Comments on: Pouring Our Heart Into TechCrunch50

By: perde

perde — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:01:26 +0000

good

By: fio

fio — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:12 +0000

so, what are the 50 (or more) startups that are going to be at tc50???

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:27:41 +0000

Thanks a lot. We will keep this in mind! Have any other advice for a demo pit noob?

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By: Terry Ponchak

Terry Ponchak — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:12:49 +0000

Very inspirational post. Thank you again for the opportunity. Our company didn’t make the cut, but this process and Erick’s feedback made me more determined than ever. We have some work to do, and changes to make. If we don’t launch in the interim, watch out for us next year:)

Thanks again, Michael. Techcrunch keeps all of our dreams alive!

By: Andrew Fielding

Andrew Fielding — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:33:14 +0000

Dude you do realize it is only for unlaunched companies right?

By: Kodaz

Kodaz — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:17:48 +0000

Nasty person.

By: Brandon Watts

Brandon Watts — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:55 +0000

Even though I wasn’t an attendee, I spent quite a few days discovering all of the great companies that were a part of TechCrunch40, so I’m going to have to set aside even more time to get familiar with the TechCrunch50 participants.

These conferences accomplish a fantastic objective, and I hope we can look forward to another one next year.

By: Rob Abbott

Rob Abbott — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:48:04 +0000

Funny…the picture of Jason is perfect.

Mike looks like he’s campaigning to replace Musharraf.

Thanks for the smile this Monday!

By: Adam Fisk

Adam Fisk — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:17:10 +0000

Great post, Michael. The focus needs to be on the companies presenting, and that’s where you put it.

Your and Jason’s intent behind the conference to turn the tables on the traditional barriers blocking young companies from getting capital, PR, etc to drive their growth is just fantastic and laudable. It’s a story too often lost in the shuffle and one the ongoing drama detracts from.

The one silver lining in all the conflict is the added press that could ultimately help the startups presenting. Tough call there.

I’d of course love to attend via a press pass or anything else, although that certainly wasn’t the intent of my blog post, I must admit.

-Adam

By: Nigel Eccles

Nigel Eccles — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:00:02 +0000

The excitement is certainly building for TC50. Hopefully the focus will move on from TC50 v DEMO to the companies that are going to launch. These guys are going to be flat out right now getting ready for the big day.

By: Adam Lindemann

Adam Lindemann — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:35:50 +0000

Michael, its when you write a post like this…from the heart about your purpose to support entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship – that you and your organisation truly shine.

By: Tim Nikolaev

Tim Nikolaev — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:31:55 +0000

Check out my post at: http://www.timnikolaev.com/wp

By: ET

ET — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:26:37 +0000

This is why I love Technology so much! Look forward to seeing a lot of great things out of this years TC50.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:03:55 +0000

Good luck to Kevin and any other aussies. All of 20 million ppl and a country mile away from the rest of the world, i’m sure we’ll punch above our weight like we normally do!

By: Voodoo Ventures - Idea Fuel Blog

Voodoo Ventures - Idea Fuel Blog — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:46:21 +0000

We’re Demoing at TechCrunch 50…

The dustup between the Demo conference and the TechCrunch 50 conference has spilled over to the NY Times today with some of the press-friendly accusations coming to the forefront:
To Michael Arrington, the elbow-throwing, supercilious founder of the …

By: Kevin Garber

Kevin Garber — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:30:20 +0000

We sadly never made the main cut, even though Jason Calacanis said after our demo “I get it, I love it, I want it!” – although he did say it wasn’t only up to him.

However we are thrilled to be given the opportunity to present in the demo pit and thrilled that Jason loved it.

It is costing us a bomb to go from Sydney to SF but we can’t wait to see what the TC50 masses think of our humble product.

We wonder if we will be the only Aussies there?

Ryan thanks for the tips re the demo pit.

For those of you going to the TC50 there is a FB event group where we can connect pre the event:
http://www.new....6859&ref=ts

See you all in a few weeks.

Kevin – Sydney Australia

By: Kyle Morton

Kyle Morton — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:04:36 +0000

After working the weekend through and looking ahead to more long hours – this was a welcome post to read.

It’s nice to hear your honest appreciation of what it takes to start-up a company. We’re not in the 50, but I’m excited about the conference just the same.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:55:29 +0000

Advice for the noobs in the DemoPit…

1. Bring a tablet PC with EVDO or HSPDA connection to carry around and give presentations on the fly. We were in the pit the 2nd day, but 1st day talked with a ton of people and demoed our product via our tablet.

2. Run your site locally, no matter how good TC’s network will be, it will be slammed. Also, again having a EVDO or HSPDA connection is advised!

3. For presenting think outside the box. We had a LCD TV (32 “) with our logo on it and demoed our service on 2ndary laptop (tablet).

4. If you are going to have a lot of equipment, best to stay at the hotel conference is at or directly next door. We got our Palace reservations a few days before – kept checking for open slots.

5. Have fun…. it was one the highlights of last year for us, that led to many others

cheers

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Kasey — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:55:09 +0000

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By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:36:10 +0000

Hello Mr. Arrington,

Is it possible to participate at this late stage ? We just launched our website, http://www.tradememe.com today. And we believe it can be useful to visitors who are business-minded.

Thanks and best regards.

Alan

By: Loic

Loic — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:48:59 +0000

Hi Mike. Thanks for having me again as an expert this year and for the entire TechCrunch team efforts to make it great.

Just wrote about it:
http://www.loic...rences-nee.html

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By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:43:48 +0000

@Tim
Why are you so aggressive? It’s only humour.
Is it envy?

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