Elin Blesener
Elin is the Community Manager for TechCrunch. Previously, she was one of the first Community Managers at Slide and was in charge of one of their most successful products, SuperPoke! Pets. Slide went on to be acquired by Google for $182 million.
Originally from Huntington Beach, Elin attended California State University, Chico, where she studied Organizational Communications and Art History.
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Three LG G3 Phones #G3G3G3
The LG team is excited to give three TechCrunch readers its newest phones in the G series, the G3. We recently reviewed the G3 phone and its bigger hardware and flatter software. The G3 has a large 5.5” screen, enhanced security features and is available through almost all carriers now. You have just seven days to enter to win one of your own. And LG is giving away more goodies here… Read More
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Want To Attend Google I/O? We Have 15 Registration Codes To Give Out
Happy Friday, friends. In case you missed out on being able to attend Google’s I/O 2014 developer conference taking place on June 25-26 at Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, don’t fret. We have 15 registration codes to give away to 15 lucky winners (each valued at $900). Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Ben Horowitz’s “The Hard Thing About Hard Things”
Ben Horowitz’s story is nothing if not empowering, fascinating, and — to many in our community — relatable. In his new book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building A Business When There Are No Easy Answers, he goes into detail about everything he knows and has been through, and he offers advice for entrepreneurs about what to expect. Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Kindle Paperwhite 3G And The Last Free Ticket To Disrupt NY
Believe it or not, Disrupt NY 2014 is just one week away! Crazy, right? As you know, we have an all-star lineup of special guests and speakers who will be joining us, including Michael Arrington, Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha, Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon, Nasty Gal’s Sophia Amoruso, BoxGroup’s David Tisch, SV Angel’s Brian Pokorny, HBO’s Mike Judge… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Linksys Router And $400 Gift Card
If you’re just returning to the daily grind after Spring Break and can’t quite seem to get back into work mode, well we have a giveaway for you. Our friends over at Linksys have sent us one of their new WRT1900AC routers ($279) with SMART WiFi capabilities which one of you can win, along with a $400 Linksys gift card for all of the router accessories you could possibly need. Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Xbox One And A Free Ticket To Disrupt NY
It is officially spring and Disrupt NY is fast approaching. We have already announced some amazing speakers, which so far include Vine co-founder and GM Colin Kroll, Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler, Birchbox founders Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Lending Club’s Renaud Laplanche, Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, Secret co-founders David Byttow and Chrys Bader-Wechseler, New… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Free Tickets To Box’s 2014 #BoxDev Event
Happy Friday! We have something special to give away. Box is hosting its developer conference, Box Dev, on Wednesday, March 26, in San Francisco, and we have some free tickets for you. The company has some killer speakers lined up. Box CEO Aaron Levie kicks things off, followed by a fireside chat with Ben Horowitz. Other speakers include Steven Sinofsky, Joe Lonsdale, Phil Libin and… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: A Bouquet Of Flowers
What is everyone doing tomorrow? You do know that tomorrow is one of the most romantic days of the year, right? Do you have plans? Dinner? A trip? Is dessert made? Well, thanks to BloomNation, you don’t have to add flowers to your checklist! BloomNation has agreed to give a romantic bouquet of flowers to five lucky people. They will have the flowers hand crafted by one of their local… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: 20 Anki DRIVE Starter Kits And Free Ticket to The Crunchies
The team over at Anki is so thrilled about being a Crunchie Award finalist for “Best New Startup of 2013″ that they’ve decided to show their appreciation to our readers by spreading the Anki love and giving away Anki Drive starter kits (each valued at $199.95) to 20 lucky people. Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Win Disrupt SF Tickets And Fitbits From New Relic
You know what’s cooler than reading TechCrunch every day? Diving into startup culture head first by attending TechCrunch Disrupt SF. We’re excited to announce that New Relic is giving away eight coveted Disrupt SF tickets. Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: New Nexus 7 Android Tablet And Free Ticket To Disrupt SF
TechCrunch Disrupt SF is only about a month away! This September we will be taking over San Francisco with the brightest and smartest startups, hackers, influential guests, speakers, and entrepreneurs. We have already announced a few of our special guests and speakers, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ John Doerr, Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, Twitter’s Dick… Read More
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A Very Celebratory Giveaway: A Pebble Smartwatch And A Free Ticket To Disrupt SF
Happy Fourth of July to everyone who is celebrating today! We hope you are enjoying the sunshine, family and friends, booze, fireworks, hot dogs — whatever you’re into. To help commemorate the holiday, we decided to give some fun stuff away. As you know, Disrupt SF 2013 is coming up fast. Disrupt NY was a blast, but Disrupt SF this year will be even better. We have a ton of… Read More
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Win A Ticket To DBX, Dropbox’s First Developer’s Conference
On July 9th, Drobox kicks off its first developer’s conference. Tickets are no longer available for the invite-only one-day-event, but we have ten tickets to give away. Dropbox told us that the three focuses of the one-day conference will be learning about newly launched features on its platform, giving developers a chance to meet and get help from Dropbox API engineers and designers… Read More
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Win Admission To creativeLIVE’s “Secrets From Silicon Valley” Workshop
We tend to do a fair number of giveaways here on TechCrunch, but today we’re giving away something extra special: power. Well, no — it’s more like we’re giving away knowledge, but knowledge is power. So we’re giving away power. The world’s largest video education platform creativeLIVE is hosting a “Secrets from Silicon Valley” workshop later… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Last Two Free Tickets To Disrupt NY
TechCrunch Disrupt NY is right around the corner. Everything kicks off this weekend in New York with the Hackathon starting on Saturday and going through the night until Sunday afternoon. The main event kicks off next Monday, where expert speakers and guests will come together to talk with us about the latest in technology. The full agenda is here. Every week we have been giving away a chance… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: A Parrot AR Drone 2.0 And A Ticket To Disrupt NY
Spring has arrived in New York City. The sun is out (besides today). The snow is finally gone. It’s time to shed the winter layers and head outside. And in the spirit of spring, we want to give one of our readers a ticket to Disrupt NY and the ultimate outdoor toy: A Parrot AR Drone 2.0. Read More
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Giveaway: New Relic Has Four Free Disrupt NY Tickets Plus Free RC Helicopters #Nerdlife
Disrupt NY is less than a month away. Tickets are still available at the early bird discount, but only for one more week. Or you can save some cash and win a ticket here thanks to our partner New Relic. Fresh off of raising $80 million at a near-billion dollar valuation and announcing its mobile app monitoring offering, New Relic is footing the bill for four lucky winners this week. If… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Fitbit One, Aria Smart Scale And A Ticket To Disrupt NY
Happy Friday, everyone. As you know, we love giving things away here at TechCrunch, and this week, we have a Fitbit One Wireless Activity + Sleep Tracker and an Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale to give away. But that’s not all! TechCrunch Disrupt NY is right around the corner and tickets are going super fast, so we want to give away another ticket to a deserving person who would like to attend… Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Paperwhite And A Ticket To Disrupt NY
Want a chance to win a free ticket to Disrupt NY, as well as a free Kindle Fire HD and a Kindle Paperwhite? Yes? Who wouldn’t? If so, keep reading. Read More
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TechCrunch Giveaway: Nest And Free Ticket To Disrupt NY #TCDisrupt
TechCrunch Disrupt NY is right around the corner! We have already announced many influential speakers, including Kevin Systrom of Instagram, Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital, Ron Conway of SV Angel, Kevin Ryan of Gilt Groupe and will be announcing many more soon. You can view the whole list of speakers and special guests we have announced so far here. Disrupt NY is going to be an amazing show. Read More
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