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No more trades shows in 2007. Please!

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Jeremy Toeman

IMG_2807 ari fancy food show boothJust finished three days at the San Francisco Fancy Food Show, and I hope (pray) that I’m done with conferences for the year.  The show went great for Cocoa Designs (my wife’s chocolate business), and I had a couple of friendly drop-bys (no hop-ons though).  It’s actually a very fun show, especially in the last hour when virtually every booth is either giving away their supplies, or trading for other wares.  I walked away with oodles of oils, vinegars, jams (and jellies), crackers, chips, and a nice bottle of port. 

Funny coincidence #1: John Dvorak (yes, of PC Magazine fame) was walking the show with his camera.  We talked a little chocolate, but mostly tech.

Funny coincidence #2: I saw a guy walk by with the CES press bag and we chatted for a moment.  He informed me that rather than leave my bag (which I didn’t much care for – two zippers jammed during the show) in my hotel room, I could’ve sold it for upwards of $200!  Oops!

Funny coincidence #3: A woman staffing the booth next to ours actually spends much of her time in tech, working with a consumer electronics distributor.  We talked tech.

Funny coincidence #4: My CES tips were pretty valid for this show.  Ironically, I caught a cold.

Updated: first post said 2006.  that is how out of it I was!

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4 thoughts on “No more trades shows in 2007. Please!”

  1. BrandonC says:
    January 23, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    Hopefully no more trade shows in 2007. 🙂

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  2. Jeremy Toeman says:
    January 23, 2007 at 11:23 pm

    Brandon – thanks for the callout – i fixed it. Now time for sleep!

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  3. Guy says:
    January 23, 2007 at 11:48 pm

    Now that I tried your wife’s chocolate I can safely say – dude, we are all in the wrong business. REAL chocolate rulez.

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  4. brandonc says:
    January 24, 2007 at 6:18 pm

    No prb JT. I got your back. 🙂

    Reply

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Jeremy Toeman is a seasoned Product leader with over 20 years experience in the convergence of digital media, mobile entertainment, social entertainment, smart TV and consumer technology. Prior ventures and projects include CNET, Viggle/Dijit/Nextguide, Sling Media, VUDU, Clicker, DivX, Rovi, Mediabolic, Boxee, and many other consumer technology companies. This blog represents his personal opinion and outlook on things.

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