What about considering another company such as one with other core values than booze-enabled socialization gathering?

For me, being sober among drunk people is one or the things that irritates me the most. Yes, there is no point to speak to anybody who refuses to listen to you or is incapable of doing so. And probabilistically speaking, there should have been a few ones within 100 participants.

This situation highlight the distinction I draw between business development and sales. A biz dev looks for prospects who might be interested in their offering, while a salesman seeks to persuade prospects in an allocated customer portfolio regardless of their needs. The former and its company are more likely to prosper in our hyper-megalopolis of 8 billion people.