[jeremytliles]

I went to this last year (of course it was easy for me because I live in Denver). It was a great event with a lot of useful information. It is a great opportunity to meet the people who will be making the acceptance decisions and hopefully make a positive impression. Foodzie, one of the companies that made the cut last year, did a nice job of this; they gave everyone a piece of candy packaged with their logo.

If you have a team together already and are good at meet-and-greets, I say fly in. If you're a solo founder and/or not that interested in meeting, pitching, and networking, it may not be worth the time and expense.

[eibrahim]

Thanks for the info. No, I am not very good at the meet and greet stuff :). Our team is made of 3 people, on in DC, one in CA and one in Minnesota :). I will probably be the only one who makes it there.

I think if I can get a ticket for a couple of hundred and just fly back the same day, then it is not too expensive.