I want to paint a picture for you to get an understanding of the types of events I went to and the people I was able to connect and network with.

One day I went to the Dutch Haus for happy hour and met a lot of government and private sector professionals that are doing some amazing things in the Netherlands. Lots of them are focused on blockchain technology and smart city initiatives, a few areas that the Netherlands is looking to be a leader in. Then another day I went to the Scandinavian house and saw a speech given by the Crown Prince of Norway, to go along with meeting a Hollywood movie director at the same event.

Like I mentioned earlier, the people you can meet at SXSW are very diverse and include royalty, C-level executives, actors, musicians, and some of the top business leaders in the world.