Important Edit: It seems that our ticketing scheme was too confusing. We simplified it and introduced a new type of tickets for those who like to attend only on Sunday to watch the demos and listen to what entrepreneurs learned during the weekend. Details here, sale ends 2/18.

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Our goal is to get developers and entrepreneurs together to build hugely successful Facebook applications, and to do everything we can to help them achieve that success. Many of us have organized events and we all quickly learned that many people in the Bay Area say they are going to come to an event and never show up. In fact, the attrition rate of people RSVPing “Yes” and not showing up can sometimes be over 50%. Given the limited space, if we didn’t devise a way to guarantee commitment, a lot of people who wouldn’t show up would RSVP “Yes” because it costs nothing to them. However, by doing that they would bar entry to people who really wanted to show up but couldn’t because the event was fully booked. We thought such a situation would be unfair to the people who wanted to show up but couldn’t, to the people who showed up finding only half the crowd they expected and to our sponsors who entrusted us with their support. That’s why we devised a way that would guarantee commitment:

This how it works: you buy a ticket for $20, and when you show up we reverse that charge and give you back your money on Sunday (minus a 99-cent service fee that EventBrite charges).

You can get your tickets here: http://blog.weekendapps.com/sign-up/

So there you have it. For free less than $1, you get to attend two and a half days full of activity, get help releasing your Facebook application, listen to presentations from successful people, learn the tricks of viral growth on Facebook, and make a lot of friends and business partners. Ohh, and possibly win expensive prizes that our sponsors are giving out (more about that later). Now that’s a great deal

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