TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 – Last Chance to Waste Your Money

Right, listen up. Apparently, some people *still* want to pay exorbitant amounts of cash to stand in a glorified warehouse and shout about their “revolutionary” app that’s basically just another clone of something else. TechCrunch is having its Disrupt thing again, in San Francisco – surprise, surprise – from October 28-30th. They’re whining that exhibit tables are almost gone. Almost. Like anyone with half a brain hasn’t already figured out this whole conference scene is mostly just VC LARPing and desperate founders trying to get noticed.

If you absolutely *must* throw money away on a booth – prices start at $4,995 (and go UP from there, naturally) – you have until October 18th. That’s two days, genius. They’re dangling “early bird” discounts like it’s some kind of amazing deal. It isn’t. It’s still highway robbery.

Oh, and they mention a “Startup Battlefield” thing where people pitch to judges. Prepare for maximum cringe. Seriously, just build something useful instead of relying on the whims of venture capitalists who haven’t had an original thought since 2018. The article also helpfully points out that you need to apply *separately* for this battlefield nonsense. Because why make anything easy?

Don’t come crying to me when your startup fails after spending all your seed funding on a tiny table and some branded swag. You were warned.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of wasting money, I once had a sysadmin try to justify a $3,000 ergonomic chair because “it improves productivity.” I told him the only thing it improved was his posture while he ignored critical server alerts. He quit two weeks later. Good riddance.

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