Yes BarCampNYC, Trail Running, and Twisted Ankles

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Yes - BarCampNYC, Trail Running, and Twisted Ankles

For those of you who were at Barcamp, this is the Angel (and not the fairy) in her Merrill's on Angel's Landing
- Zion National Park -

So I am not going to blog too much about trail running, hiking, or sprained ankles.  Again...
However, the next blog will be back to normal, what ever normal is. 
Right now, I'm going blog about my experiences at going to BarCamp in NYC this last weekend.

I didn't meet any trail runners, which was not terribly surprising, but then again, I didn't goto barcamp to meet trail runners.  

However, I did meet several soccer players, basketball players, volleyball players, and lacrosse players during the weekend.  Several of which were really, really interested in the brace, how I came up with it, and why it works so well to help prevent ankle injuries.  I didn't go to barcamp to meet these people either, but its was really cool to see all the positive reactions to the MaxX K Premium Ankle Brace as well as One Tree Products.

So as  I mentioned last week, a big part of barcamp is giving a presentation as well as sitting in on them... I learned just as much researching my talk as I learned from sitting in on other talks.

I've posted my presentation on the One Tree Products facebook page. "Like" the page, fill out the really short form, and you can watch my presentation to find out what is going on with the angel above, and why she landed where she did.

Great. So what's the point of going other than to talk about ankle braces, sports people play in NYC and listening to generally really clever people?

Well the point is this (and it can be true of all networking).  You just don't hear about other people's idea, you give input on them.  Or help them design stuff.  Or help them solve one of their problems.  Or help connect people to launch businesses from their ideas.  While I went with a very specific goal in mind - looking for a business partner to help with the growth of One Tree Products, and I learned a few things along the way - I learned about what makes successful partnerships and what I should be looking for.

Barcamp was fun and exciting to attend, and I plan on attending the next one as well mostly because you never know what is going to happen when you get like-minded people together in one place and what new and cool ideas present themselves and my help you out too.

So you know anyone who whats to be a partner in a booming business?  Have them click on the button below.