Disrupt
TechCrunch Disrupt — the original startup conference — is focused on founders, investors, and the future of tech. It’s a must-attend for anyone just joining a startup, seasoned investors or experienced founders, with opportunities to to learn from expert speakers, interview panels or network with industry leaders and potential future partners. Its flagship event, Startup Battlefield, has been helped many companies reach the next stage of their development.
Disrupt NY To Feature Indian, Brazilian And Israeli Pavilions
If Battlefield is the soul of Disrupt, Startup Alley is the ever-beating heart. It’s a wild marketplace where startups gather on the showfloor to demo their creations. And this year,…
No Guts, No Glory. Join Us In The Disrupt NY Battlefield In April
Every year around this time the entire TechCrunch team rolls into the Windy Apple for Disrupt New York, a showcase of startup talent so intense that this year we’ll need…
Sign Up Now For Hardware Alley At TechCrunch Disrupt
Every Disrupt we run an amazing thing called Hardware Alley. For one day, Startup Alley becomes a haven for amazing hardware startups. We want you to join us.
Fred Wilson, Ken Lerer And Ben Lerer To Speak At TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013
We’re proud of the fact that some of the tech scene’s most innovative thinkers and problem solvers are going to be speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC this year, and are happy…
Join Us For Our First TechCrunch Pitch-Off Party On February 12 In New York
Young (kind of), NY-based TechCrunch team seeking approximately 800 tech-enthused attendees for the next TechCrunch meetup, where entrepreneurs will participate in a 60-second pitch-off competition, vying for a spot in…
TechCrunch NY Is Holding Office Hours To Find The Big Apple’s Best Startups
Wanted: An entrepreneur or team of rivals who want to stand on stage to present their project to thousands of investors and members of the media. Sounds like you? You’re…
TechCrunch Is Holding Office Hours To Discover The Next Stars Of Disrupt Startup Alley NY
If you’re a startup, you’ve heard of TechCrunch’s Startup Alley. It’s a huge part of our TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Hundeds of startups from all over the world vie for a…
Startup Battlefield Applications Are Open For TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013
It’s time! Startup Battlefield Applications are now open for TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013. Disrupt NY will take place on April 29th through May 1st at our new venue, the Manhattan…
Printchomp Is A Real-Time Marketplace For Printed Goods With Speedy Delivery
Did you receive your business cards on time for TechCrunch Disrupt? Last week, a company in the Startup Alley showed Disrupt attendees a new service to solve that issue at…
Investors Are Salivating Over Zuckerberg’s Plans For Search. Here’s Why
Facebook’s share price has rocketed up from 19.46 to 22.00 since Mark Zuckerberg talked at TechCrunch Disrupt Tuesday, and numerous sources in the investment community tell us it was his declaration…
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 Day 3 Video Highlights (TCTV)
In the last of our three part series of video highlights from Disrupt SF, we focus on Wednesday when YourMechanic won the Startup Battlefield competition. Earlier in the day, Uber…
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 Day 2 Video Highlights (TCTV)
Continuing our look back at the SF Disrupt conference video highlights, Tuesday featured the standing-room only interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In his first interview since the IPO, he…
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 Day 1 Video Highlights (TCTV)
Want to catch up on some of our Disrupt conference highlights that you might have missed? This weekend, we’ll be posting videos from each day of Disrupt. Monday’s agenda featured…
The Mobile/Social/Local/Cloud Land Grab Is Over
This was my second TechCrunch Disrupt, and what a difference a year makes. Not this year. I mean the year that began in July 2006, when Twitter launched. Two months…
How To Disrupt Petty Inconveniences
Depending on who you ask, Jack Dorsey started off the latest Disrupt on either a very controversial or a very non-controversial note. “We need revolution, not disruption,” he said, words…
Plan Epic Dates: BeCouply’s Dates.fm Wins The Disrupt Hackathon SYNC AppLink Developer Challenge
Almost a week ago, we kicked off our Hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt. Before the event started, Ford had already picked a number of teams that would get access to the…
Wallwisher Brings The Flexibility Of Notes On Paper To The Web
At TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Wallwisher showed us the new version of their web application. Wallwisher allows user to write, collaborate and share content on an empty canvas. The…
Meet The Startups Bringing Online Dating Out Of The 90s
Online dating is a huge business, but most dating sites are still stuck in the 90s. They don’t take advantage of developments in video and social networking, and they don’t…
Spestle Is CafePress For Seasoning Blends (Seriously)
When I read Spestle’s pitch for Startup Alley I thought it was either a prank or a goofy placeholder for a stealth startup: “Spestle lets you create custom seasoning &…
And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 Is… YourMechanic!
After nearly three days and plenty of pitches, our list of 30 hungry startups was trimmed down until there were only seven startups left standing: Expect Labs, Gyft, Lit Motors,…
Pick1 has raised $1 million from private investors for its opinions database and automated market research platform that serves as an open graph for opinions. The investment is what the…
Vinod Khosla: “I Feel Sad Sometimes For Y Combinator Companies That Get So Much Hype”
The legendary mentor Vinod Khosla criticized accelerators like Y Combinator who produce startups with overly slick pitches that he says garner “so much hype that they get valuations that no…
Sequoia’s Jim Goetz: Shocking More Startups Are Not Building For The Enterprise
In a discussion on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco today, Sequoia Capital’s Jim Goetz said it is shocking that more startups are not focused on the enterprise. It’s…
Legendary Vinod Khosla Wants To Hear Your Tofu Startup Pitch
The legendary* Vinod Khosla spoke with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington at Disrupt SF today and discussed some of the unordinary startups he has invested in, including an efficient lettuce picker,…
Vinod Khosla Of Khosla Ventures: It’s Not About Funding The Company, It’s About Helping Them
Michael Arrington hopped on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF for a fireside chat with Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures. The two discussed Khosla’s perspective on how companies within his firm’s…
Look Out, Lyft: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Says It Will Do Ride Sharing, Too
This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, I interviewed Uber CEO Kalanick backstage and got him to elaborate on a few things he mentioned during his interview earlier in the day –…
Future Of Commerce? Enough With The Subscription Model Already
What are Valley investors excited about? That was one of the topics discussed in an afternoon session at TechCrunch Disrupt SF today. The group seemed to get stuck on the…
Airtime Launches Topic Chatrooms; Debate Who Should Win Disrupt Battlefield
How often do you finish reading an article and want to chat about it with someone right away? Especially if it’s a politics piece that I feel strongly about, I’ll…
Yammer’s David Sacks On Why The Startup Opportunity Ain’t What It Used To Be (And How Microsoft Integration Is Coming Soon)
Fewer than three months after Microsoft bought Yammer for $1.2 billion, founder David Sacks says that it is preparing to announce the first signs of integration “soon.” Speaking on the…
Ev Williams went through a phase after he left Twitter. He became a ski bum. It turned out he was not very good at it. Williams and Biz Stone appeared…
