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I would assume the material wasn't itself sensitive so much as the tone of the presentation -- for a VC, you presumably don't want to be too edgy/raw in video recorded content which might get viewed by a very conservative LP (the investors in the VC funds -- pensions, universities, etc.).

If this is the case, it makes a lot of sense. He was dressed like the lead singer of a band, cussed a lot and was very candid. None of those are a knock on him, he's awesome and it was definitely one of the best talks.

It's possible that he might have requested it if he expected to divulge some sensitive information.

I doubt attendees had to sign an NDA - even if they did, Scoble is there ;). Pretty lame (not your comment, the 'no webcast').

Whatever he talks about will get posted somewhere, guaranteed. It's just going to be released in a spotty way now. Lame.

Aren't there tech reporters attending this?

Sounds more like for 'exclusivity' of being physically present there kinda thing to me.

Any veterans want to comment on whether this is historically consistent or something new?

There are often off the record portions of YC content.

Startup School is very public (space fitted 1700 attendees this year, no word about secrecy).

Too bad that Ben's talk wasn't broadcasted as it was really good and entertaining.

Maybe nobody wanted to show him trotting around in a shirt which said something about "bitch".

He was wearing the shirt 'no bitch ass ness' while presenting

Perhaps they are expecting too many f-bombs...

His slides were marked with "confidential, do not distribute". That may have something to do with it. It's unfortunate, his talk was excellent, though he didn't divulge any secrets as far as I could tell.

At first I was disappointed about this too. And then I remembered that Andreeseen also had his talk not televised at Intuit a year back (even though it was broadcast live -- just no recording).

And then I remembered: those guys ball so hard, people want to fine them.

Horowitz was one of my favorite presentations. He didn't talk about anything too proprietary or different but he was extremely entertaining and funny.

..and there I thought my internet connection was lost.

I sent an email to their video support and just got a confirmation that this session is not being webcast.

Webcast will resume at 4pm.

thanks.. i am sure there is some kind of agreement to not give out information on what he is talking because the liveblog is also not updating anything.

What the hell is that about?

disappointing

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