Techcrunch London #tclondon
Had a really fun time at TechCrunch London last night. Within budget and brilliantly relevant. Drinks were provided (tea/coffee to begin with and beer & whatever later) as were a few pretty good nibbles.
Had some good chats with a few folks and the convos are continuing on Twitter #tclondon and email.
Pitches displayed some interesting ideas (I was late so missed the first few). Congrats to @major_grooves for winning with http://www.festbuzz.com 'Crowdsourced reviews for the Edinburgh Festivals'. Interesting to see what they are up to next.
Fascinating bid-for-dates pitch from http://www.kyubid.com - that many folks considered had a wider potential than just dating - agreed! Did 'spark' a conversation with http://www.streetspark.com guys (Mike, Anthony and Bree) about why there were so many Online Dating startups. Answer: there's gold in them thar' hills!
http://www.MyWidz.se had an pitch for 'iPhone apps on any phone' - great idea, but need to look into it more before I understand it enough to comment.
En-twyn http://www.en-twyn.com/ had a power socket hardware solution which was brilliantly presented and oddly enticing. Apparently, they have interest from Netgear - oooh! Jump on board now investors.
Kohive http://kohive.com have a nice online desktop solution that, whilst good, seemed difficult to understand what they were trying to do that was different. It's all about RealTime collaboration, apparently. Would like to take a look but the link they gave us http://kohive.com/techcrunch is not working. Guess I'll have to sign up on the front of the site instead!
http://YooMoot.com - didn't get. Maybe I wasn't listening. Will look into it more. [Update: I will say that @mikebutcher really liked these guys so that's got to be worth something.]
Missed the http://AudioBoo.fm and http://MixCloud.com pitches, but know the apps well - even though I am iPhone-less at the moment.
Then two talks from Wil Harris @wilharris of http://channelflip.com on seeking investment in Europe and one from Scott Rafer from http://lookery.com on shutting down a startup. I liked both and wanted to hear more from Scott but he seemed to loose momentum towards the end.
Great chatting to Richard George from LinkedIn and Excellent chat with Tom Kotecki from OneLeep.com.
Only wish I had the cash for FOWA. Maybe I'll turn up for the networking.
