STARTUPCENTRAL » BCM3 http://startupcentral.in Wed, 23 May 2012 23:57:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Are Barcamps Still Cool? http://startupcentral.in/2008/04/08/are-barcamps-still-cool/ http://startupcentral.in/2008/04/08/are-barcamps-still-cool/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:24:30 +0000 Snigdha Sengupta http://startupcentral.wordpress.com/?p=148 It has been well over a week since BarCamp Mumbai 3 concluded and apart from a few photos, I have not blogged about the event — which is a bit of a contrast to the amount I wrote about it prior to the event. I did do a post-event analysis elsewhere — read it here.

I came away quite disappointed with BCM3 — lots of young, enthusiastic people and loads of networking, but that was about it. Very little that I saw in terms of entrepreneurial buzz. Not too many great ideas at the demos, mostly aimless exchanges of business cards, bad infrastructure and a good measure of corporate product pitching. Maybe part of the overall disappointment stemmed from the fact that this was my first full-fledged BarCamp and the expectations were inordinately high.

Point to ponder: Do BarCamps help entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs turn ideas into real businesses?

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