Okay FinTwit, we have the links setup from @JW_Orlando and @RC_Orlando so you can start booking your rooms for the @FinTwitConf during Columbus Day weekend (October 8-10, 2021)
We have 200 rooms blocked off at the JW Marriott Orlando (@JW_Orlando) and 150 rooms blocked off at The Ritz Carlton Orlando (@RC_Orlando)
We negotiated a room rate of $239/night at both hotels -- they are right next to each other and share amenities including the pools.
Once these 350 rooms are gone there's no guarantee we'll be able to get more rooms at these two properties and there's no guarantee the rate will be $239/night so hurry up and book ASAP.
The actual conference on Saturday October 9th will be in the ballroom at the JW Marriott
In order to attend all of the activities during the weekend you'll need to purchase an event ticket at eventbrite.com/e/fintwit-conf…
We decided to charge $175 which covers the food & beverages costs, the sponsors will cover the rest.
If you want to know what's included in the ticket price please go to FinTwit2021.com and click on "event details"
We'll be doing a buffet breakfast and buffet lunch on Saturday Oct 9th, both are included in the ticket price.
We already have 7 speakers and 5 sponsors confirmed -- all listed on the website at FinTwit2021.com
We'll be adding another 4-6 speakers and 5-7 sponsors in the next few days.
Even though the event doesn't technically start until Friday October 8th with the 6-9pm cocktail party, you can book rooms at our negotiated rate ($239/night) as early as Tuesday October 5th (in case you want to arrive a few days early to relax, play golf, go to Disney, etc.)
Even though the event ends on Sunday, October 10th after the morning Q&A roundtable session and the afternoon NFL party... you can stay at either property until Wednesday October 13th at our negotiated rate ($239/night)
I'm planning to be there from October 5th to October 12th.
Just as a reminder, I'm not making any money off this event.
In full disclosure we're paying $55/person for the breakfast buffet and $65/person for the lunch buffet not including 32.5% in taxes and gratuity -- so please bring your appetites!!!
Throw in another $25,000+ for A/V costs and then travel/food costs for my 2-3 helpers and the speakers plus I'll need to pay for signage, cases of water, and tons of other stuff that's not worth mentioning.
I did my best to get the costs as low as possible for everyone.
Once again, everything you probably need to know is posted at FinTwit2021.com
It’s official — the FinTwit Conference in Orlando over Columbus Day weekend has the green light 🚀
I signed the contract today. Now I’m just waiting for the sales team to send over the our special reservation links so everyone can book their rooms and get the negotiated rates.
I’ll be launching a website tomorrow with all the details, schedules, speakers, tickets and hotel reservation links so make sure you fill out this form to ensure you get that email
Between the keynote speakers, breakout sessions and panels we'll have approximately 12 speakers in total.
Since attendees will have to pick which breakout sessions to attend it means they'll miss some however everyone that buys a ticket will also get the recordings for free.
We've negotiated a block of rooms at both properties for $239/night plus $20 resort fee (down from $40 normally).
We've also decided to do all the content/speaking in one day (Saturday from 9am-1pm) instead of breaking it up over two days which just increases F&B costs.
This means the new schedule would be:
Friday 6-8pm: happy hour (cash bar)
Saturday 8-9am: buffet breakfast (included)
Saturday 9am-12:30pm: speakers, breakout sessions, panels (included)
Saturday 12:30-1:15pm: lunch (included)
Saturday afternoon: OPEN
Sunday: OPEN
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Lastly, here's a recent interview with Sam Sidhu, COO of Customers Bank (one of $UPST's bank partners); they've been working with $UPST for several years and are now processing $100+ million of consumer loans per month through the $UPST platform.
7 months ago I loaded up on $UPST $FUTU $CELH before the big revenue growth kicked in -- this worked out very well.
Now I'm doing the same thing with $DMTK $DM $CLPT b/c the big revenue growth will kick in over the next 4-6 quarters which should move these stocks much higher.
Just to be clear, $UPST $FUTU and $CELH are still my largest positions and I've been adding to each of them the past few days but I expect $DMTK $DM and $CLPT to be massive winners over the next 18 months as we get into that revenue acceleration.
If you don't know much about 3D printing (especially 3D printing for metal compounds/materials) then this is a great video to get you started that compares 3D printing to the more traditional methods of making metal parts ie casting and stamping