Creating something new and discussing it with similar type of people (people who create stuff) is a great way to improve in aspects like technology, strategy, etc.
But need to make sure initial ideas are not carried away too much. Specially if the participants are not a subset of actual endusers of what you are doing.
Why this meetup was different
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