Who was the winner of TechCrunch 50 last year? Who hosts the TechCrunch conferences? How much are tickets?

yammer.com Yammer won last year's TechCrunch50. TechCrunch50 is hosted by Jason Calacanis and the crew over at TechCrunch. Current prices for the 2009 TechCrunch50 conference are: $995 - Special Recession Buster - through May 31 (limited to 500 tickets; 50% off early-bird rates) $1,495 - Extra Early Bird - June 1 through June 30 $1,995 - Early Bird - July 1 through July 31 $2,995 - Regular Admission - August 1 forward (based on availability) More information on current ticket prices can be found at the official TechCrunch50 website: http://www.techcrunch50.com/2009/blog/get-tickets/ You might also be interested in checking out the TechCrunch50 page on Mahalo.

Yammer won The TechCrunch50 last year. Here is Yammer's profile: techcrunch50.com/2008/conference/present... Here is the press release about Yammer winning: techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/yammer-takes-t... You can see the (intelligent and surprisingly entertaining) David Sacks (CEO of Yammer) on the latest episode of This Week in Startups: The full David Sacks episode: http://blip.tv/play/g7RBgYXTcZaqNg The website for TWiST: http://thisweekinstartups.com/ It's a rather lengthy episode but well worth the time because @jasoncalacanis, Sacks and @lonharris talk about some very interesting topics including Yammer.

The costs for Techcrunch50 can be found here: http://www.techcrunch50.com/2009/blog/get-tickets/ I was even crazy awesome lucky enough to WIN a ticket from This Week in Startups which may explain my shameless shilling and plugging of the show.

Even if I didn't win, I'd still mention it because it really is a good Internet business show.

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