Love the ones you're with

So the Throwdown ended up being a really great event and everybody who came was asking when we'd do another one. The judges were happy, the companies were happy, the audience was happy, and overall it was a great night.

We had maybe 15 people in a 50 seat house.

As I left I thought about that fact a lot.

I then realized something pretty interesting:

Everybody was happy because we had the time to make sure everyone was happy. A smaller group made that possible. I've been noticing this with my PLAE class as well. I have 6 entrepreneurs in that class and I am always able to give each individual attention. My speakers are not overwhelmed and can also give each person individual attention.

This flies in the face of everything a producer goes for. We often want bigger audiences and sold out houses, but I'd argue that this event may not have gone over as well had we sold out. It worked well because we all had enough time to meet each other, to talk for more than five seconds, to build community.

So to all of you who are doing shows and who have small audiences, what are you doing for them?

When the crowd is smaller, we can give more individual attention, so why not do that? If the house is only full of 15 people, make those 15 feel like they are the most important 15 people in the world.

That builds community and that leads to your sold out houses.

We'd all love for the 50 "maybes" on our facebook invite to show, but what are we doing to show love for the 12 "yeses"' that actually did show?

So love the ones you're with, no matter how small a group they are.

They'll remember you for it. Trust me.

So to our first audience and first group of judges and competitors for the Throwdown:

 Hats off to you my friends.

We love you.

Excelsior!

Comments

[Angela]

Excellent point. :)

[jeffm]

>Love the ones your with -Love the ones YOU'RE with
>The judges where happy - The judges WERE happy