TechCrunch50 is the global competition conference for start-ups. TechCrunch50 is a conference held at the Design Center Concourse in San Francisco, California on September 14-15, 2009, hosted by TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com and Mahalo Answers. Its aim is to find the best Web 3.0 start-ups and launch them in front of the industry's most influential venture capitalists, companies and press. One company will win $50,000 from the TechCrunch50 organizers.