's the first thing. That's the first solution or the first problem that you've solved is you have great people who want to hang out.

you know, in some digital property, you can add social features, right? Pretty standard operating procedure. You build an amazing one-player experience, which is what? It's the find any conference event, you know, side event at this conference.

you know, in some digital property, you can add social features, right? Pretty standard operating procedure. You build an amazing one-player experience, which is what? It's the find any conference event, you know, side event at this conference.

you know, in some digital property, you can add social features, right? Pretty standard operating procedure. You build an amazing one-player experience, which is what? It's the find any conference event, you know, side event at this conference.