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Entrepreneur Events & Conferences in December 2020 – Selected

Future of SaaS Festival 2020

Future of SaaS is a virtual learning opportunity dedicated to keeping the global SaaS community inspired and connected. Product-led growth? Customer success? Leadership strategies? Got it all. With 40+ experts spanning 6 of the hottest topics in SaaS, you’re guaranteed to walk away with tons of new and proven tactics, strategies and ideas to take your business to the next level.

When? December 1st – 3rd

FORTUNE Brainstorm Tech 2020

Brainstorm Tech is going virtual. They will bring together the top technology and media leaders, operators, entrepreneurs, innovators, and influencers for a dynamic exchange of ideas about the theme, “Innovating in a Time of Crisis.”

When? December 1st – 2nd

The Big Score 2020

In 2020, The Big Score is an online investor & corporate innovation sourcing event that will help you boost your deal flow on 1-2-3 December. On Day 1, The Big Score welcomes 25 CIOs & CTOs to present some operational issues where they search tech solutions worth the contract. They host open sessions and welcome all relevant B2B tech startups & scale-ups. On Day 2 & 3, The Big Scores welcomes exclusively 50 VC nominated, best in class startups & scale-ups.

When? December 1st – 3rd

Marketplace Conference 2020

Join Marketplace Conference ONLINE for the global edition featuring keynote sessions, panel discussions and breakout groups on everything marketplaces: design, strategy, growth hacking, fundraising – you name it!

When? December 1st – 2nd

Ecosummit Zoom December 2020

The mission of Ecosummit is to maximise its impact until 2030, the global deadline for carbon neutrality. At the end of this challenging year, Ecosummit wants to celebrate a very special online event together with you featuring some of the best founders and investors in Ecosummit community.

When? December 2nd

SWITCH 2020

Asia’s leading technology, innovation and enterprise festival is back from 7-11 December 2020 in Singapore! The Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) is the one-stop platform where innovation meets enterprise, with access to global startups, investors, corporates, innovation community and ecosystem players. Last year, SFF x SWITCH saw a record 60,000+ participants from 140 countries, 1,000 exhibitors and 569 global luminary speakers.

When? December 7th – 11th

SaaStr Scale 2020

SaaStr Scale is a completely immersive, two-day digital event for Founders and Revenue Execs to come together and share best practices. 2 days of actionable advice and learnings to help you reach $1B ARR and beyond, 20,000+ revenue leaders from sales, marketing, customer success and product, 50 speakers from the best SaaS companies across the world and 75 live intimate breakouts and roundtables with subject matter experts.

When? December 8th – 9th

NVCA VC StratComm Summit 2020

Join your fellow investor relations, marketing, and communication professionals in the VC and startup ecosystem for the (virtual) annual NVCA StratComm Summit. Do not miss this chance to hear from industry leaders and members of the press as we exchange best practices and navigate communications and PR in this “new normal”.

When? December 8th

Revolution Conference 2020

To bring the global mobility industry closer to a more sustainable future, in 2020 the annual Revolution Conference will evolve into a hybrid eMobility brand. Instead of waiting once a year, the new Revolution multimedia platform will expand to include quarterly Revolution Digital events, a bi-weekly Revolution Podcast, and year-round community initiatives. Together let’s build and strengthen the future of eMobility.

When? December 8th

Ghana Tech Summit 2020

The Ghana Tech Summit is a 12-year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem which conducts the largest online digital accelerator in emerging markets. The Summit aims to revitalize Ghana’s entrepreneurial economy and reposition it as a global study of catalyzed innovation within an emerging market country.

When? December 11th

European Mobility Expo 2020

European Mobility Expo is the meeting point of all the players in public transport and sustainable mobility in Europe. More than 10 000 highly skilled participants meet there for three days to share their knowledge and exchange about the latest innovations.

When? December 15th – 17th

Tech Tour XR 2020

Tech Tour XR brings together entrepreneurs, investors (individual, corporate, business angel, or VC), corporates, & other stakeholders interested in immersive-technology products & services. The forum will select up to 30 entrepreneurs that have a relevant project with sufficient maturity and seek an additional 0.5 to 2 million € funding to reach the market. The selected entrepreneurs will have the chance to pitch their project to a jury made up of top selected investors, corporates, and other stakeholders, and these get a chance to invest in young companies likely to become the next multi-million €/$ market leaders in the booming area of immersive technologies.

When? December 16th – 17th

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Last week, I spent three days at Bits and Pretzels in Munich — a startup-focused event with a distinctly Bavarian flavor. Think Oktoberfest meets startup conference, complete with dirndls, lederhosen, and more beer than you might expect. As someone building an AI-powered event platform, I went in with a specific mission: Observe how startups actually market themselves at events. Here’s what I discovered: GoodBytz: The power of good demos What they did: Robotics startup GoodBytz set up a booth where its robots prepared kaiserschmarrn (a traditional German dessert) all day long. Why it worked: Nothing beats seeing a product in action. While other booths had brochures and demos, GoodBytz’s robots were actually cooking. The smell, the movement and the end result stirred together an experience that people will remember and talk about. The lesson: If you have a physical product, show it in action. The old writing adage generalizes well: Show, don’t tell.  Let people see, hear and touch the product. WeRoad: The bathroom hack What they did: Posted “Missing Investor” flyers in bathroom stalls with QR codes pointing to their website. Why it worked: Pure genius. Every startup at the event was looking for investors, but the “Missing Investor” headline, while a bit on the nose, proved irresistible. Plus, bathroom stalls are one of the few places where people have 30 seconds to actually read something. The lesson: Think about where your target audience’s attention will remain undivided. Sometimes, the most effective marketing leverages the most unexpected places. Emqopter: Visual impact matters What they did: Designed a bright orange booth that displayed their drone prominently. Why it worked: In a sea of grey, white, beige and brown, Emqopter’s bright orange booth was impossible to overlook. The drone was real, too, and proved a real conversation starter. The lesson: Your booth is competing with hundreds of others. Make it visually distinctive and ensure your product is the hero. Quests: Community building using the product What they did: Created a busy, branded booth with accessories (toy car, traffic cones, a bulletin board) and used their anti-loneliness app to build communities among founders at the event. Why it worked: Quests used their product to solve a real problem right at the event, and the busy booth design generated energy and curiosity. The lesson: Use your product to solve a problem at the event — if it’s possible, of course. Demonstrate your value in real time. Dyno: Event-themed marketing What they did: Distributed branded electrolyte packs with the tagline “Your hangover ends. Your pension lasts – with Dyno.” Why it worked: Dyno aligned its messaging perfectly with the Oktoberfest theme. Every attendee was thinking about beer and hangovers, so Dyno’s goodies were quite relevant. The tagline was clever, memorable, and directly addressed a pain point most people at the event might have to deal with later. The lesson: Tailor your marketing to the event’s theme and culture. The more you tie your messaging and product to the context, the more memorable you become. So, what did I learn? Event marketing is about more than just showing up and setting up a booth; you have to understand your audience and create experiences that people will remember. Here’s what really struck me: most startups and even big companies don’t know how to leverage events properly. They book the booth, show up and hope for the best; maybe they bring some branded pens and a pop-up banner. Then they’ll go back home and wonder why they spent €5,000 in exchange for 50 business cards that never convert. The startups that stood out at Bits and Pretzels understand something fundamental: event ROI isn’t about booth size or location; it’s about strategy, creativity and planning. None of the startups above improvised on-site, or planned something the night before the event in their hotel rooms. They laid everything out 4-6 weeks before the event. A solid pre-event strategy is what separates successful event marketing from expensive booth rental.  But what matters most for early-stage startups is that you don’t need a massive budget to stand out. WeRoad’s bathroom stall hack probably cost €50 to print the flyers. A standard booth package at Bits and Pretzels would go for €3,000 to €5,500. The ROI difference is staggering when you compare the cost per meaningful conversation. That’s the difference between simply spending money and investing smartly. Building Sesamers has taught me that helping startups find the right events is only half the equation. The other half is helping them understand how to maximize ROI once they’re there. Good props aren’t a marketing expense; they’re opportunities to meet customers, investors and partners, and strike up engaging conversations.

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