Startup Chatter by Donna Bogatin

Chris Shipley hails that the by $18,500 invitation-only DEMO formula levels the entrepreneurial playing field over Comdex and PC Expo, while Michael Arrington proclaims it is time to level the “pay for play“ DEMO playing field with a TechCrunch20, no 40, no 50, “free,” but by Arrington-Jason Calacanis (of Mahalao startup conflict-of-interest fame) hype machine invitation only.

Both DEMO and TechCrunch50, nevertheless, share one, big, bad, our conference business model franchises come before the interests of presenting entrepreneurs flaw: Startups subject their company launch schedule to the business calendars of Shipley, Arrington, Calacanis…

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