they also take sponsorships and QCon is not cheap to sponsor.
_However_, I’ve organized major tech conferences before: 2.5m is actually that much. Venue costs alone are eye watering.
I won’t name names but I recently saw a tech conference budget that was 8m+ usd for less than 400 attendees.
Kyle Davis
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2025-02-28 01:27:17 UTC
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