Recently, we went to Uprise Festival in Amsterdam. We've been to Uprise before, but this time around there was a different venue, and a slightly changed concept of the event in general.
Here's how it looked:
Uprise
Uprise is held for start-ups that want to connect with people looking for jobs, investors or new customers. Everybody gets a stand, complete with a sign with a short pitch on it.
We filled our stand with flyers
and laptops to show what we've made, waiting for people to walk by and get into conversations.
Basically what you do in those conversations as a start-up is to sell yourself. It doesn't matter if that's to a possible recruit, a customer or investor. Everyone wants to know what you do and what makes you special.
This year a whole bunch of us decided to see what Uprise will bring this year. So here are the lessons learned and points to take home after this round: