Great point ;-) thanks Tom On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 09:29 Tom Daly <tjd@fastly.com> wrote:
Mehmet,
Good idea, the opportunity for innovation and supporting ideas of others in our operator groups is important, but NANOG is probably the wrong venue.
Have you considered NANOG's 501c3 not-for-profit status in your analysis of bringing this idea to the community? As a presenter, how would one protect his/her intellectual property being shown to the proposed "sharks" and/or the audience? (would an audience be permitted in the room?)
I can't speak for the NANOG Board nor the Program Committee, but as an interested party in NANOG's 501(c)3 not-for-profit status, I am pretty certain this activity would jeopardize our recognized exemption with the IRS. I think this is an important detail you explore before proceeding.
HTH, Tom
On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 11:11 AM Mehmet Akcin <mehmet@akcin.net> wrote:
Hey there,
I am trying to put together an event at NANOG Austin (will submit pc when CFP is open). So many of us had very interesting ideas over the years. Some of these ideas became products or companies making life easy for engineers and operators. Could there be other ideas waiting to be supported? Perhaps. I am sure you all watched shark tank! In simplest words i am trying to organize an event very similar to Shark Tank!( we will call it some other name tho)
There will be some known investors on the stage and you will 5 mins for your pitch and 10 mins to answer questions, and hopefully make a deal.
I will help those who want to pitch their idea with their p&l , presentation and other things as they needed.
Please contact me if you have any questions offlist and want to pitch your idea. We need a single paragraph to get you started.
Mehmet -- Mehmet +1-424-298-1903
-- Tom Daly - SVP, Infrastructure tjd@fastly.com
-- Mehmet +1-424-298-1903