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Graham Williams

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
180 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

Definitely, our walk-up was lower than last year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

But it was still a good festival.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

We're smaller, so we're not like a big, big, big profit kind of festival.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

We make money, but...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

I wouldn't say compared to some of the big festivals that make $10 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

Those are festivals with 100,000 people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

So we're a lot smaller.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

I don't know.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

I want to talk about how much every year makes because I have partners.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

But overall, we do fairly well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

It is a labor of love, though.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

Most business people, I think, would look at live music in general, festivals included, and say, God, for the amount you invest, you don't make as much as you would make if you sold widgets.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

But if you're doing something you love, and it drives your year-round business, and you do shows year-round, or like Pitchfork, I mentioned, is a year-round marketing company, or a

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

website that markets music.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

So for them, doing a festival also builds their brand.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

If it's profitable and it ties into your year-round business, it's actually... So this is really icing on the top in terms of it helps also drive your agency revenues.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

Yeah, I think, you know, I look at it like it's one of a couple of festivals we do, actually.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

And we book shows for 50 people sometimes in a room this big occasionally.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

We book shows for 20,000 people sometimes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams

And this is one of those shows.