EVENTful | The Consumer Show #25, 4 Times The Catch-Up!

August 2, 2018 Aly Merritt

This is the second of four recaps-that-I'm-behind-on of The Consumer Show at Switchyards, which I am putting together into a quadruple feature, because my full-time job ate my life for the last few months. Thanks for the patience, everyone!

So, The Consumer Show, Better Late Than Never, Part 2:

EVENTful | The Consumer Show #24, 4 Times the Catch-up!

June 7, 2018 Aly Merritt

This is the first of four recaps-that-I'm-behind-on of The Consumer Show at Switchyards, which will be put together into a quadruple feature, because my full-time job ate my life for the last few months. Thanks for the patience, everyone!

So, The Consumer Show, Better Late Than Never, Part 1:

Life, and Murphy's Law (Otherwise known as, "What happens to best-laid plans")

April 15, 2018 Aly Merritt

Yeah, Lucy, I feel you.  ^ Definitely me, the last few months. Minus that glorious amount of chocolate. Maybe that would have helped. — **Yeah, Lucy,** I feel you. ^ Definitely me, the last few months. Minus that glorious amount of chocolate. Maybe that would have helped.

"Okay, but ... where have you been? Are you still blogging? What have you been doing???"

That would be Charlton (Startup Atlanta executive director), catching me at a startup event a few weeks ago, wondering what the heck was up with me. And he was not the only one.

EVENTful | The Consumer Show #23, Guest Post Edition

January 7, 2018 Aly Merritt

Grab a mic at Switchyards to share your startup with the world! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle — **Grab a mic** at Switchyards to share your startup with the world! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle

Hello everyone! James here, filling in for Aly while she’s off making the world a better place.

The Consumer Show is always one of my favorite events that I attend. There's something really fun about watching startups pitch their ideas to a crowd and hearing everyone’s questions to the companies.

EVENTful | The Consumer Show #22, Guest Post Edition

December 20, 2017 Aly Merritt

It says starts at 7 p.m., but we all know that's a variable range. Doors and beer at 6 p.m. for sure, though! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle — **It says starts at 7 p.m.,** but we all know that's a variable range. Doors and beer at 6 p.m. for sure, though! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle

Hey everyone, welcome back to Osborn in the ATL! Your one-and-only source for The Consumer Show recaps when Aly decides to leave the city of newfound startups and crumbling infrastructure.

EVENTful | The Consumer Show #21

November 28, 2017 Aly Merritt

I mean, Switchyards is design-focused, so of course they have posters for every event! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle — **I mean, Switchyards is design-focused,** so *of course* they have posters for every event! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle

Aaaand we are back, for the twenty-first edition of The Consumer Show! That's 107 B2C companies which have come through Switchyards, y'all, how cool is that?

You know what else is cool? SWAGLANTA.com.

No, I am not making that up, that is a real site, made to share "swag for people who ❤ Atlanta."

EVENTful | The Consumer Show #20

November 2, 2017 Aly Merritt

The Consumer Show: Techstars Edition! Now with new photographers and, just this one, a rapid-fire Q&A format. PHOTO: Marco Hernandez — **The Consumer Show: Techstars Edition!** Now with new photographers and, just this one, a rapid-fire Q&A format. PHOTO: Marco Hernandez

This is gonna be a little different today, y’all.

I've been struggling with how to do the last episode of The Consumer Show justice in my usual 4,500-word epics, and I finally gave it up. Because I wrote up the Techstars Demo Day piece, and TCS #20 was all TechStars, and it was also several (amazing) companies I've covered before, and I ran out of the words. (Clearly, since then I didn't say anything for the last two weeks! Yes, Tavani, you may now make fun of me for being very very very late on my recap.)

Techstars ATL Demo Day 2017

October 23, 2017 Aly Merritt

Demo Day is the culmination of the 13-weeks Techstars Atlanta program (in partnership with Cox Enterprises) | PHOTO: Jenni Girtman — **Demo Day is the** culmination of the 13-weeks Techstars Atlanta program (in partnership with Cox Enterprises) | PHOTO: Jenni Girtman

There's nothing I love more than a pitch event (as y'all well know), and it crushed me last year when I had to miss the inaugural Techstars Atlanta Demo Day. So when Mia Jones-Walker with TAG reached out to me about attending this year, I leapt at the chance to come support some pretty awesome startups, several of them local! (Also, she said the words "open bar." Startups and drinks? Yes, please!)

EVENTful | The Consumer Show #19

September 19, 2017 Aly Merritt

Coffee, beer, pitches, wings, and words of wisdom from founders. The best of everything! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle — **Coffee, beer, pitches, wings, and words of wisdom from founders.** The best of everything! | PHOTO: Jason Seagle

It appears The Consumer Show crowd is one of moderation — in really good weather or really bad weather, the turnout is so-so, but it takes in-between weather to get standing room only. With a hurricane in the wings, last Thursday erred on the "really bad weather" side. (Also, it was the week after Labor Day, so we could blame three-day weekends too, I suppose.) At any rate, the crowd was still on-hand to check out the five presenting companies, and to eat some wings.

EVENTful | The Consumer Show #18

August 10, 2017 Aly Merritt

Made with Soul in Atlanta. Need we say more? | PHOTO: Jason Seagle — **Made with Soul in Atlanta.** Need we say more? | PHOTO: Jason Seagle

We are somehow already to the eighteenth edition of The Consumer Show! And a year and a half in, one thing remains the same: People are still loud in the back of the room.

Seriously, y'all, were you raised in barns? Don't come out to see these brave people and then gab through their presentations, that's not cool.