Comments on: (Don’t) Make Your Startup Look Stupid With Booth Babes And Chotchkies! http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/ Just another Siliconangle.com weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SiliconANGLE — Blog — Booth Babes Revisited: Just Plain Stupid or Universally Appealing? [#CES2010 Leftovers] http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-12162 SiliconANGLE — Blog — Booth Babes Revisited: Just Plain Stupid or Universally Appealing? [#CES2010 Leftovers] Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:51:23 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-12162 [...] I was immediately reminded of a post Stephen Foskett put out just after #VMWorld2009, “(Don’t) Make Your Startup Look Stupid With Booth Babes And Chotchkies!” [...] [...] I was immediately reminded of a post Stephen Foskett put out just after #VMWorld2009, “(Don’t) Make Your Startup Look Stupid With Booth Babes And Chotchkies!” [...]

]]> By: dj http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-11675 dj Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:48:35 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-11675 those babes are the closer's...you just need to be invited back to the hotel room those babes are the closer's...you just need to be invited back to the hotel room

]]> By: Julie Herd Goodman http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Julie Herd Goodman Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:24:15 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1240 As a technical product manager, nothing is more insulting to me to have an attendee ask to 'speak with someone who knows the product'. Booth babes are an insult to us women who have the technical chops to discuss the merits of our products! As a technical product manager, nothing is more insulting to me to have an attendee ask to 'speak with someone who knows the product'. Booth babes are an insult to us women who have the technical chops to discuss the merits of our products!

]]> By: Calvin Zito http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Calvin Zito Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:33:06 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1219 Why am I not surprised that you got the booth babes to pose for you! My corporate team did a video of me to show the "day in the life of a blogger" and we thought about trying to do something funny to include them but decided against it. You can see the video here: http://bit.ly/XK6RZ. Actually wish you had been around because I would have pulled you into it. I needed a rock star blogger in the video, though John Troyer from VMworld makes a brief appearance. Why am I not surprised that you got the booth babes to pose for you! My corporate team did a video of me to show the "day in the life of a blogger" and we thought about trying to do something funny to include them but decided against it. You can see the video here: http://bit.ly/XK6RZ. Actually wish you had been around because I would have pulled you into it. I needed a rock star blogger in the video, though John Troyer from VMworld makes a brief appearance.

]]> By: Jason Jensen http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Jason Jensen Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:23:10 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1080 I avoided the Bluecat booth like the plague specifically because of those "booth babes". I go to a conference to get good technical information and make good contacts, not to be accosted by provocatively clad women out fondle my badge. Thanks for the post! I avoided the Bluecat booth like the plague specifically because of those "booth babes". I go to a conference to get good technical information and make good contacts, not to be accosted by provocatively clad women out fondle my badge. Thanks for the post!

]]> By: Stephen Foskett http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Stephen Foskett Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:02:43 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1077 Bruce: Funny and true! I really didn't mean to do that, but of course some of the success of this post has probably been due to that very picture! Witness the reaction on FriendFeed as exhibit A. But I guess the thumb drives kind of drive geeks crazy, too (per Andy!) Another unintended reaction: I didn't mean to suggest that booth babe == women, quite the opposite in fact! Happily I think the thinking folks of the other gender understood that the point was to be respectful to them... Bruce: Funny and true! I really didn't mean to do that, but of course some of the success of this post has probably been due to that very picture! Witness the reaction on FriendFeed as exhibit A. But I guess the thumb drives kind of drive geeks crazy, too (per Andy!)

Another unintended reaction: I didn't mean to suggest that booth babe == women, quite the opposite in fact! Happily I think the thinking folks of the other gender understood that the point was to be respectful to them...

]]> By: Bruce Webster http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 Bruce Webster Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:34:55 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1076 Is it just me or is it ironic that you took the time to include a photo of the booth babes? Just sayin'... Is it just me or is it ironic that you took the time to include a photo of the booth babes? Just sayin'...

]]> By: Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:21:23 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1075 Definitely a great post, Stephen. It happened to me a few times at SxSW where I'd set up for a video interview with a vendor, and the marketing guy had been giving me a great elevator pitch before the camera came on, we get into the discussion and he suddenly clams up due to the inability to go off script into technical details. Augmented reality contact lenses (http://siliconangle.net/ver2/2009/09/02/while-were-working-im-going-to-tre/) with a tag indicating technology expertise level would be awesome. Failing that, the pointy hat thing might work, too. Definitely a great post, Stephen.

It happened to me a few times at SxSW where I'd set up for a video interview with a vendor, and the marketing guy had been giving me a great elevator pitch before the camera came on, we get into the discussion and he suddenly clams up due to the inability to go off script into technical details.

Augmented reality contact lenses (http://siliconangle.net/ver2/2009/09/02/while-were-working-im-going-to-tre/) with a tag indicating technology expertise level would be awesome.

Failing that, the pointy hat thing might work, too.

]]> By: Karen Bartleson http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Karen Bartleson Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:07:41 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1074 Thanks for a really good article, Stephen. Yes, I'm RT'ing it now as a thinking person in that half of the population you mentioned. @karenbartleson Author, "The Standards Game" blog Thanks for a really good article, Stephen. Yes, I'm RT'ing it now as a thinking person in that half of the population you mentioned.

@karenbartleson
Author, "The Standards Game" blog

]]> By: Andy http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/09/10/dont-make-your-startup-look-stupid-with-booth-babes-and-chotchkies/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Andy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:52:56 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=7602#comment-1073 Sorry didnt read the post too busy looking at the pictures of all those thumb drives Sorry didnt read the post too busy looking at the pictures of all those thumb drives

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