Excellent post. Business brevity, especially for higher level executives, is very important. It gets across the point that you are not going to bs or bore them to death in a meeting as well.

Greg

Thanks for the truthful painful rant. I feel see the frustration and us service providers need to understand we can’t be the stuck up pricks who think the young entrepreneurs need to kiss you know what to get something out of us. I will say being in the other side of the wall, I do try to take the tie off to look approachable but let’s make sure our young guys know it’s ok to cut into a conversation and if the group snubs you, forget them.

I agree we need more events on how to make the business works and not stuck on the fundraising side (still working on the sales series! need help). But I do see some points on the paid side too, brings in a different crowd of entrepreneurs and sometimes the content is better than a free event (I did say sometimes).

And to be blunt, only way you can keep young motivated talent here is when you have the young guy sell their business for big dough and comes back to use that dough to spread it around. You will NEVER get it from the older treps. It’s going to be a painstaking journey but until we can lead the next generation of wealth into Boston, not happening.

I’ll keep my rant short because I want to help and I don’t want the service provider side look like vultures preying on young treps. Ride and die with you guys!

What message are we sending to supporters who are trying to help Boston? Some flew in from out of state only to find 1/2 or 1/4 filled rooms with left over pizza and food (at THEIR expense).

Adam I agree about the $95 “steal” for the unconference.