TechCrunch v DEMO Smackdown! Calacanis Blasts IDG, Offers Shipley a Job

Now that TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis have scheduled their TechCrunch50 start-up celebration conference at the same time as IDG's DEMO start-up celebration conference, the allegations are flying:

Who moved whose conference to kill who. Who ripped off who. Who's screwing who. Who's greedy, mercenary, abusive... Etc.

For the past 24-hours, as the scandal has raged, the normally loquacious Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis has kept abnormally silent. Until now.

In an exclusive statement to Silicon Alley Insider (below), Jason reveals his respect for Chris Shipley-the-person (Chris is the IDG conference organizer who has been blasting TechCrunch and Jason for "TechCrunch's decision to put its event literally on top of DEMOfall 08").

Jason blasts Chris and IDG for abusing start-ups. Jason argues that DEMO is the one that switched its dates--in order to compete with TechCrunch40 (last year's version of the conference). Jason decries "pay to…

Email This | Thu Apr 3, 2008 | by Silicon Alley Insider

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