Yesterday I attended the IBD Network event Turning Your Consumer Startup into a Breakout Play .

I was honored and excited to meet my first blog reader in person. And what a first reader! Debbie Landa (Hi Debbie) is the CEO and Founder of IBDNetwork, her energy was contagious and her questions were very insightful.

Though the event was sold out, I managed to make the waiting list and take in the event.

They had an all-star panel of Reid Hoffman, CEO of Linked In, Chris Kelly VP Corporate Development of Facebook and Billy McNair, Co-Founder of Peerflix. Kevin Efrusy, Partner with Accel Partners moderated the panel.

The event flew by and I took a TON of notes. The insights of these thought leaders was fantastic. I’m drafting a post to share a few of the things I took away from the discussion.

IBDNetwork not only puts on these evening events they also produce the Under the Radar
programs that “showcase of early-stage innovation”.

I met a number of startups and have my first face to face interview this afternoon with Al Wasserberger, CEO of Intellext. I’m here till Friday so if anyone wants to pitch their ideas let me know and I can hopefully fit you in my schedule.

IBD Networks is a leading source for valuable insights and great networking. If you’re building a company ‘in the space’ you’d be negligent to not take in their events.