Around 15,000 people will be there. Realistically about 23 of them matter to you, and you will meet six of those by accident. Supermeet finds the rest.
Tell us you’re going to Web Summit Vancouver and we’ll start there.
The problem at this scale
The Web Summit format in a smaller room. Close enough to find people, still too big to find them by chance.
attendees, roughly — mostly founders, investors and operators across North American tech. The attendee list is the single most valuable document of the week, and almost nobody reads it.
names is about what one person can realistically prepare for and meet properly over a few days.
people here are genuinely worth your time. Finding them by walking the floor takes longer than the conference lasts.
How to work Web Summit Vancouver
Use the smaller size to your advantage and aim for fewer, longer conversations. Book anything with investors before you arrive.
What we’re building
Live today: see who else is going and get introduced, if you both opt in. Next: eighteen names, ranked, each with one line on why this person and not the 14,982 others.
The Web Summit Vancouver attendee list, speaker page or exhibitor directory — whatever you have access to.
Three questions, ninety seconds. Hiring, raising, selling, learning — the answer changes the entire list.
Drafted in your voice, sent from your address, with a second nudge to anyone who goes quiet. That second message is the one nobody sends.
Questions
Around 15,000, based on recent public figures. Numbers change from year to year, and Web Summit Vancouver usually takes place in May.
Mostly founders, investors and operators across North American tech.
Check the speaker and exhibitor pages first, since those are usually public. On Supermeet you can pick Web Summit Vancouver and see how many others are going. If you both opt in, you can see each other’s name and role. Nobody’s email is ever shown.
Free beta
See who else is going to Web Summit Vancouver right now. The more people fromWeb Summit Vancouver who join, the sooner it gets a full shortlist.
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