3,000 millennials on a cruise ship: an insider's look into Summit at Sea 2015

Loic Le Meur is a co-founder at LeWeb, as well as an entrepreneur and investor at LinkedIn, Lending Club, Evernote and many other startups.Summit at Sea 2015 was really special and amazing. I enjoyed it and Im signing up for next year. Lots of inspiring talks, great music, some art, many many great people in a closed offline environment and some weird stuff such as special meditation techniques. Loved it.SEE ALSO:John Legend, Eric Schmidt, and a ton of startup CEOs are all taking a wild cruise together this NovemberWho organizes it'Summit at Sea is organized by Summit founded in 2008 by Elliott Bisnow, Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal, Jeremy Schwartz, and Ryan Begelman. I know Elliott and Jeff well. The first Summit at Sea took 1000 young entrepreneurs on a ship in 2011. Summit also purchased Powder Mountain and organized many events there. I participated in Summit Outside which was their largest on the Mountain and really enjoyed it too.There arent only billionaires and celebrities there, but sure, there is some of that and at times you see some of that but not too much and not only.Where is it' How is the food and accommodation'The ship leaves Miami and goes to the Bahamas and back. 2015 was on one of the Norwegian ships which feels like youre in Las Vegas inside. Its very comfortable but the decoration is pretty tacky and slot machines are all around (which very few people from Summit used). The basic cabins are small but comfortable and very quiet. There is a number of touristy themed restaurants such as Le Bistro and Teppanyaki. Everything was included in the registration fee and the food was okay but not amazing. Most restaurants were pre-booked for the whole trip so I always ended up in the huge few restaurants that did not need any reservation and werent that great but okay.Summit shut down all wifi satellite access on the ship except for 10 computers in the main lobby. It made everyone not look at their phones and computers for three days, which was great. You cant leave the boat either, so everyone is together and there are no side events.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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