[SiliconBeach] Re: Review of TechCrunch Disrupt NY

2011-06-01 Thread Michael Giles
Actually you just reminded be about another point i forgot to mention - ive noticed that particularly here in the states, you can get into these type of events for about 10% or less of the cost if you are a student, they love helping out students. Cheers Mike On May 31, 5:55 pm, Brendan Quinn

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Review of TechCrunch Disrupt NY

2011-05-31 Thread Brendan Quinn
Volunteering at conferences is a little secret I thought I had kept to myself ;-) When I was studying at Berkeley I managed to volunteer at four conferences -- GigaOm's NewTeeVee, QCon SF, Widget Summit and one other that I forget -- all inside of 4 months! Some of the gigs I got through the

[SiliconBeach] Re: Review of TechCrunch Disrupt NY

2011-05-28 Thread Matthew Ho
Nice summary Mike. I thought the Office Hours with Paul Graham was absolutely brilliant - thanks Geoff for posting that. The Airbnb Uber video was good too (and not because I work at Airbnb). Two examples of companies with disruptive business models, that are creating new marketplaces. I am