{"id":265,"date":"2014-05-17T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peatix.com\/article\/what-we-learned-from-the-2014-collision-conference"},"modified":"2018-06-28T10:13:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T10:13:56","slug":"what-we-learned-from-the-2014-collision-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/experiences\/what-we-learned-from-the-2014-collision-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"What we Learned from the 2014 Collision Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week the Peatix USA team was in Las Vegas, where, of all things, we learned! Here is what the first ever Collision Conference<\/a> in the US had to impart:<\/p>\n

Fact #1: Blue Bottle Coffee\u2019s \u201cNew Orleans Iced Coffee\u201d is now in stores<\/h4>\n

\"Blue<\/p>\n

Whereas Starbucks bottled frappuccinos can be left out in the sun for a year and still be perfectly drinkable, Blue Bottle\u2019s cartoned iced coffee, available now at Whole Foods, will reportedly contain the novelty of a shelf life.<\/p>\n

On another note, the company will be setting up shop in Japan, completely skipping over some equally deserving US cities, literally because the Blue Bottle guys like a challenge.<\/p>\n

Fact #2: Start-up names don\u2019t necessarily have to be made-up words<\/h4>\n

\"Orchestrate
\n\"Lobster\"<\/p>\n

This was like a how babies are made-level realization for most people at Collision. There were a few bold entrepreneurs in attendance who decided that no, in fact, there companies wouldn\u2019t be a made up word or end in -fly or -ify or -ly or abstain from vowels.<\/p>\n

Fact #3: Tony Hawk is a startup bro<\/h4>\n

Tony Hawk, on stage – Collision hasn’t disappointed pic.twitter.com\/4nW3f8LuCU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark Charkin (@MarkCharkin) May 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n