TechCrunch40 is sold out. Pretty impressive for a first time conference. Congratulations to Mike Arrington and Jason Calacanis. There are 800 people registered, probably another 100 press and bloggers, and a long waiting list.
Bloggers are already posting. My friend Ash Karbasfrooshan at MojoSupreme, and Allen Stern at CenterNetworks have prelim posts up.
There will be 40 companies presenting, in groups of 5, over two days. The list of companies is secret until 9:00AM Pacific Time on Monday morning. There will be 5 companies presenting at a time, organized in 8 broad categories. The categories are;
- Search & Discovery
- Mobile & Communications
- Community & Collaboration
- Crowd Sourcing
- Productivity & Web Apps
- Revenue models & Analytics
- Rich media & Mashups
- Entertainment
I will be on the expert panel on Monday afternoon. It is a real honor to be on the panel with the likes of Mark Cuban, Esther Dyson, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Guy Kawasaki, Om Malik, and other giants in the industry. Thanks to Mike Arrington and Jason Calacanis for inviting me to be on the panel.
I hope to actively report from the conference twice a day on Monday and Tuesday, with 10 companies profiled in each post. There are another 100 companies that will be in a special demo area. It will be tough to report insightful details about 140 companies, but I will do my best to find the golden nuggets and really disruptive technologies.
Stay tuned!
