Lars Wikman

2 Elixir consultants willing to do 3000 Euro each would cover one major sponsor for Goatmire. 10 of them would bankroll that whole budget post.

Be kind of rad if it was funded by people working in the community. ROI is a questionmark. I'd be happy to make it a special thing.
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Apr 9 at 9:06amWeb
Show threadLars Wikman6d ago

Curious to hear what'd be interesting to my peers slinging hours right now. Tough times though so maybe hard to pull off.

We are not in trouble. Conference funding is humming along. But I'm always thinking about alternative approaches.

Biggest budget items are venue, food and speaker accomodations.

Show threadEllyse6d ago
@lawik very interesting idea. unlike companies with product or scalable services, it’s not clear what i’d be looking for in return as an individual consultant. depending on hourly rate that could represent a decent chunk of work , maybe a week?
i think the credibility building is a good angle along the lines of writing a book or doing a podcast. maybe they can get a piece hosted in the goatmire site or some goatmire gazette "book" that gets published online. something durable but doesn’t cost goatmire much to do.
Show threadLars Wikman5d ago
@ellyxir yeah, I think showing the profiles in various places along the conference and having a page on the 2026 goatmire website would be a good start.
Show threadKonstantin 🏳️‍🌈🔭6d ago
@lawik That's not a small amount - I think a good incentive would be if it's tax deductible
Show threadLars Wikman6d ago

@iamkonstantin I know it isn't a small amount. But for many it would be feasible. And a lot of devs doing this hustle are very bad at making themselves visible so I think the ROI might actually be there if done right.

It would be tax deductible. Is a marketing expense.

Show threadJon Rowe5d ago
@lawik as an independent I would sponsor goatmire in a heartbeat but 3000 would be a stretch at my current client level :/
Show threadLars Wikman5d ago
@JonRowe the number is arbitrary. Glad to hear the input :)