Comments on: Arrington: 'Demo needs to die'

TechCrunch founder said that while there was little choice of when to schedule TechCrunch 50, he thinks that Demo is an antiquated pay-to-play model.

[sunkay]

Arrington needs to stop being so arrogant

Dont know what Arrington thinks about himself. I think he should have kept his mouth shut and stopped right at not finding venue. I hope soon people get fed up with arrogance and start looking at other news venues to get thier stupid startup news.

Anyway, 70% or higher of these stupid startups die within a couple of years, anyway.

[AlanGreenspan]

I like Arrington

Demo needs to die. They charge startup in the 5 figures to participate. That's stupid. Their website sucks too.

Having a competitor to Demo is a good thing. Down with Demo, piece of garbage dumpster.

Arrington provides a voice to startup who has no money but talent to present to potential VCs.

Go Arrington!

[Jere Bishop]

Arrington Thinks He is An Important Person

Even tho he said the above tongue in cheek, in an April Fools posting. I think he actually believes it. He really doesn't give a rip about startups. Any of the worst start ups can get featured on his site if they belly up to the bar with a nice check. Like a hooker, he has a price. He even said so. :)

[michael_o]

Arrington is right

Pay to play is dumb; it's a waste of money for startups.

[JoeDuck1]

Whether it needs to die or not this may be the death sentence. TC 50 is more prestigious *and* it is free, so startups will try for TC first, then many who can afford Demo but were not good enough for TC will go to demo, which from this point forward may become known as the "also rans" of the Startup community.

Mike is certainly correct that pay to play is a crappy model. It substitutes cash for innovation which is the last thing you want to do in the cash and innovation rich Silicon Valley ecosystem.