“Winning” SXSW Has Yet To Produce A Winning Business

Gowalla AustinIt’s pretty easy to write yet another post about who “won” SXSW or, if you’re feeling ornery or ambitious, how there are no longer any breakout stars. But there’s an important point lost in this repetitive debate.

SXSW is good at producing cultural phenomena — think apps that take off among a critical mass of digerati, who then fly home and spread these products to other parts of the country or world.

But the conference doesn’t have a track record yet for producing sustainable consumer Internet businesses.

If previous SXSW “winners” Twitter or Foursquare had the revenue growth and the smidge of net income that’s helpful for debuting on public markets, they might have been in the wave of companies that filed for an IPO in the past year.

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We are happy to announce that we will be having Mark Schaefer of Schaefer Marketing Solutions on the Marketing Tech Blog Radio Show this Friday, March 16, at 3 p.m. EST. On our show, we will be talking to Mark about his new book, Return on Influence, as well as his experiences in the social media and blogging world. Mark W. Schaefer is a globally-recognized blogger, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at {grow} — one of the top marketing blogs of … Continue reading


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