Comments on: DEMOing for Dollars in the Desert http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/ Mon, 20 May 2013 01:22:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 3 years ago @arrington announces our partnership for TechCrunch20! « My Blog http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133302 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:52:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133302 [...] And there is a serious conflict of interest at the conference level. The economics of the event dictate that a certain number of startups must be accepted for a certain fee. Attendees don’t know if they’re really seeing the best startups, or just the best startups that are willing to pay the exorbitant participation fee. A few (or a lot of) duds always make their way in. [...]

]]> By: 3 years ago @arrington announces our partnership for TechCrunch20! « The Jason Calacanis Weblog http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133301 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:02:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133301 [...] And there is a serious conflict of interest at the conference level. The economics of the event dictate that a certain number of startups must be accepted for a certain fee. Attendees don’t know if they’re really seeing the best startups, or just the best startups that are willing to pay the exorbitant participation fee. A few (or a lot of) duds always make their way in. [...]

]]> By: New Name, Still Same Game for Devicescape - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133300 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:42:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133300 [...] October 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM PT Comments (0) Devicescape, a San Bruno, Calif.-company that launched at DEMO 2007 to mixed reviews, is rebranding itself and its Wi-Fi access software for mobile devices, including [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » TechCrunch20カンファレンス開催のお知らせ http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133299 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:03:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133299 [...] カンファレンス参加企業のレベルも金銭的利益と対立が深刻だ。要するにイベントの経済事情がすべてに優先するようになると、どうしてもスタートアップの一定数はある程度参加料を払ってくれる企業で固める必要が出てくる。だから参加者も自分たちが見てるのがベストなスタートアップなのか、それともただ単に破格の参加費を喜んで出したベストな（＝上客の）スタートアップに過ぎないのか、その辺の判断がつかない。こんな事情も手伝って毎回毎回しょうもない企業が数社は（というか何社も）混じってしまうのだ。 [...]

]]> By: vDemo Blog » Blog Archive » Techcrunch20 creates free ‘DEMO’ for start ups http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133298 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:48:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133298 [...] think its a great initiative compared to costly DEMO, but after looking at Mike’s own comments regarding his bias with Demo, I begin to see that [...]

]]> By: GigaOM » TechCrunch20 Now Live http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133297 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:31:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133297 [...] the startup-sphere was all knee-deep in DEMO coverage last January, TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington and Sequoia Capital EIA and Weblogs Inc cofounder Jason [...]

]]> By: DrDoubt http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133295 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:31:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133295 I like me.dium as well, something truly interesting after a long time.

]]> By: Steve Morsa http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133296 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:23:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133296 Hmmm…thing is, the biggest breakthrough isn’t another “social”…mobile…”connector”…video…or widget this or that…not Web 2.0 anything…and can’t be found at any DEMO or other “conferences” or pitch-fests…

No…the biggest thing in 2007 is going to be paid match, a completely new form of “keytraits not keywords” advertising that will rock conventional advertising–including paid search (sorry Google)–to its very foundation…

…and Anon…thanks for the offer…I’ll take that wallet now :)

]]> By: mlstotts http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133294 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:15:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133294 Katie – you overlooked SFDC challenger Salesworks from Mission Research. Two interesting elements here – coming at Benioff’s SaaS CRM co from below – and using a hybrid web/desktop platform that Zimbra and some other are beginning to find invaluable to providing QoS/reliability for folks who may not be running the biz of a T1 line. -m

]]> By: DeadCellZones.com http://gigaom.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133292 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:25:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/demo-2007/#comment-133292 It’s all about the land grab (get free customers) then figure out how to make money once you have them. I would say Teleflip is the favorite.

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