# Siempre Feedback at VDS 2026 Valencia: A Live-Rated Pitch

Source: https://siemprefeedback.com/blog/siempre-feedback-vds-2026-valencia

*2026-10-27 by SiempreFeedback*

Siempre Feedback went to [**VDS 2026**](https://vds.tech/), the Valencia Digital Summit. We came back with sore feet, a full notebook and 21 live votes on our pitch.

VDS is the international tech event organised by Startup Valencia. It’s now in its ninth edition, with more than 600 speakers, and it’s held at Valencia’s iconic City of Arts and Sciences. This year’s theme was *“GENESIS. Origin of What’s Next.”* That fit us nicely, because VDS was a genesis moment for our team too: our very first sales kick-off.

And let’s be honest, a brand called *Siempre* (“always” in Spanish) felt right at home in Valencia.

![Explaining the benefits of Siempre Feedback](https://res.cloudinary.com/ddl9ewsfx/image/upload/v1/original_images/siempre-vds-2_wfuesn)

## Our first sales kick-off (first time for all of us, more or less)

There’s something special about doing something for the first time, together. VDS was a lot of fun, and it also came with plenty of exciting moments. Some were maybe even a little stressful. :-)

We worked hard: conversations, introductions, pitching, and learning how a room of startups, investors and corporates reacts to an idea we live and breathe every day. We also made time to enjoy it, and yes, to celebrate. Valencia makes that very easy.

## Day two: the pitch, and a live stress test

On the second day of VDS, Miha took the stage to pitch Siempre Feedback to the crowd. In his own words:

“It was a lot of fun presenting what we’ve been working on. But I’ll admit it got a bit tricky when I added a demo slide asking the crowd to rate my pitch, live. The question was simple: *How is this pitch so far?* with three possible answers: **Excellent**, **Meh** or **Bad**.
 I wasn’t sure people would actually give feedback. I just hoped they would. And of course I hoped the ‘stress test’ for the platform would end well.”

See the feedback sheet here: [Feedback How is this pitch?](https://siemprefeedback.com/c/siempre-feedback-marketing/v26YeFhyYes?lang=en)

Why take the risk? Because it’s exactly what we sell. Siempre Feedback is built on **in-the-moment feedback**: one question, one tap, about five seconds, no app and no login, asked right where the experience happens. If we believe that works for hotels, shops and airports, it had better work for a room full of strangers in the middle of a pitch. And if nobody had scanned, that would have been feedback too.

![Miha pitching Siempre Feedback to the crowd :-)](https://res.cloudinary.com/ddl9ewsfx/image/upload/v1/original_images/siempre-vds-6_iyxuta)

![Crowd providing the feedback for the pitch, which has also been a real demo.](https://res.cloudinary.com/ddl9ewsfx/image/upload/v1/original_images/siempre-vds-5_izjgny)

The audience delivered:

- **22 people** scanned the QR code and voted, live, mid-pitch
- **13 × Excellent** (59%)
- **8 × Meh** (36%)
- **1 × Bad** (5%)

That works out to a **Net Feedback Score of +54**: 59% positive minus 5% negative. That’s the metric we recently launched in our analytics. And the platform? It held up, live, in front of the crowd.

## What we learned on stage

**People will give feedback if you make it this easy.** A room full of strangers, in the middle of a talk, with one scan and no app. Now compare that with the post-event survey email that lands a week later and gets archived.

**The “Meh” is the gold.** Eight honest “Meh” votes tell us more than polite applause ever could. That’s the quiet middle: people who aren’t unhappy, but aren’t wowed yet. It’s exactly the signal Siempre Feedback is built to capture, and we’re taking it to heart for the next pitch.

**One “Bad” is a gift.** To whoever pressed it: thank you, honestly. That’s the feedback that makes the next version better.

**Real-time beats “we’ll send you a survey.”** We knew how the room felt before Miha stepped off the stage. That’s *See. Scan. Act.* in a nutshell.

What’s next

We’re now following up on the conversations from Valencia, and we’re already thinking about the next stage. If you run events, conferences or venues, picture every session, stand and coffee break rated like this, in real time, with the results live on your dashboard.

Curious how it works for your business? Take a look at [**siemprefeedback.com**](https://siemprefeedback.com/). You can try it in five seconds, no app required.

**Thank you, VDS, Startup Valencia and everyone who scanned. ¡Hasta la próxima, Valencia!**

![Results as they can be seen in Siempre Feedback](https://res.cloudinary.com/ddl9ewsfx/image/upload/v1/original_images/siemprefeedback-how-is-the-pitch-results_fwmrfr)