Phil Wilson at the Minnov8 blog provided a nice post-mortem on last Saturday. He even includes some post-event interviews with eventgoers.

Check out: Was UnSummit Perfect?

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If you’re interested, below is the comment I left on Phil’s post:

Thanks for the post and the video compilation, Phil! And thanks as well to all of you who have offered constructive feedback.

Of course, anyone who attended my session knows that UnSummit is not perfect! There’s always room to improve.

In keeping with some of the comments collected here and elsewhere, I see a lot of room to embrace the “un”-ness of the UnSummit. I’m very interested in how we keep the event open and flexible and maybe even go further in that direction. To give you one example, we’re thinking about how we can somehow incorporate Open Space into the overall format. Also, I’m lobbying hard for having a totally unstructured lounge experience (complete with an espresso bar!) at the next event. It’ll be an opium den of ideas, if you will, where you could spend the whole day caffeinating and debating, if you wish.

But truth be told, there is no grand strategy behind UnSummit, other than to pique the curiosity and channel the positive energy of the online startup/developer/marketing community. Whatever that means as the local scene evolves.

Personally, I think it’s silly to compare UnSummit with Mima Summit or any other event. They all have their place and serve different needs. In the end, I’m glad we have multiple outlets for building entrepreneurial momentum in these fair towns. And I think we have room for a bunch more. So, who wants to host the next one?