Comments on: Announcing A Grassroots Roundtable And 100 Tickets Available For TechCrunch MeetUp in Austin

By: LPT » The Topic That Won’t Die

LPT » The Topic That Won’t Die — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:49:41 +0000

[...] not being a regular TechCrunch reader I apparently missed the more important call for speakers at the roundtable. In hindsight, even if I had seen it I probably wouldn’t have submitted my name. TechCrunch and [...]

By: Larry Chiang

Larry Chiang — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:30:12 +0000

omg It is sold out already?!…

I am gonna try to love being on the waitlist (from Tip #5 in my gigaOm Blog post http://gigaom.c...wont-teach-you/

By: Austin Roundtable: The Web Starts At The Grassroots (100 Tickets Available)

Austin Roundtable: The Web Starts At The Grassroots (100 Tickets Available) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:32:53 +0000

[...] for “The Web Starts at the Grassroots” will also provide you with entry to the TechCrunch Austin Ventures Meet-Up. Reserve your tickets now , as we only expect to release one additional round of tickets prior to [...]

By: wade

wade — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:27:34 +0000

I agree… nobody should expect TC to seek them out and give them a ticket.

However, it seems like they could take the simple step of emailing folks who previously expressed an interest in tix but missed out on the first round, before opening up sales for the 2nd and 3rd batches. Even a few hours notice would be nice.

As it is, I’ve got the TC RSS feed hooked up to Twitter so I can get a text message on my phone when the next batch opens up.

But given how fast tickets have gone, I’m not hopeful that will do any good. So I’ll probably have to start knocking on some doors if/when that doesn’t pan out.

By: cdc

cdc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:05:22 +0000

how self-important do you have to be to think TC should seek you out and hand you a ticket?

By: Entrep78703

Entrep78703 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:43:26 +0000

If this is TC’s silly way of doing it, then fine. I can’t imagine ticket wrangling is a good use of AV time/resources (I can tell you it’s not a good use of mine), but whatever. So in fairness to AV, the sucking-sound is from TC.

By: Tom Ball

Tom Ball — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:54:46 +0000

You are obviously a smart business person. What have you ever done? Why don’t you tell me who you are you dick so I can respond the right way to you. What in the world does SQL Server CRMs and e-commerce have to do with anything about this event?

By: Bryan Wilson

Bryan Wilson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:49:00 +0000

Entrep78703 (aka mr. whiner): Nice anonymous name. If AV got Techcrunch to come to Austin that is huge and I don’t understand how that creates “yet another AV sucks” meme. How can you blame ticket distribution on AV when they aren’t even in charge of this? I moved here from the Valley a year ago and have attended Techrunch parties out there before and this is how they release tickets for every event.
Come on – If you aren’t resourceful enough to get a ticket then you don’t deserve to go. I got my ticket for this no problem and I barely know anyone in Austin.

By: Entrep78703

Entrep78703 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:00:39 +0000

This is ridiculous. I was at lunch on Friday with 6 CEO’s from various Austin startups and none of us had tickets.

Yes we could probably harass Tom Ball to get tickets, but why should we have to when we’ve all posted comments on TC requesting notification of the next batch.

Whomever is responsible for this event is screwing it up. You’ve taken something that could generate good will for AV and created yet another “AV sucks” meme.

By: Gerald Buckley

Gerald Buckley — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:49:45 +0000

I was *DEAD* set on driving from Tulsa & first 100 tickets are sold out. Bummer.

By: Juan S.

Juan S. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:46:56 +0000

oh I thought they were free hehe

By: Juan S.

Juan S. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:46:13 +0000

I want some tickets please, I leave near Austin. Thanks.

By: business person

business person — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:24:52 +0000

An opportunity to hang out with the gods of intellect and investing from AV – damn, why would anyone miss out on that. I think Tom Ball should give a speech SQL Server, CRMs and e-commerce, because he knows more than anyone on the planet. After all, he started a coupon site.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:18:08 +0000

Yes this sucks, I got the RSS notification, went immediately to the page and they’re gone. Erick, what does a man have to do to get these elusive tix? I have loose morals and lots of spare time

By: Jared Schnelle

Jared Schnelle — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:52:33 +0000

Sooo close. Finally an event nearby (I’m in Dallas) and I cant seem to get any tickets.

By: champs

champs — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:45:21 +0000

Dang, late again. Not funny.

By: disappointed

disappointed — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:20:19 +0000

aaaaand now they’re gone.
bummer.

By: Tequila Al

Tequila Al — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:18:58 +0000

Welcome back to Texas and looking forward to the event. See you there.

By: Kid Tech Guru

Kid Tech Guru — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:17:18 +0000

I will get my tickets!

http://www.KidT...ru.blogspot.com

By: ChuckY

ChuckY — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:32:37 +0000

I just heard about this here and then its the top story – wow.
http://www.stat...c=7&cxcat=3

By: juliejulie

juliejulie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:28:08 +0000

Dang it, just a little too far to drive…will you do one in Portland, Seattle, or maybe Bend, Oregon? You never know, it could happen…

By: Ewan MacLeod

Ewan MacLeod — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:26:59 +0000

Erik, it might not be entirely relevant but if you’d like a good mobile perspective, consider reaching out to Ricky Cadden of http://www.symbian-guru.com. He’s in Austin.

By: RYBAO.COM

RYBAO.COM — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:24:55 +0000

ok,good!
http://www.rybao.com