[PeterThomson]

I did the Forum a few years ago in New Zealand and I know a few other people in the startup scene who have done it recently. Personally, I found the marketing side distracting for the first day of the course because I kept analysing everything (from the room layout to the viral mechanic). Then at some point during the weekend, I realised that I did this type of meta-analysing with everything in my life instead of just being present and actually engaged. From then on I got a lot out of the weekend and it was probably the main factor in me leaving my corporate job and moving to London.