What changes would you make to Internext?

*KK* · 12-29-2004

God forbid that AVN should actually try to run a business and turn a profit.

For those of you that have never put on shows from scratch, I don't know that you comprehend just how much it takes to break even -- when I was at CCBill, the first year we started managing the Phoenix Forum we had good sponsors. And still went 60k in the hole with the number of attendees we weren't expecting based on the success of other non-AVN shows.

I won't even mention that disaster in Vancouver I ended up paying out of pocket for when one of the co-organizers ran away with the sponsor deposits.

We recently had a DRM conference in the Valley, I don't even know which organization put it together -- the single day passes were 595, and the all-inclusive was 1400 -- they had a total of 5 seminars and 7 booths.

Go figure.

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12-29-2004	#11
KK Members Respin bullshit press Your Comments Are Welcomed Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,581	God forbid that AVN should actually try to run a business and turn a profit. For those of you that have never put on shows from scratch, I don't know that you comprehend just how much it takes to break even -- when I was at CCBill, the first year we started managing the Phoenix Forum we had good sponsors. And still went 60k in the hole with the number of attendees we weren't expecting based on the success of other non-AVN shows. I won't even mention that disaster in Vancouver I ended up paying out of pocket for when one of the co-organizers ran away with the sponsor deposits. We recently had a DRM conference in the Valley, I don't even know which organization put it together -- the single day passes were 595, and the all-inclusive was 1400 -- they had a total of 5 seminars and 7 booths. Go figure.