[orangethirty]

My only gripe is that these events are more American Idol and less business. Its a popularity contest for people afraid of going out and selling something. I was invited to one where "the startup voted most popular gets funding." Yeah, no thanks. Funding is something you get because you need to buy infrastructure or pay employees or anything business related, and not (well, outside of a bubble) because you are popular. Though someone might say that popularity == traction, I will answer that it does not. Traction == sales == money in the bank. Popularity just means that you are trending on the internet.