Short advice from Jason M. Lemkin (SaaStr Annual 2016) urging attendees to maximize on-site time and prioritize building one high-value, free relationship per day. Recommends researching people and companies you will meet (especially lesser-known ones), attending as much on-site programming as possible, and treating speaker selections as intentional.
Make it an action item for you that each day you want to build one amazing free relationship that you can take back with you. If you build three of those over three days, SaaS takes time. I guarantee those relationships will cascade in value and grow in value over the coming two, three, seven to 10 years. And I think that should be your goal. Do a Google search and read about everyone you're going to meet, especially maybe the companies that you haven't heard of. Because I can tell you, especially on the strategy stage, there's a very specific reason every speaker is at this event. Then just take it in. And I would say take in as much time on site as you can, because you can't be there long enough. You will meet more and more amazing people the longer you're on cycle.
