EventVue

EventVue

EventVue attempted to build online communities to improve conference networking by enabling attendees to search for and connect with others.

  Finance, Social
  2007 – 2010
   Boulder, CO
  Founded by Rob Johnson and Josh Fraser
  Raised $455k in 2 rounds
  Backed by 10 investors

Reasons for Failure

One of their pivots aimed to show conference attendees ahead of time to increase ticket sales. This approach failed because 80% of tickets were bought 2 weeks before a conference, so if a potential attendee checked before then it looked like no one was going.

Could not find product-market fit. Conference organizers saw the product as a nice-to-have instead of a need.

Tried to build a sales effort at a time when the product was weak.

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