What Does Andrew Reynolds Eat For Lunch?
So I was at the World Internet Summit UK in Wembley a few days ago and I’ll be following up with a number of reports once I’ve got my notes in order.
If you read my last couple of posts you’ll know that I wanted to get to the bottom of Andrew Reynold’s involvement in the event and find out why he promoted it the way he did.
Well, I was more surprised than I should have been to find that he really was one of the key organisers and hosts of the Summit with most (if not all) of the bookings going through his company and via his list and sales web site.
In fact, when Ted Ciuba asked how many of us had heard the preview calls, as I suspected, I was one of only about 10 people that raised their hand. Out of 800 delegates, that’s not very impressive. I still think it’s a bit of a shame because there was some good content in those calls and not all of it got repeated at the seminar.
So, is Andrew Reynolds as approachable and down-to-earth as he always makes out to be?
In a word, I think the answer is “yes”! I have to say that my respect for Andrew went up several notches these last few days. Not just because he sat down with a bunch of us in the food hall for lunch , answering questions and chatting, but also for the kind support he gave me later on (I’ll probably post about that another time).
I told Andrew how I felt about the way the promotion was put together and he seemed to genuinely take it on board and even apologised. His reasoning was that he thought the “World Internet Summit” badge would confuse his customers and he chose to focus on the 72-hour demo aspect. He knew it might upset a few people but was prepared to take the risk. That’s business I guess.
So what does Andrew Reynolds eat for lunch?
The answer is fluorescent orange sandwiches it seems! I don’t know what was in them but I swear I saw them glowing as they came out the packet. Peppercorn and uranium I think. Nice!