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So, it's a bit early in the day, but heck maybe the west coasters will see this later. Let's talk money and running seattlejsPermalink On twitter.com
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.seattlejs has grown. Holy hell has it grown. We expect a bare minimum of 150 people to show up to every event. Frequently it's 200+.Permalink On twitter.com
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We have hit the point where we are limited on venues in town that can hold us. I consider this mostly a good problem to have. We love y'all.Permalink On twitter.com
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But, when we started this, we made it a point to provide food/drinks for everybody. This is huge. We want people to come out during dinner.Permalink On twitter.com
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We know that for a lot of people (heck, me included) this is one of the rare nights per month that you get out of the house.Permalink On twitter.com
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So we provide food, drink, and great speakers for ya. We do the best we can to cater to needs and we want you to learn and have fun.Permalink On twitter.com
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And this is where we hit a point. Straight up. It costs north of $10/person to run this. This is WITH a donated venue.Permalink On twitter.com
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We struggle to come up with this cash. Make no mistake. We bang on doors and cold email and do the best we can to pull it together.Permalink On twitter.com
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Sometimes, like last night, we have a gracious host who saves us at the last second when somebody drops sponsorship. <3 to them. Much <3.Permalink On twitter.com
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But this is not sustainable. We need something consistent. We need incoming money so we don't have to do this month after month.Permalink On twitter.com
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So this is where we need your help. Please. We need someone to be a consistent sponsor. We need companies who want to be in front of JS devsOn twitter.com
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And I understand ROI, but I also know how much you pay a recruiter for one dev. You could likely sponsor us for the year for that.Permalink On twitter.com
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One-off sponsorships don't do much for our sponsors wrt hiring. It extends good will toward the company, but you don't develop a rapport.Permalink On twitter.com
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You know and understand developers. We get a _lot_ of cold emails. We got where we know people and know the environment. Come be part of us.Permalink On twitter.com
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So, attendees. Please talk to your marketing and your recruiters. We need you. We don't want to have to change how we do things.Permalink On twitter.com
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We don't want to have to dramatically limit the size and we don't want to have to charge per head. We don't want to put that cap on learningPermalink On twitter.com
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Anyway, thanks for this. If you can help, I'd love for you to work with us.Permalink On twitter.com