TechCrunch Disrupt NY

Day 3 didn’t disappoint, the organizers saving some exciting speakers for the big finale. While there was so much to cover from Day 3—from the Startup Battlefield final, to Matt Mullenweg’s surprise appearance—I’ve decided to focus on one of the things I particularly appreciated about Day 3. Girl Power. Why Are There No Women Partners in Any of Your Firms? During a session entitled Is Winter Coming? Investing While Valuations Soar, TechCrunch’s Leena Rao asked 3 male investors—John Lilly of Greylock Partners, Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital, and Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital—why there are no women partners at any […]

TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off yesterday at the Manhattan Center in Midtown New York. The day was packed full of techie goodness. At the risk of revealing my own ignorance, I’m going to share the top 5 things I learned on Day 1. 1) Bitcoin is based on something called a block chain architecture, which allows for trustless transactional activity. Right now you need someone to be the arbiter of identity—either Facebook, Twitter, or Google—somebody who developers can use for login and other information sharing. I think you could do the same thing with a block-chain architecture, where there is no […]