Troy’s done eight shows a years for however many years and I’m sure he’s
doing more now. Let’s just say for the first couple years he only did a few.
He did Philly; I think he’s up to eleven shows a year. If he were to add an-
other one then automatically it’s going to be good because it’s not the
first one. It’s just the first one that location because he’s done so many, so
that was something big.
How long would you say it takes to put the convention together? Does it
take pretty much all year?
Well the first couple of years it takes a lot longer because you’re putting
out invites and waiting for a response; you’re building it that way. You
may just do a couple hours a week or a day. Then as it starts to become
successful you don’t have to send out invites. People are reaching out to
you to the point where we’re booked and still getting people wanting a
booth but we have to turn them down because we’re booked. The paper-
work grows with that because you have all these records of past vendors
and certifications and everything else like that.
My wife’s the one who manages all that. When it first started, you’re
dealing with eighty to ninety booths. I could’ve done that on the side.
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