Laracon EU 2015
24 - 26 Aug 2015 at The Royal Tropical Institute

I thought the content of the talk was very interesting. Sometimes the structure of your talk was a bit hard to follow. I loved the noun project logo's but a build of text might have guided the audience through your talk better.
As I understand this was your first talk before such a big audience. You did great. Defintly do it again!

The content of this talk was top notch. Maybe it could be improved buy adding some more code examples and bringing down the pace at bit.

I had a very good experience and learned a lot. I agree with everything Chris Brown is saying about this workshop.

Though you were clearly a bit nervous (who wouldn't be the first time before such a large crowd) I think you did a fine job. An ecosystem like the one built around Laravel needs a friendly faces to explain all. I'm sure newcomers to Laravel will find the video of your talk very usefull.
Having said that I'd shorten up the presentation of the tools (and just skip the pricing) and focus a bit more on the people. (It was btw a great choice to not focus on the big names for once)
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If a look at this talk objectively, it was a very informative talk. It's just one of those talks that belongs on a Laravel conference: a quick overview of what Laravel has to offer. For me personally (someone who follows it all very closely) it wasn't anything new, but I'm sure non-Laravel attendees, beginners and employers really benefited from this talk. There have to be talks for every audience, so I think this talk fitted in the program perfectly
My employer was very pleased he got a thorough overview of what Laravel has to offer: it even made him interested (finally - you did something we didn't manage) in Forge and Envoyer! So even if it wasn't a sales pitch, it worked! ;)

Surely your talk can be improved. I had the feeling you were a bit nervous and I understand! Talking for 450 people in a language that (I assume) you don't speak natively: I would get nervous for less! I'm positive you will feel more at ease next time.
A little more balance would have benefited your talk as well: you talked a lot about the products/framework/extensions Laravel offers and only very shortly about the community (I assume time limit). A bit less product talk (don't think it's necessary to explain a lot in depth) and more talk about the community would have pleased more people. Looking at how other speakers tackled this: I really saw that anecdotes kept it fresh and entertaining: maybe that's something you can try to introduce more in your next talk. I'm sure you have some good stories about how the community has helped you with Laravel.io (I remember the spam problems you had a while back).

Don't let the haters discourage you (remember: you can picture them holding their heads underwater ;) ). Both me and them wouldn't have done it any better!
Your talk has a lot of potential and with some rewriting it can become a talk that pleases both audiences: experienced and newcomers.

- Didn't close the gap to laravel or elixir.
- Missed popular frameworks like angular.js

+ good presentation
+ nice introduction to react.js

Loved it.

Nice (and fun) to see how other people started freelancing or started their own business. I enjoyed this talk! But... maybe I would've liked to see more in-depth information, like real cases or something like that. However, I think it totally depends on the audience, which appeared to be mixed (employed/freelance/dev/non-dev/etc.). I liked it anyway!

Such a great opener for this conference. Even though you see yourself as a jerk, I think most people still see you as a happy woodpecker in a lumber yard.
You balanced the talk very well, just enough jokes and anecdotes to keep it interesting and entertaining till the end; letting us feel: we want more! Your humoristic and very human style (you are one of us!) of talking, really put this talk to the next level. It let the message come across stronger.
Inspirational talk which can really make a difference: I hope people will work on this, because it will help them feel happier too! Changing the world, starts with yourself!

I thought it is a wrong topic for laracon.
Sorry, I was wrong.
Great performance on heavy stuff in a short time.