This looks great. I have read many of the writings of Rob and Patrick and would love to meet them and hear them speak.

But why are these things so often scheduled for weekdays?

Conference fee? I'm sure it will be fair.

Plane ticket? No problem.

Hotel room? No big deal. I'll just make it a vacation.

Monday and Tuesday? Deal killer. There will be too many phone calls, emails, and support requests to miss.

I bet that most of the people who would best take advantage of this conference don't work for large companies that will send them. They have to slip away over the weekend and get back to the office Monday morning.

Startup School does it right. Fly from almost anywhere. Catch every event. And make it back to the office before little problems have a chance to get too big.

Rob Waller book is worth it "Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup" & I imagine the conference will be valuable too, especially for those on micro-budgets.

I don't do conferences. But this is one conference I am seriously considering attending. I have a feeling I would regret it if I didn't go. This looks very useful and immediately applicable to me. Great idea, guys!

Wonder how much it'll cost.

(I just got this from email) and it sounds like a really bad idea to send emails (or any kind of promotion) when there is no way to take an actual action on the website yet.

It's nice to see a conference targeted at self funded startups.

I'm in London so Vegas is a bit of a stretch, it's very tempting.

Sadly, Rob and Mike have been locking their blog down, editing comments to remove criticism, and insisting that in posts entirely about math that the math is not what matters. Access to the LinkedIn group they sell is being locked down when it's used to make polite discussions of how to respond to ethical problems with vendors, and commenting on their blog and linkedingroup, for which they charge hundreds of dollars to access, has been shut off where people politely disagree.

They suggest that they are merely removing rudeness, but what they remove isn't rude, and they're leaving significant accusations in place while disallowing response.

This community is gated to exclude people who politely point out errors in the math.

Great to see a conference focused on self funded startups. Nice idea guys I hope it is a success and better still if I can be there.

Considering flying out from Japan to attend, that's if I can arrange some vacation time.

I'm also in the UK and yes, Vegas is tempting .... :-)

Sparkmuse will be there!

congrats, Rob & Mike! Awesome idea.