TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco has just wrapped. In the feverish air of anticipation we carefully cultivate during the Disrupt season, you may have missed some of the talks, panels, launches, or startups that have taken place here at this incomparable conference. Don’t worry. We’ve collected all the content by our writing and video teams here …
Read More »And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt Is…Shaker 0
Three days and 31 startup pitches later, the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2011 has been determined. Out of the 29 startups and two audience choice winners, we whittled the list down to seven finalists, which included Bitcasa, Cake Health, Farmigo, Prism Skylabs, Shaker, TalkTo, and Trello. The winner from this group receives the …
Read More »TechCrunch Disrupt SF Battlefield Semifinals: The Judges React 0
The TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield semifinals started off in an unorthodox way, with moderator Paul Carr bringing on TechCrunch co-founder Mike Arrington to join tech celebrity judges Ron Conway, Hadi Partovi, Marissa Mayer, Roelof Botha and Matthew Cohler onstage. While we wait for the final winners to be announced, you can parse through my notes …
Read More »Elon Musk: Starting A Company Is Like Staring Into The Face Of Death 0
Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal and founder of Tesla Motors and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), sat down with Erick Schonfeld tonight just before TechCrunch Disrupt’s closing ceremony. During the brief conversation, Musk provided insight into how entrepreneurs can get started disrupting major industries like energy, transportation and space. It’s not an easy route to success, …
Read More »A Year After “AngelGate”, More Angelic Angels Descend Upon Disrupt 0
A year ago, a huge controversy erupted before TechCrunch Disrupt (sound familiar?). Michael Arrington walked into a bar in San Francisco, Bin 38, and walked out feeling dirty. It was in Bin 38 that he overheard a group of angel investors talking about a range of things — many of which didn’t seem very entrepreneur-friendly. …
Read More »Marissa Mayer Teaches Us How To Pronounce “Zagat” 0
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt, the closing talk was between Michael Arrington and Google’s Marissa Mayer. As Mike noted, the two of them have been on stage together more than any other interview duo at TechCrunch events, so it’s fitting that Mike’s final interview as a TechCrunch employee is with Mayer. He focused on one thing: …
Read More »From Over 130 Hacks Came The Ultimate Six: The Hackathon Winners Take To The Stage 0
Over the weekend, over 400 hackers gathered for 24 hours of hacking, Red Bull, and networking. From these late night toils, over 130 hacks emerged from the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon. On Sunday afternoon, five expert judges, which included Salesforce’s VP of Open Cloud Standards Kevin Marks, Google’s Rohit Khare, Betfair’s Vice President of Mobile Engineering …
Read More »Qwiki Embraces HTML5 And Takes The Next Content Step With The Qwiki Editor 0
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt, last year’s winner, Qwiki, took the stage to give an update on their business. We originally noted that they may be the future of information consumption. But that information was largely pre-packaged at the time. Today, they’ve starting to give people the power to make their own Qwikis. CEO Doug Imbruce …
Read More »Miso Media Raises Another $2.4 Million To Help You Learn Guitar 0
One of the companies taking the stage this afternoon at TechCrunch Disrupt is Miso Media, a startup that’s looking to help you learn how to play guitar with the help of your smartphone or tablet. In addition to a product update, the company had some significant news: it’s about to raise $2.4 million in a …
Read More »Sonar Adds LinkedIn Support, Gets A Shiny New Interface 0
This afternoon at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Sonar announced that they’d added in what is likely their userbase’s most requested feature: LinkedIn support. Launched just months ago at Disrupt NY, Sonar taps into your existing social network accounts and your current location to find potential connections between you and those around you. Up until now, Sonar …
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