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Better late than never, this has been kicking around the hard drive since I got back to Edinburgh (which admittedly was only at the start of this week). It’s a recap of all the companies that presented at Tech Crunch 40, with myself and Duncan Reily, both a writer at Tech Crunch and host of On The Pod here at The Podcast Network.

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Interviews from the organsiers and companies from the first day of TechCrunch40, the start-up presentation conference in San Francisco’s Palace Hotel.

• Jason Calacanis, TechCrunch 40 Organiser.
• Exploring the Conference Bag with Connor O’Neil (Louder Voice)
• Social Networking and Drinking with Liquor.com
• Powerset, a semantic based search engine (www.powerset.com)

Given that the show is over two days (compared to four days for Etech, 11 days for SXSW or 28 days for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe) it’s going to need a little bit of creative programming to make some compelling audio, but then that shouldn’t be too difficult. Expect the two days of the conference to have a bundle of reportage and colour from the halls, and the days after it to feature in-depth interviews with the 20 presenting companies, the organisers, and anyone else that shows up with an interesting story. A conference with content to rival the Lobby-Con? You never know, it has to happen one day!

Given the interest and downloads the previous Tech Conference Shows have garnered (and the natural buzz around this event) I’ll be offering a number of sponsor packages around the podcasts, so if you or your company is looking to get the message out about a product or service that is attractive to the switched on Web 2.0 crowd, the digital entrepreneurs, or the forward looking futurists, then please get in touch.