The second day of TS50

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Since the very tired, we can not promise a structured. Something can be found in me on Twitter, what more I can read on Twitter @ iwhite and @ alex ( he also wrote all of the blog ). Much has been written on the Tekranche. I'll feel.
The day went much better than yesterday, but feeling that it remains severely deceived. There is a golden rule for conferences, if well- fed positetiteley had good razdatki and gifts, regardless of content otkachestva conference will take place more or less well.
I must say that the Internet was. He was a very good. And the fed is better than yesterday. But still very average. Just about the food as soon as announced lunch, people lomanulsya, Aware yesterday, when the food is not stupid enough. But today, everything seems ok. Everyone was enough food for 4 with a minus.
Companies have gone much stronger, but still have two problems. Both are associated with the personality of the organizers:.
a. Well it is not clear that the criteria were for selecting projects. A feeling that Calacanis and Arrington just pinned. ( m is an even write ).
2. Presentations of projects are weak, the show is good and weak presentation. Investors would not listen to such. In our Kreshtest we would not even let such a presentation would be. I just broke off when the stage was nonprofit team. This can allow themselves the only people who believe that God grasped by the beard.
Visually, there were more people. Serious people in total were two to three times less than last time (knowingly hid the list of participants, so as not to disappoint visitors. Last year, this list was published). Since investors have been so bad that any man with a blue badge participants demopita just rushed, suspecting it of the investor. Most of the conversations that I have seen stories about this project in the same uchestvnikam demopita.
People like Yossi Vardi is easy to go to the contact, but interesting ekzeki like Hoffman did not go into the hall and hid.
But seriously presented Europe. Yes, and they were kept together and managed to razznakomitsya.

On the panel today, sitting Hoffman, Orell, Scoble - this is serious. But in general - is the competition startups. The very informative part was very weak and insignificant. THIS IS A VERY sorry!.

The reasons for such low-quality content, I see two:.
- crisis. Funds can not waste time, and pay big bucks in a tight economy can not. Yes, many do not invest.
- Personal relationship Arrington, who does that wants to. It looks like no one believed that he could provide a strong company that it happened as a result of.

In general, the TC as a blog has run its course. Gone are the days when Mike did not sleep at night and looking for an exclusive. Now it works a lot of people, journalists and administreytiv Staph, and Mike considers himself a god, and thinks that everything should go to him self into the hands of.
Calacanis misspoke yesterday that he and Mike do not talk a week because of controversy surrounding the selected projects. A move to the final T-shirt when he scored at all and did not come out for an award, so it's just rudeness. Total, I have serious doubts that the TS50 in the same form next year. But I still go.

Well, in general, considering that I have in the past six months matyuknulsya only three times, but today I swore to was worth, ... The Pokrovsky Gate.

Out of interest to me. I have worked on projects that are working at the intersection of social networking and social services and plug-ins for different products. All projects are a cut above those who were present, but questions from the jury, and further discussions were very useful. I am more than pleased that we are moving in the right direction.

In addition Networking there really is very cool. I found a couple of customers at the request of some Ukrainian staratpov got there cards. photographed. Lack of investors upset me greatly - there is agreement on a series of meetings, and on the Microsoft VC Summit - these investors will be a couple of hundred, and even without the rabid crowd of entrepreneurs. There, I hunt them, and will. Although it is poaching.

At the party did not go - there is always a loud, crowded and confusing ( if you do not want to get drunk and stupid fun ) little. I feel I can not very well now, and I did not speak on these matters.

Sorry, that a quick hand and with errors.

Who cares, you can repost with a link to my blog. A boring, so do not repost, I do not force. In the comments to answer questions with pleasure.

Of all of two days, I think the most useful introduction to Alex Vithelmom @ alex and Sasha Prokhorenko @ iwhite. Both are interesting tweets and blogs. I recommend.

Well, the photos on. flickr. You can see. There's a lot.