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Tell HN: A Demo Day without the investors

140 点作者 tagspace超过 2 年前
When Harry (my co-founder) and I started Trevor.io we obviously needed customers. We&#x27;d often bonded over Paul Graham&#x27;s &quot;Do Things That Don&#x27;t Scale&quot;, so it was a no-brainer that every month, like clockwork, we&#x27;d get on that €50 Ryanair flight to London, to spend a week pitching potential customers &#x2F; partners &#x2F; anyone who would listen. We tried as best we could to rotate which lucky friend or family members&#x27; sofa we would be sleeping on each time, so as not to out-stay our welcome.<p>One event that we ended up doing again and again was called TechHub Tuesday Demo Night. It was an epic monthly event (first Tuesday of every month) hosted by the most sought after startup co-working space on London&#x27;s famous &quot;Silicon Roundabout&quot; (yes, us English can&#x27;t quite fill a valley yet with our startup scene, but we sure can fill a roundabout!). The event was an opportunity for up-and-coming startups to show (not tell) what they had built, and get instant feedback from the community. Importantly, you had to have built something (an app &#x2F; website &#x2F; platform &#x2F; etc.) and, unlike competing events, it wasn&#x27;t about trying to pitch for investment. It was a welcoming, enthusiastic audience of fellow entrepreneurs, builders and product lovers. Pitching your product here was always a buzz.<p>Unfortunately, like many other great ventures, TechHub London was one of the unlucky victims of Covid 19. In the summer of 2020 they slipped into administration, and with it TechHub Tuesday Demo Night. We&#x27;ve very much missed it - both presenting and attending - so we have decided to do something about it.<p>We are pumped to announce that next Tuesday we are launching our very own Tuesday Demo Day with a twist:<p>- it will be 100% virtual, - and 100% free.<p>This means that you can join us from the comfort of your couch. Bring a beverage of your choice and be ready to be give our startups the feedback and advice they need to take themselves to the next level.<p>We would be absolutely delighted if you would join us (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hopin.com&#x2F;events&#x2F;trevor-demo-day-global" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hopin.com&#x2F;events&#x2F;trevor-demo-day-global</a>).

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WildGreenLeave超过 2 年前
After reading your post halfway I was ready to book a ticket to London just to attend this event and meet other entrepreneurs trying to get feedback on their product. Sadly enough I continued to read that it does not exist anymore. I hope that at some point it gets replaced by another offline event, be it in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin or anywhere else in Europe.<p>Up until that moment (or up until you decide to do an offline event too :-)) I am joining. Just signed up! :)
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0xPersona超过 2 年前
I&#x27;d love to attend an in person version of this in London. I&#x27;ve long felt that we need more events like this in the city.
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thih9超过 2 年前
Are the tickets still available? When I click on &quot;Register&quot;, I see one option of &quot;Free&quot; with the text &quot;Closed&quot;.<p>And if the tickets are no longer available, will there be more?
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tluyben2超过 2 年前
Excellent idea! Will sign up! Hope for these offline events to come back to London and other eu places. Even the offline demo events I used to be in the jury of are still not back or just went out of business.
mooreds超过 2 年前
We had something like this in Boulder, CO, USA for years. It was called the Boulder Denver New Tech Meetup (BDNT). First place I ever presented (my presentation was on Google Web Toolkit). It was magical, lots of great questions, a mix of entrepreneurs, technologists and community members. BDNT was partially sponsored by the university. I remember going to one in the late 2000s and thinking &quot;feels like the go-go days of the late 1990s are back&quot; as the beer and apps flowed and the schmoozing happened.<p>Here&#x27;s an interview from 2013 with the BDNT founder: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=mb4HJQCtRYQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=mb4HJQCtRYQ</a><p>As I recall, it wasn&#x27;t sustainable. The organizers tried so many different ways of getting it to monetary sustainability (charging, sponsors, events, ads) and they just couldn&#x27;t do it. So once the labor of love became just labor, it petered out. I think it had a run of over a decade, though.<p>Here&#x27;s my blog with reports from the BDNT (I took detailed notes a few times): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mooreds.com&#x2F;wordpress&#x2F;archives&#x2F;category&#x2F;new-tech-meetup" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mooreds.com&#x2F;wordpress&#x2F;archives&#x2F;category&#x2F;new-tech...</a><p>I think someone else restarted it recently, but haven&#x27;t attended: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.meetup.com&#x2F;bdnewtech&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.meetup.com&#x2F;bdnewtech&#x2F;</a>
yaseer超过 2 年前
Great Idea! : )<p>Aside on TechHub London:<p>Unfortunately, their descent started well before COVID. We were a tenant in our last company before TechHub moved location in 2019. It was a terrible building - an order of magnitude worse than the competition. The community started to leave from Q2 of that year and COVID was just the final blow.<p>Real shame too, as the community had some character missing in most office spaces. Best of luck cultivating something like that again, virtually!
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bsenftner超过 2 年前
I <i>love</i> the idea of a place where a global reach of entrepreneurs can pitch directly to the London investor community, via a virtual event open to anyone. That it itself is a worthy startup.
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a_c超过 2 年前
I would really like to join a physical gathering in london. Having been working remotely for 3 yrs, I&#x27;m longing for some human interaction. Kudos to you, Good start!
gwnywg超过 2 年前
I was attending Tuesday Demo Night, we had our office in Cisco incubator that was located at Wilson Street. I registered, very curious about this event :)
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catchmilk超过 2 年前
Is the plan to do this in regular intervals? If so, would be great if we could get a recurring entry for the calendar.
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breck超过 2 年前
Awesome! Registered.<p>Will you record and put on YouTube async as well just in case family stuff pops up and I have to miss?
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yardie超过 2 年前
I used to work near Old Street Station and sadly, I missed these events after moving back to the US.
alejoar超过 2 年前
Just signed up! Might hit you up to present sometime if you plan to keep doing this every month.
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dt3ft超过 2 年前
Love the idea! This could turn into a regular event! I may even sign up to demo as well :)
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smithcoin超过 2 年前
Metabase is free if self hosted, you charge per query.<p>Seems like a no-brainer to me.
chayesfss超过 2 年前
outside $$ can be a bad influence on passion projects. Stuff that might make a buck or two, yea okay but man can they kill a passion project and angood engineers idea.
mojuba超过 2 年前
Excellent, just signed up!<p>How do you select the speakers?
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cheptsov超过 2 年前
An amazing idea! Applied as a speaker.
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jayantsinghxyz超过 2 年前
Love the idea. Just signed up.
willsmith72超过 2 年前
Looks great, would love to join
dom96超过 2 年前
Interesting! Just signed up :)
nicgrev103超过 2 年前
Love it. Great for there to be something for people who want to pitch but aren&#x27;t looking for investment.
Markstar超过 2 年前
Very cool, I love the idea!
hjkm超过 2 年前
Excited about this!
romura超过 2 年前
I love Trevor!
daanlo超过 2 年前
Looks great :)
mothsonasloth超过 2 年前
I am in Manchester, is this for people in the London &quot;bubble&quot; only?
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