TechCrunch20 Is On In Septemeber
I don’t follow many conferences that go on. I live out here in Hawaii and getting back to the mainland for work (at my “real job”) and lately, for friends weddings is usually all I see, so following conferences is kinda pointless. But this one got my attention.
I am a regular reader of Jason Calacanis’ blog. i love his controversial writing style. He writes things that spark conversation and ultimately more creative thinking. So when I recently read that he and Mike Arrington of TechCrunch were doing a conference together, I had to check it out.
It’s called the TechCrunch20 and it’s going to bring together the 20 newest and most intriguing (to them I assume) new companies to show their products to the “press, VCs, investors, and bloggers.”
The best part is, it won’t cost these companies squat. It appears the conference is going to be setup so these companies can present their goods and get immediate feedback from these groups of people.
Even if your product gets ripped to shreds by some of the biggest names in the Web2.0 world, you’ll still more than likely get some amazing coverage in some of the biggest blogs and newspapers there are. Plus VCs like to invest, and 20 isn’t a large number. My guess is most of these are pre-picked winners and will likely get some primo funding.
Tickets to the event aren’t cheap…
$1,995 if you register by July 15 and $2,495 up til September 10, 2007.
Yikes. I guess if you gotta go it’s worth it. Maybe Blogtown Press will have the budget available by then?