Recently, Jeff and I were out in Denver to attend the EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) Conference in Denver. Overall, it was a good show for us to attend, and I wanted to talk a little about what I learned while I was out there. Special thanks to Jeff for helping me out at the show. Just having a social guy with me helped me to get out of my shell a little more too.
First off, I learned that you don’t need to have a booth to meet with people. In fact, not having a booth was probably the best thing we could have done. On top of the money we saved by not being a sponsor, it allowed us to be far more mobile in the show. I felt free to attend sessions, rather than feeling like I was tied to the booth the whole time. In addition, it was easier to go and talk to vendors and introduce ourselves because we could go at our own leisure. In fact, Jeff managed to walk away with a $1000 cash from one of the drawings at the show. Talk about a nice way bonus 🙂
The next thing I really picked up was the fact to talk to anyone. A lot of times, I’d see a company name, or a vendor and just assume there was no point in talking to them. Well, thank goodness that we still did. We ended up finding some great connections from people that I didn’t imagine, and found some groups that I thought would be interested to talk to us that weren’t. It just went to show me that you never know where that next friend, partner or customer might come from.
Last, I walked with some really great ideas and connections of where I want to take JaveLLin in the coming weeks and months. I came home really excited, and look forward to nurturing some of these new connection.
Thanks for reading,
As always, thanks for reading and don't forget to check out our SAP Service Management Products at my other company JaveLLin Solutions,Mike