Pitch yourself and get to Being Digital
by Mike Butcher
on May 20, 2008

Update: TCUK readers can get tickets at the reduced price of £250 with this link.

Being Digital is a conference on Jun 10 which will look at seven digital themes as well as running a startup competition with yours truly. Tickets cost £325 each but TechCrunch UK has one delegate ticket to give away to the best video comment left below this post.

It might be funny, clever, inspiring, cynical, you name it. Perhaps you’d like to comment on a recent TechCrunch story? Or lambast me? You decide.

But if you can’t come up with anything but still want to bring your startup to the event, then I have 1 (one) free demo place (£895 full value) going as well.

But you’re also going to also have to leave a video comment. Am I evil? Maybe. But it will be good practice for the video pitches they plan to run at the event. (Judges decision is final, etc)

For those of you with money (and keeping your dignity intact) there is a discount offer of a £500 price to demo companies if you quote “TCUKDEMO” when you apply. The demo area is sponsored by Sun who I think have some goodies for the winner.

Lastly, following a huge debate about the lack of women speakers at the event (typical quote: “Looks like a great event but was it really only possible to get 2 women speakers out of a total of 36? “), I am informed that the organisers are “working hard to ensure a more gender balanced programme” and “would be very happy to hear from TCUK readers with suggestions.”

So there you have it.

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  • http://twitter.com/mikebutcher Mike Butcher

    Fat Man – Nice one! Lets see someone beat that…

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    I might do another one at the weekend with Archie the office dog – http://www.senokian.com/barking/2008/05/15/the-name-barking/

    At lease it wasn’t embarrassing or humiliating in anyway – trying to do a pitch in a quite corner of starbucks when there are people all around is not the easiest!

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    I was digital before digital was cool!

    btw
    Why are all the the commenters here so ugly?
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    Steve,

    I was born mildly ugly and then had corrective surgery which is why I favor post-it notes, they hide the scars. I have mental scars too. Itchy ones.

    I’ll quit it with video now as I’m pretty sure Loic will be ‘see’thing at the thought of his mis-spelt earthquake event company being so abused.

    If I don’t win I may pose as a bearded lady start-up entrepreneur and do battle with all future tech event organisers.

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  • An old git

    It sounds a bit dodgy to me to name a conference named after Negroponte’s “seminal” web 0.0 book… Maybe the ticket includes a free OLPC?

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    You brits have a jolly good sense of humor. I’m surprised.

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    Mike – I was going to try post a video comment, but after installing seesmic, everytime I tried it froze firefox… so I gave up. Wasted about 15 minutes of my day making an attempt… I’ll wait until they get it more stable.

    What I was going to say was…

    I may be on twitter, facebook, myspace, post my photo’s on flickr, my bookmarks on del.icio.us, my life on wordpress, discover music with last.fm, places to go with wayn, and have a flutter with friends on Pikum….

    but I’ve been told that I’ll only be digital if I’m there…. with all of you on June 10th

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    @ Omar

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    Anyroad I’m starting my own conference, Being Distressed At Animal Actors Not Being Paid TV Rates For Webisodes, strike, strike…

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    Ok, so you guys are making this really hard! No idea how I’m gonna pick a winner – I’ll have to sleep on it and decide tomorrow…

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    Our homage to the 4 yorkshiremen.

    And check out the comment someone made about our elevator pitch:
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  • Robyn Morris

    Am I allowed to leave an opinion as someone who doesn’t want to attend? Well I am a woman so I will leave one anyway….!

    I like the Geek Idol.. although how shameful missing out to a dog! Set the poor man free from sheep and trees.

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  • http://twitter.com/mikebutcher Mike Butcher

    I have now announced the winners and runners-up here:

    http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/05/27/being-digital-comp-winners/

    Thanks to everyone for “having a go”!

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