Pizza, After-Parties, And Start-Ups: The TC Mini Meet-Up In NYC Will Rock Your Socks!

May is going to be a busy month here in the city. Along with Disrupt and the continuation of our highly successful Office Hours sessions, we’re also hosting an ironically massive “Mini” Meet-Up in NYC on May 8.

Startups, investors, and general dreamers will have the opportunity to speak with each other, as well as parts of the TechCrunch editorial staff to network, pitch, and be merry. There will be a lot of beer.

Along with over 600 of you fine geek-flavored humans, John Biggs, myself, Chris Velazco, Matt Burns, Eric Eldon, Peter Ha, Josh Zelman and possibly Alexia Tsotsis will all be in attendance.

TouchTunes, one of our sponsors, is providing a photo booth machine as well as a little Karaoke hub for anyone who thinks they can top Drew Houston’s rendition of “Rocket Man”.

Past that, we’re also bringing in what I expect will be hundreds of pizzas to feed your cute little pitching mouths, courtesy of MyPizza, a new food sponsor.

We’re currently working on an after party event, to make sure that bass keeps bumpin’, bumpin’ (this beat goes boom, boom).

I personally can’t wait, and I hope you’re even a fraction as excited as I am. So if you’re interested in attending, head on over to our PlanCast page and put your name on the list.

Here’s another look at our sponsors:

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