Comments on: Are You a Top 12 Connected Innovator?

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By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:45:55 +0000

Hey – This is SuperNova’s (and almost all conference’s) show. I worked with them last year, and will probably do it again next year. When I’m running the show (techcrunch20), things are different. The pay for speaking time format isn’t going away.

By: Valerie Cruz

Valerie Cruz — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:04:39 +0000

#17 mike – we probably won’t see any notes from arrington on this – tho it would be nice.

clearly this post conflicts with the one you point to. that was a huge hoopla when it was posted and on calacanis about how it will be so great not to charge. and how this is a “better way” – yet we support this?

hrm

By: jackmayofferr

jackmayofferr — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:15:39 +0000

Sounds like another Rock Star Supernova, and we all know what a train wreck that was

By: Mike Volpe

Mike Volpe — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:59:38 +0000

Follow-up comment…

Read this:
http://www.tech...h20-conference/

Has something changed? Or is all that stuff about there being a conflict of interest when companies pay to present at conferences still hold true for this event?

By: Mike Volpe

Mike Volpe — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:55:03 +0000

Wow. I was excited to apply for my company HubSpot, and then read the comments and confirmed that winners have to pay $5,000 just to appear. There is even a nice warning on the entry form to “make sure you can pay this fee before applying”. Cute.

Normally I love techCrunch. I read it all the time. I have not gone to a related event yet, and was thinking about it. But this one just seems so contrary to all the community building and open sharing of ideas we’ve all be working on the past few years. Basically, this fee means that unless you have raised $4-6 million from one of the VC shops, you are blocked out of this event, because even if you have a some good seed funding ($1m?) the ROI on this $5k is not good when compared to building product or acquiring customers.

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:34:54 +0000

“Attensa, Ether, Lifeio, Netvibes, PostApp, PROTOMOBL, Sharpcast, SoonR, StumbleUpon, Vpod.tv, Webaroo an Zixxo”

Pffft. WHAT? These are company names? Sounds like somebody listed off the handles of a bunch of adolescent gamers. These are ridiculous.

Got to own those search results, right!

By: rack pallet

rack pallet — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:56:01 +0000

- Demo 10k, Supernova 5k;

– It seems we all in the wrong business.

-RB

By: It is what it is

It is what it is — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:30:49 +0000

Supernova is a bargain compared to Demo, which is nearly $20K.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:12:14 +0000

That’s $1000/minute (not incl. transportation) … gangsta

By: Tony Wright

Tony Wright — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:38:34 +0000

That “we charge the winners” model seems a tad shifty… Still, you’d probably be lucky to get that much attention if you invested $5,000 in PR elsewhere.

Mike, do you have a sense of whether last year’s “winners” thought it was a good investment? My gut feeling would be that they did.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:37:14 +0000

I only recognize one of last year’s 12 presenters.

By: i see a dot .

i see a dot . — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:48:43 +0000

it’s unanimous: this event is a croc

you need coin to watch – and even more coin to show.

By: Search Engine WEB

Search Engine WEB — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:40:08 +0000

It is so pathetic that in this day and age – expos are still using NUMBERS as a limit.

Each of these companies and their output represents the dreams and sweat of intelligent, hardworking people.

Extraordinary excellence has no numerical limit – forget about the number 12! Allow all superb companies to be acknowleged.

Would it not be absurd if it got to the point of reviewing 15 or so finalists with extaordinary products and then having to focus on whom to eliminate.

Usually in cases like that politics come into play.

By: Kewtr

Kewtr — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:58:24 +0000

I’d love to present my groundbreakingly buzzworthy idea of sharing videos of hot girls. So cutting edge.

By: Mr Textbooks

Mr Textbooks — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:56:26 +0000

I have read over my application, and I’m pretty sure I’m not a Top 12 Connected Innovator. What a downer. Way to top off a tough Monday.

By: E O Fall

E O Fall — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:53:21 +0000

Michael A.
I realize that there are several programs that help codrz with a good product build a startup. But there are very little going for individuals with good ideas and great marketing and business skills and very little technical experience.
You guys need to look into those too, chances are some good will come out of it.

By: E O Fall

E O Fall — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:39:36 +0000

sounds great.
Dont know about the 5 grand though.

By: Noah

Noah — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:20:39 +0000

I definitely agree with Sam. Michael made some great points about why pay-to-present conferences don’t work — I hope this isn’t the culmination of that philosophy. And how much does it cost to attend (not as a presenter)?

By: Sam Sethi

Sam Sethi — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:17:31 +0000

Great idea and good to see but is this the same as the “free” TechCrunch 20?

By: i see a dot .

i see a dot . — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:15:44 +0000

lol…$200 discount for a registration to the earlybirds – how much exactly does it cost to attend this event then?

what’s their to sponsor? – the organizers will more than make it up easily when they charge the 12 finalist a fee to present on-stage their concept