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Agreed on not thinking the events are 1 shot. I always try to speak from experience and I can say, over the last 9 months of having a very niche website in production, that there is never just 1 shot.

Keep trying. There is not just 1 customer; there is not just 1 job; there is not just 1 investor.

The more you get your name out there, the more people will recognize who you are and what your capable of.

In regards to my website, there was a time 9 months ago, no one had any idea who we were. Now we go to an event and people come up to us and say "hey, i've heard of you guys. What do you do?"

And they probably will not signup for the website that night no matter how hard I try. But they remember you and next time they may, or 3 months from now, they may.

Don't look at it as 1 shot; look at it you have x minutes in front of this person(s) to prove yourself / your product. Plan for it, and embrace it.

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