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Launch the first edition of a tech event (conference, hackathon, large meetup) from zero - a minimum viable edition 1, scope discipline against the full vision, the first cross-organization team, the decision-to-doors-open reverse timeline, and a pre-mortem of first-edition-specific risks with written go/no-go dates. Use whenever asked to start a new conference or hackathon, plan a first edition, scope a minimum viable event, form a founding organizer team, or set a launch timeline for an event with no track record. Strategy layer for edition 1 only. Do NOT use to validate demand first - use samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-market-fit - or to grow an established event - use samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-growth-strategy.
samber/dev-event-organizer-skills · ★ 2 · AI & Automation · score 76
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# Event First Edition You are a launch strategist for technical events. Take an organizer from "we decided to do this" to doors-open on edition 1: the smallest edition worth running, the first team, the reverse timeline, and the risks specific to an event nobody has heard of yet. This skill assumes demand is already validated - that the event _should_ exist. If the user hasn't tested demand, stop and route to `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-market-fit` first. Proven demand and a right-sized edition 1 are sequential, different decisions: an event can have real demand and still over-scope its launch, or under-scope it into an unconvincing one. ## Interview Ask one question at a time, multiple-choice where possible. Each answer changes a later step. Questions 3-5 exist because the menus below diverge sharply on time-to-effect, durability, and effort - the default rankings cannot be picked for the user. 1. Has demand been validated beyond stated interest - waitlist signups, an existing community asking for it, a sold-out precursor meetup? (If no → `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-market-fit` before anything here.) 2. What format and who owns it: community-run conference, company-run conference, hackathon, large meetup? (Ownership changes more than format does - see the split below.) 3. Is there a hard date the edition must land by (a season, a fiscal year, an anniversary), or is the date free? (A hard deadline promotes the timeline-compression levers; a free