SMB Nation: Reminders for Next Year

Just a quick list of reminders for next year’s SMB nation (some of which were learned the hard way).

• Get there the day before SMB nation starts, and attend any and all pre-events that you can find
• Stay at whatever hotels are recommended (this year, they were the Courtyard Marriott’s in Redmond, and Bellevue) – you'll meet other attendees and probably learn something
  
• Go to the breakfasts
• Stay as long as you can in the evenings – even the vendor sponsored events
• Go down and hang out in the hotel lobbies after 11:00pm – there will be other attendees worth meeting
• Stay until Monday after the conference, and attend whatever extra events you can
• You can never have enough business cards - double whatever you planned to bring!