SMBNation 2005

As I sit here in the SEA-TAC airport waiting to go back to Michigan (and the Ryder Cup!) I'm reading my email through the wireless connection and found out that Harry Brelsford emailed the tentative dates for SMBNation 2005......drum roll please.....they are Sept. 9-11, 2005 in Seattle again.

Judging from the growth of this years conference from 105 at Indy last year to 230 here in Seattle and from a handful of vendors (HP was there) to a whole other room and overflow, I would think next year's event would grow as well again by 2X considering how many I've heard said they wanted to come but either heard late or had other items come up.

One thing that I think Harry could definitely get some more buy in from is the Microsoft SBS team. Some were definitely a little surprised that Microsoft's SBS team just wasn't all over this event as you had over 200 techs that live and breath SBS 2003. Don't get me wrong, there were Microsoft personnel there and some did give presentations but they just weren't as visible as I thought they would be.

Overall however, it's about interaction with others that do the same thing as you and suffer right with you and this year the conference again didn't disappoint as the breakouts and nightly chats provided much insight into SBS and Small Business Technology all over the world.

Watch for my top 10 from SMBNation as I review my notes and slide decks.