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		'Lobbyconners' crash tech conferences to schmooze, cut deals (sfgate.com)
		5 points by gibsonf1 on Oct 14, 2007 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

adrianwaj on Oct 14, 2007 [–]

Just shows the conferences are too expensive.

pg on Oct 14, 2007 | [–]

The purpose of conferences like these is to extract money from big companies. They're the social analogue of buying MS Exchange, or hiring people through headhunters. Early stage startups should never pay thousands of dollars to go to conferences.

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