An app to centralize and manage side events at conferences. It scrapes data from various sources (Luma, Party.gg, Eventbrite, spreadsheets), plots them on a map, and offers one-click RSVP. It evolves into a professional networking platform with user directories, chat, and AI-powered Q&A, addressing the need for authentic connections at conferences.
Opportunity7.0
Why now
Current solutions are old/fragmented (spreadsheets). Conference attendees are highly motivated to network. L&D budgets are allocated for conferences, making it an expensable business tool. People want better tools for connection.
Market gap
No centralized, modern, user-friendly app for discovering and managing conference side events and facilitating professional networking among attendees. Existing solutions are old (Cent) or manual (spreadsheets).
Business fit
Type
SaaS app/Professional Network
Target
Conference attendees, professional networkers, event organizers
Revenue
Potential for 50-250/month per user, expensable via L&D budgets. Wedge to a multi-billion dollar market (Cent is $4.5B).
Founder
Someone excited about conferences and professional networking, willing to build a wedge product over time.
Scores
Problem
9.0
Feasibility
8.0
Why now
9.0
Go-to-market
7.0
Confidence
10.0
Proof signals
People clamored for a crappy version built for NFNC ('people were just Like Loving It people clamored for it like people said thank you so much can I get my friend on it').
Conference organizers want people to meet up (increases return rates).
Comparison to Shopify's Shop app experience for tracking purchases ('magical experience').
Conference tickets are expensive because corporate people have L&D budgets to spend ('$2 to $3,000 a year... most of them spend it at conferences').
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
Conference app
880/mo
-55% YoY
Event networking
1,600/mo
-16% YoY
Professional social networking
110/mo
-59% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
Source episode
SaaS apps that will print profitsEpisode source
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