Re: Dunedin Start Up Weekend March 22

On 2 February 2013 13:05, Worik Stanton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/02/13 03:33, Chris Bannister wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 12:20:41AM +1300, Carl Crawford wrote:
>>>
>>> Startup Weekend is a non-profit, community-building event that
>>
>>
>>> Student Tickets: $49 with code "EARLYSTUDENT" . We will be checking
>>> ID at the door.
>>> Early Bird Ticket $75 Ends February 20th
>>> After February 20th $99
>>
>>
>> If it is non profit, why so expensive?
>>
>
> From the website, it may be a non-profit but it looks like the sort of
> organisation that exists to pay salaries and send people around the world.
>
> Does anyone have information that these people are actually doing anything
> useful?  On the face of it (old, grey and cynical over here) they are
> basically a con.  Raising people's expectations, taking their money and
> doing nothing we could not (and do not) do ourselves.  Anyone?


See, it works.  Those people went to one - possibly a not-for-profit
community event - and learned from it, now they've got themselves a
business. What more proof do you want?
:)

Kathinka - old, grey and cynical too.
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