Comments on: Is TechCrunch50 Taking On DEMO Fall08?

By: Italian Restaurant

Italian Restaurant — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:26:48 +0000

Wow cool ! It sounds great. Thanks for the useful information

By: Racing Schools

Racing Schools — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:13:55 +0000

For $18,500 that's a lot for speakers fee.

By: Matt Shaulis

Matt Shaulis — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:18:19 +0000

TechCrunch 50 is making no secrets about taking DEMO on. Arrington said “DEMO should die” and Calacanis equated DEMO's $18,500 speaking fee to Payola and said that “IDG [the proprietor of DEMO] is criminal” for charging. (But the scheduling, from what i can gather, is clearly a case of DEMO trying to be crafty and then getting totally 1 upped.)

TechCrunch 50 FTW!! ;)

By: DemoCrunch 2008| Zoli’s Blog

DemoCrunch 2008| Zoli’s Blog — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:41:26 +0000

[...] posts: bub.blicio.us, Valleywag, Jason Calacanis, SheGeeks, ValleyWag, [...]

By: Corvida

Corvida — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:14:38 +0000

It feels like TechCrunch is doing it as a one-up. Come on now! If we're to be fair, they could've even rode the hype of DEMO and went AFTER or before Demo. Taking it head on just isn't cool and I'm sure everyone can see right through TC that this was planned and not just some “whim.”

By: carlat

carlat — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:10:40 +0000

I think if every blog with a large readership felt themselves qualified to launch a tech conference… well there would be more conferences in existence than attendees. Here's the thing: conferences are hard to put on. Period. Ask anyone at Comdex or Interop or PC Expo or a million others that have folded in recent years. There's a reason DEMO is going into its 19th year and still standing after virtually all the others have fallen. We understand what an audience needs and work hard to deliver value beyond the prices paid. If Mike and Jason can achieve that too, fabulous. But let's not lay the entrepreneurial landscape to waste in a quest to one-up each other.