Hi Briar! I rather enjoyed your elevator pitch and proposal. I also have experience in online conferences and event management so this presentation did catch my attention from the get-go. However, a couple major points kept gnawing at me as I read your pitch. First of all, I am curious why would you intentionally restrict your services to only one market (Journals)? For me, less is not more, especially when you are just starting a business. You have a lot of experience with online conferences, why not open it up to as many educational organizations and sectors as possible. Secondly, I did not see any mention of your competition. Are there any other companies that offer consulting services similar to your concept? It would be interesting to see how you would differentiate yourself from any other companies that may exist.
Hi Briar! I rather enjoyed your elevator…
5 Aug
Gordon, I am with you. I want to open up online conferences to anyone that wants to have them. I am 100% in agreement. However, after several discussions with family and friends, everyone thought I should narrow the market to help focus marketing, building a reputation etc. It is one of the reasons, I put consulting to others in one of my revenue streams, lol, because I agree with you, why would I not provide conferencing to anyone. Hmm. Do you have further thoughts on this?
</br? Also, what are your experiences with online conferences, in what sector? I was unable to find direct competition or models for online conferences. It is really separated by the platform solutions only, and then smaller associations providing broadcasting of F2F presentations or one off webinar series. Yeah, let me know if you have specific examples of others doing this. Thanks!
