[mattquinn]

Money and college students always mix well, but it doesn't apply to events like this, which classify as thinly veiled marketing, however informative they may end up being.

Even if you pay ppl $15 to sit for an hour, it won't be worth it to you or the startups involved. Why? Because 70% of that audience would be people who would've come out of interest even if you paid them nothing. The other 30% would be ppl in it solely for the money, texting friends or on Facebook.

I trust you've seen the attention span of students during a lecture - the ratio of interested to distracted is even worse. Money doesn't necessarily trump other factors like basic interest level.

[jonlegend]

Great points! This is the type of feedback I was looking for.