Web 2.0 Summit 2009 aka EliteCon

I’m on the fence about Web 2.0 Summit in October 2009. It’s an ‘invitation only’ conference that is also ‘fat wallet only’ at a whopping $4400 to attend. It really is the best networking show in the industry, with few other opportunities existing to meet and talk to the internet’s most influential, not to mention several of the world’s Billionaires and lots of members of the 9 figure club.

I registered and paid for the 2008 show, but didn’t get to attend due to the birth of my daughter. The 2007 show was killer, however. Like most conferences, it’s not about the talks, but all of the talks for 2008 are posted below.

Web 2.0 Summit 2008

Just don’t know if I’m going to bother this year. Seems irresponsible to drop that kind of cash. What do you think?

Sequoia Capital, one of silicon valley’s leading VC’s, gave the following presentation to all of their portfolio CEO’s this week in an emergency meeting.

It’s a good read, although not exactly groundbreaking. It lays out the economic situation and urges their CEO’s to cut costs (staff) FAST, raise money NOW if you can, and GET A BUSINESS MODEL. (I love that last one).

Here is the presentation:

CEO_ALL_HANDS_10-7-08_FINAL - Free Legal Forms (<-- huh, this isn't a [free legal form]. Odd off topic spammy widget link - nofollowed. I would have been ok with [pdf hosting] or something related.)