Two comments. First off, at $2,000 per plus travel and
lodging expenses, how many struggling startups with every
dime they have sunk into their endeavor, do you think will
attend an event such as this? C'mon here. Don't charge so
much and certainly don't charge the people that are in
need of money. Charge it to the ones who have the money
and stand to make a chunk of ROI all for staking their
money on their own due diligence.
Regarding the service side of the presentations you
mentioned, doesn't anyone else see how a business such as
EnerNOC is only adding to the cost of the energy en masse?
For example, they persuade companies to do what they
could/should already do for a huge cut of the savings.
...to the tune of $50M per year? I ask who just paid that
expense? It seems the same old scenario prevails. Even the
fair itself is designed to make enormous profit from the
process of companies in need trying to raise some money.
It's no wonder we're in such a mess!
Todd M. |