Comments on: Web 2.0 Expo: Making Money http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/ Technology and Innovation news in Montreal Tue, 22 May 2012 17:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hubert http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-457609 Hubert Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:14:46 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-457609 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Reading: "Montreal Tech Watch » Web 2.0 Expo: Making Money" (http://twitthis.com/k2ph9s)</span></span> Reading: “Montreal Tech Watch » Web 2.0 Expo: Making Money” (http://twitthis.com/k2ph9s)

]]> By: Fred Brunel http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-125344 Fred Brunel Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:30:06 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-125344 Thanks for the report Louis Eric. I couldn't attend the Web 2.0 Expo this year, so I'm glad you're still doing that. I had the same experience at SXSW this year, attendance was clearly reduced. Even if it was a great place to be (to meet people), the content was not as good as Web 2.0 Expo. Thanks for the report Louis Eric. I couldn’t attend the Web 2.0 Expo this year, so I’m glad you’re still doing that.

I had the same experience at SXSW this year, attendance was clearly reduced.

Even if it was a great place to be (to meet people), the content was not as good as Web 2.0 Expo.

]]> By: Stephane Lagrange http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-457610 Stephane Lagrange Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:07:32 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-457610 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @mtw: Web 2.0 Expo: Making Money http://tinyurl.com/c9847p</span></span> RT @mtw: Web 2.0 Expo: Making Money http://tinyurl.com/c9847p

]]> By: Montreal Tech Watch http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-457611 Montreal Tech Watch Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:56:16 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-457611 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Web 2.0 Expo: Making Money http://tinyurl.com/c9847p</span></span> Web 2.0 Expo: Making Money http://tinyurl.com/c9847p

]]> By: Heri http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-125239 Heri Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:24:03 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-125239 gotcha Heri ... and I do hope people in "web2.0" get to think more thanks to conferences like this (might be a good thing, after Techcrunch and all other events celebrated mashups and other gadgets for years) gotcha

Heri

… and I do hope people in “web2.0″ get to think more thanks to conferences like this (might be a good thing, after Techcrunch and all other events celebrated mashups and other gadgets for years)

]]> By: Louis-Eric http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-125156 Louis-Eric Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:05:07 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-125156 While I am waiting for the next talk to begin: I certainly don't want to give the impression that people in past years didn't attend the conference seriously or that they do so in particularly dark obsequious ways this year :) The only thing that really changed, as far as focus is concerned, is what's on people's minds and how they choose what to invest their attention into. The needs are more immediate now that money is (or seems) scarcer, the focus is on cost-saving ops and clouds, investment projections of existing properties into the mobile space, effective team management, and of course revenue generation; things that will make the next few quarters better. While I am waiting for the next talk to begin: I certainly don’t want to give the impression that people in past years didn’t attend the conference seriously or that they do so in particularly dark obsequious ways this year :)

The only thing that really changed, as far as focus is concerned, is what’s on people’s minds and how they choose what to invest their attention into. The needs are more immediate now that money is (or seems) scarcer, the focus is on cost-saving ops and clouds, investment projections of existing properties into the mobile space, effective team management, and of course revenue generation; things that will make the next few quarters better.

]]> By: Louis-Eric http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-125136 Louis-Eric Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:38:36 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-125136 There was always hard business tracks in past years, deals being made, etc., in addition to the lighter and more speculative fare. What changed this year are the proportions. The ratio of hard business to pie-in-the-sky has changed dramatically this year; you can tell by the type of attendees as well. Behind the jeans-and-shirts are quite a few business analysts sent by Fortune 500s and large consultancies to see where this is going and who they can do business with. There was always hard business tracks in past years, deals being made, etc., in addition to the lighter and more speculative fare.

What changed this year are the proportions.

The ratio of hard business to pie-in-the-sky has changed dramatically this year; you can tell by the type of attendees as well. Behind the jeans-and-shirts are quite a few business analysts sent by Fortune 500s and large consultancies to see where this is going and who they can do business with.

]]> By: Heri http://montrealtechwatch.com/2009/04/02/web-20-expo-making-money/#comment-125070 Heri Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:11:02 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1505#comment-125070 So for the past years, it's been a party and now people are going seriously So for the past years, it’s been a party and now people are going seriously

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