tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post576145533118843975..comments2024-03-16T04:38:39.153-07:00Comments on Yes, Another Science Blog: Hey startup parasites! We don't have time for you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243142395384726052noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-37424171008927869392016-04-23T05:09:29.292-07:002016-04-23T05:09:29.292-07:00Congratulations for your post, I am CTO of www.evo...Congratulations for your post, I am CTO of www.evovelo.com I am very feed up of this parasites as you are. This is our experience with Keiretsu:<br /><br />We were invited and "selected" to pitch on a Keiretsuforum event in Barcelona and they asked for a fee of around 500€ to present.<br />As it was not a big fee and the place where the event was going to be it was interesting for us we decided that it could be interesting.<br /><br />They told us on the phone that 9 out of the 10 StartUps that presented last year found investment on that same event.<br /><br />Before we pay anything we usually try to check if it worths or not. So I decided to contact that 10 companies from last year to ask how it went for them.<br /><br />I was able to talk with 8 CEOs out of the 10 companies and none of them got any investment from that event.<br />So I called back to the Keiretsu people to tell them about my findings, the person on the phone went panicking …<br /><br />Latter I found on their website a list of companies that apparently were funded by their events here: http://www.keiretsuforum.es/operaciones-cerradas/ and it happened that one of them I know the CEO personally so I called her and asked about it, obviously they never closed any finance with them, they did not even pitched on their events!<br /><br />So they are not only parasites they are compulsive liars at least the Keiretsu Spanish branch.Gonzalo Chomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903158948782573962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-54769354191895900992016-03-30T07:08:00.093-07:002016-03-30T07:08:00.093-07:00My company got selected to attend collision but af...My company got selected to attend collision but after reading these comnemts, I think I'm staying home.Edward W. Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357061953277386148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-34185217024808208202016-03-01T17:04:30.841-08:002016-03-01T17:04:30.841-08:00Wow. Please do email to me at "lenny at proto...Wow. Please do email to me at "lenny at protocols dot io"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243142395384726052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-44155119302377987102016-03-01T15:12:58.089-08:002016-03-01T15:12:58.089-08:00Just FYI, the fee for the northwest Keiretsu forum...Just FYI, the fee for the northwest Keiretsu forum is 9500$....I can send you their document if you like....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540691974709025965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-31814774074534545952015-12-14T21:30:20.511-08:002015-12-14T21:30:20.511-08:00Thanks for posting this. Thought I'd do a quic...Thanks for posting this. Thought I'd do a quick google before paying the money and I'm shocked at the mountain of negative feedback I've seen. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05555247998079101338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-54627150421394098372015-04-28T09:14:49.520-07:002015-04-28T09:14:49.520-07:00Keiretsu tried to bribe me to take down this post....Keiretsu tried to bribe me to take down this post. That's dumb. It's even dumber to remove the public comment and try to hide that fact. Text of your original comment:<br />"Dear Lenny,<br /><br />Please reach out to me at olivia@keiretsuforum.com. I am part of the founding Northern California team, and we are very sorry for your poor experience in Southern California. We would like to reimburse your administrative fee, and we would like you to present to our Northern California members (there will be no administrative fee to do so).<br /><br />Again, we extend our sincerest apologies.<br /><br />Best,<br />Olivia"<br /><br />The Internet has a good memory: http://web.archive.org/web/20150425011013/http://anothersb.blogspot.de/2015/04/hey-startup-parasites-we-dont-have-time.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243142395384726052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-3158578534494921182015-04-27T09:54:11.157-07:002015-04-27T09:54:11.157-07:00You ROCK!
I was invited to the Collision Conf, or...You ROCK!<br /><br />I was invited to the Collision Conf, or should I call them "Conffusion Conf"? Anyway, I'm glad that I paid with PayPal and got a refund.<br /><br />Thanks.gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16740303899490163447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-13509993987364579812015-04-19T10:18:40.183-07:002015-04-19T10:18:40.183-07:00I just contacted them for refund. They told me the...I just contacted them for refund. They told me they don't offer any refund. I'm sure this conference is a scam. Thanks for your post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227889265540359289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-54315997767156241982015-04-15T19:18:53.437-07:002015-04-15T19:18:53.437-07:00Thank you Patrick. I will post it as an update som...Thank you Patrick. I will post it as an update some time later today. In the meantime, your e-mail to me is below.<br />---------<br />Hi Lenny,<br /><br />I manage the startups team here and wanted to get in touch to say how very sorry we are that a misunderstanding over costs led to your feeling we wasted your time. We are a technology startup ourselves and we know how precious time is when you are trying to build a company.<br /><br />We really try to be as transparent as possible about the costs of attending our events. We believe that we offer great value for money for all attendees. At our flagship event, Web Summit in Dublin, the numbers of those attending have doubled every year - which we feel shows that many people agree that we provide a great networking experience.<br /><br />Regarding registration - physical space at any conference comes at a premium. As advertised, we're removing this element of the cost to startups who could bring value to the event and charging a fee for tickets & registration. <br /><br />The package grants you 3 tickets (2 day event and evening socials), online circulation, access to industry leader talks, workshops, investor office hours & invitations to partner activations as well as the physical space in your chosen industry area.<br /><br />As I am sure you have seen, our Startups page on the website collisionconf.com clearly states that while exhibiting for selected startups is free, there is a cost for attending. To quote:<br /><br />“Each week we selected 25 early stage startups from around the world to exhibit for free as part of our Collide Program. The bigger tech companies pay $9,950 to exhibit, meaning exciting, disruptive, early-stage startups can afford to attend no matter what. All they will pay is a discounted price for tickets and Collide registration, and we’ll give them a free exhibition stand.”<br /><br />We apologise again for the misunderstanding between us. We were genuinely excited about the possibility of you attending Collision. As you know, we do need to make the effort to screen applications so that we present the very best experience for startups and investors at our events. We do get thousands of applications and make time to hop on calls to make sure the companies are viable and have cool teams. We end up choosing around 10-15% of those who apply.<br /><br />Collision was really well received last year and more than half the participating startups either joined us at Web Summit and/or are returning to Collision this year. For me personally, that is a great testament to the event. We are working tirelessly to improve our systems to make sure everyone gets value from the event. We're a tech startup ourselves and we just want to put on an awesome tech event. The networking at our events has been called “legendary” and we try hard to live up to that tag.<br /><br />Happy to answer any more questions or to discuss further. It would be great if you felt able to post this response on your blog.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Paddy GAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243142395384726052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-53792853068372894232015-04-15T17:14:10.000-07:002015-04-15T17:14:10.000-07:00Hi Lenny,
We are so sorry that a misunderstandin...Hi Lenny, <br /><br />We are so sorry that a misunderstanding over costs has left you feeling that we wasted your time. I have sent you an email and it would be great if you felt able to post its contents as an update to your blog post. <br /><br />Paddy Griffith, Startup Manager at CollisionAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304854501346597040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-79460222235171837962015-04-15T11:50:31.641-07:002015-04-15T11:50:31.641-07:00Thank you Olivia for the comment and the invitatio...Thank you Olivia for the comment and the invitation to present. However, I have a strong objection to pay-to-pitch (when it's a large sum). If Keiretsu Forum were to waive fees for all founders, I would be happy to pitch, but not as an exception.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243142395384726052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-19828384444007405972015-04-15T11:44:07.170-07:002015-04-15T11:44:07.170-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944271055686487614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-68632639730517971932015-04-15T01:21:59.523-07:002015-04-15T01:21:59.523-07:00Also a good idea! I was thinking along these lines...Also a good idea! I was thinking along these lines today that it may be a great idea to open a t-shirt store where we charge people $10 to enter and browse the t-shirts for sale.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243142395384726052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-76441465692692197502015-04-15T01:19:07.937-07:002015-04-15T01:19:07.937-07:00You could always make up the cost later by chargin...You could always make up the cost later by charging people to interview for jobs at your company......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952112001761910889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211622996251937940.post-58292735359817371822015-04-15T00:42:17.601-07:002015-04-15T00:42:17.601-07:00Another one that wasted some of our time, youngsta...Another one that wasted some of our time, youngstartup.com. Not surprisingly, I just found: http://pando.com/2013/11/04/startup-snake-oil-scamming-early-stage-entrepreneurs/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04243142395384726052noreply@blogger.com