Michael Arrington (Michael Arrington), the founder of TechCrunch tehnoblog and its permanent author, announced the organization of TechCrunch20 , where they can find their haven for Internet startups who could not find a place (or simply did not want to participate due to congestion) at DEMO.
Arrington writes that the cost of participation in a DEMO conference ranges from a few thousand to tens of thousands of dollars, while it is not personally clear to him personally what benefits start-ups can get, whose owners may not have money (in this case they will not get to the conference) and no one will ever know about them). For participation in TechCrunch20 will not need to pay anything, however, startups will be invited there only in the amount of 20 pieces.
TechCrunch20 will be held this fall, and a special commission will select the participants (based on recommendations from experts, journalists, analysts and businessmen).