Its hard to make the most of web summit week. Sooo much going on. How do you choose what to go to? There is serious FOMO at every juncture.
The good news is that pretty much everything will be awesome! So fill your boots as the saying goes. Just try to stay present at each thing, and enjoy the moment and the company you are in.
Don’t worry if things don’t quite start out as you expect, just give it some patience and see where things end up. Being present is the key. Making authentic connections the reward.
Cutting through the noise is an art form, refined by regular web summit attendees over many years. Between meetup.com and Eventbrite and all the other platforms there are literally 100s of events that you could spend your time at. Having goals is the key - and then linking what you are doing and the way you spend your [limited] time to those goals.
To help you plan your week, here are some of the things we are taking time to go to and highly recommend
Monday - Sunset networking event with Startup Lisboa → https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-where-good-conversations-become-great-experiences-tickets-440413818587
Wednesday - The startup Grind ecosystem party - https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-lisbon-presents-the-startup-ecosystem-party/cohost-lisbon
Thursday - The Taiwan startup pitch event from 10x Innovation lab - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taiwan-web-summit-pitch-night-tickets-431051064337
Thursday - Lisbon digital nomads web summit week special edition meetup → https://www.meetup.com/lisbon-digital-nomads/events/288840698/
Got any other suggestions? Leave a comment below and let others find their way through the noise too.
Of course the Canopy Demo Night is on Wednesday 2nd → https://linktr.ee/CanopyCommunity We are pretty much sold out at the time of writing but if you drop your name on the waitlist we will open out a few more tickets in the last 7 days (subject to fire code etc).
Wishing you a wonderful Web Summit Week!