http://powersunfiltered.com/2006/06/24/work-it-or-its-not-worth-it/ An entrepreneur's journey into grid computing and partnering with Microsoft, by John Powers Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:24:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://powersunfiltered.com/2006/06/24/work-it-or-its-not-worth-it/#comment-46827 Powers Unfiltered » Blog Archive » Well THAT was fun… Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:21:08 +0000 http://powersunfiltered.com/2006/06/24/work-it-or-its-not-worth-it/#comment-46827 [...] Powersunfiltered readers know that I’m a believer in the effectiveness of marketing events — but only with sufficient planning and preparation.  (For a refresher course in the Powers School of Events, start here.)  [...] [...] Powersunfiltered readers know that I’m a believer in the effectiveness of marketing events — but only with sufficient planning and preparation.  (For a refresher course in the Powers School of Events, start here.)  [...]

]]> http://powersunfiltered.com/2006/06/24/work-it-or-its-not-worth-it/#comment-31253 Powers Unfiltered » Blog Archive » Microsoft vs. Microsoft — here we go again Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:20:51 +0000 http://powersunfiltered.com/2006/06/24/work-it-or-its-not-worth-it/#comment-31253 [...] As many of you know, I’m a big fan of large conferences, under certain circumstances.  But as I’ve posted before, the investment in money and time and travel-based pain is only worth it for Digipede if we put in some time and effort up front, and commit corresponding time and effort to following up.  (See the now-classic “work it or it’s not worth it,” posted one year ago today.) [...] [...] As many of you know, I’m a big fan of large conferences, under certain circumstances.  But as I’ve posted before, the investment in money and time and travel-based pain is only worth it for Digipede if we put in some time and effort up front, and commit corresponding time and effort to following up.  (See the now-classic “work it or it’s not worth it,” posted one year ago today.) [...]

]]> http://powersunfiltered.com/2006/06/24/work-it-or-its-not-worth-it/#comment-15032 Powers Unfiltered » Blog Archive » Clubbing with Steve Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:30:58 +0000 http://powersunfiltered.com/2006/06/24/work-it-or-its-not-worth-it/#comment-15032 [...] I had a chance to talk with Steve for a couple of minutes.   Apparently, the briefing went well, and Digipede was mentioned favorably by speakers from Microsoft and a mutual financial services customer.  (It didn’t hurt that I had spent weeks prior to this event supporting the other speakers with material, customer references, follow-up demonstrations, etc.  See my philosophy of events, summarized in this earlier post.)   [...] [...] I had a chance to talk with Steve for a couple of minutes.   Apparently, the briefing went well, and Digipede was mentioned favorably by speakers from Microsoft and a mutual financial services customer.  (It didn’t hurt that I had spent weeks prior to this event supporting the other speakers with material, customer references, follow-up demonstrations, etc.  See my philosophy of events, summarized in this earlier post.)   [...]

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