Missing Out on Another Trade Show

Posted By: Bob Buskirk on June 7th, 2007
12 Comments... What do you have to say?

If you follow technology at all you should know that Computex is going on all this week in Taipei. Last year I said I would go, but I’m sitting here at home. I LOVE going to trade shows. For one I love technology and it’s great to see what all of the companies are coming out with and usually you get to demo a lot of new things before they come out. Also trade shows are great for networking and making contacts. As I said before in my business it is good to know a lot of people and what better way to meet people than at a trade show.

Finally I would get to see a lot of my friends. Some of my really good friends like John, Stephen, and Jason are all at Computex right now and if you look at the picture above it looks like they are having a great time. I hung out with these guys a lot during CES and I had an awesome time. To bad I’m sitting at home now. Well I can’t promise anything for next year, but I really do hope to go to Computex and some other trade shows besides CES. Have a great time guys!

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12 Responses to “Missing Out on Another Trade Show”

franciscodiez said on June 7th, 2007 at 5:25 pm

May I ask why you didn´t go?

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Bob Buskirk Reply:
June 7th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
I didn’t really plan it at all, and the cost of the flight

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franciscodiez Reply:
June 7th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Yes It´s quite expensive, something like U$900 from west coast. But on the other hand, hotels are quite cheap.

BTW let´s meet at CES, I´m already planning my trip for January

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Business Twins said on June 7th, 2007 at 6:27 pm

Yea, I know this 14 year old in my area who gets invited to a lot of these things. We just had coffee recently and he was telling me about CES and everything, and how much fun and attention he received because he was so young.

I think it would be cool just to see the new stuff and travel

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ms danielle said on June 8th, 2007 at 2:01 am

i love going to trade shows for the free stuff the best ones are the sports wear shows!

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BigMan said on June 8th, 2007 at 4:56 am

Same here, I just need to start going to more of them. Only one close to me is Cebit though Flying to CES, Computex etc will cost me around 1000$ USD. Guess it´s one of the bad parts living in Europe.

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ThomasDM Reply:
June 8th, 2007 at 6:51 am
I have the same problem. CeBIT is relatively close but I have the feeling that show is less exciting than CES or Computex.

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franciscodiez Reply:
June 8th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Flying to CES costs me U$1000
To CeBit U$1500
Computex U$2000

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mason said on June 8th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

I would love to go on one of those some day. Too bad I really don’t know anyone interested enough to tag along(not that I can’t go alone).

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Ms.Caesi said on June 8th, 2007 at 5:21 pm

What a scary picture of John Chow! ::shivers::

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BigMan said on June 8th, 2007 at 5:28 pm

Was at Cebit a few years ago, its quite fun. Just have to get into the partys going on Even though Corsair messed up our press passes so we had to pay to get in…. Next year I am going again.

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Shawn Knight said on June 9th, 2007 at 12:01 am

Yeah trade shows are awesome. I went to CES this year, my first show. Besides being a total noob, it was sooo much fun! Very cool feeling that people know who you are and know your site.

And yes, its all about networking. I kinda learned that the hard way, but next year is looking to be much better

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