Speakers
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Stephen Fraser 4.0
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Abe Crystal 4.0
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Nicholas Napp 4.0
Description:
Join us as Abe Crystal (Ruzuku), Stephen Fraser (Spoonflower), and Nicholas Napp (DisruptorMonkey) briefly share their adventures in web-based business through reflections on past experiences and outlooks for 2009. This will be a casual, conversational, panel-like group discussion, and will be an ideal opportunity to ask questions and discuss how we all might better leverage the potential of the web in 2009.
Comments on this Talk
Carolyn Hack,
26 Jan 02:13 PM
I really enjoyed this panel. The speakers were well-chosen to represent different stages of start-ups. They were engaging and gave good answers to the questions from the audience members, who were very willing to participate. Judging from the size of the crowd, the info the panelists had to share was very relevant to the Triangle's web community. Thanks for a great Refresh!
Mindy Wagner,
27 Jan 04:55 PM
I thought this was a great panel discussion with three unique and interesting perspectives. Nick was humorous and self-deprecating and seemed most interesting to the entrepreneurs in the crowd who wanted to learn from his mistakes (and also his successes). Abe gave great insight into his process and plans for the future. Stephen was my favorite panelist because his answers were funny and straightforward and he seemed very grounded and realistic about how Spoonflower is evolving.

This talk was a panel and each of the 3 had a really different style, so it's tricky to give ratings. Overall, the talk was informative and flowed well. The three panelists had a nice range of perspectives on running a web-based business. Nick had slides and his delivery had the most polish. Abe did a great job of really answering folks' questions, keeping his answers tight and to the point, and being very open about his experiences. Stephen's strength in this context was his willingness to acknowledge that his success to date wasn't the 'end of the story' - his humility and honesty were appreciated. All three speakers shared valuable wisdom.