These days it seems that every Joe with a Meetup following is trying to pull-off a tech conference of some sort or other.  And if anybody knows how many Joes there are in the world these days, it’s Eventbrite.  Hehe.  But noise and rabid entrepreneurship in the space notwithstanding, it’s clear that there are only a few truly important tech conferences that one should really make an effort to attend.   Why are they important?

1. Because they convene the most influential people to our business and technological lives

2. Because they try to bring interesting new companies to light, and occasionally succeed

By that measure, one of the most important tech conferences of the year is certain to be TechCrunch50.   A sure sign of its importance (not to mention its success) is the fact that it is now impossible for anyone who does not already have a ticket to attend.  TechCrunch50 is oversold.  I convey this with some self-interest, since I’ll be working the door on Monday and do not wish to play bouncer to too many of you, lol.  Actually, that isn’t exactly true.  I hear there’s a waiting list now, but the mechanics through which anyone will be selected that way are anybody’s guess.

But seriously, I deliberately plagiarized the title of this page, published so many months ago, to call attention to the fact that promotional hyperbole has come to pass.  TechCrunch50 is very likely going to be better than TechCrunch40.  To list just a few reasons:

The one-on-one interview with Peter Thiel

The Parties

The Panels

A provocative theme

If it weren’t so cruel to do so, I would say DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO ATTEND TECHCRUNCH50.

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