In Part 1 of my retrospective on TechCrunch Disrupt, we talked about some of the breakout startups and why they might be poised to disrupt their sector.  But now I’d like to take a step back and look at what this crop of startups says about where online business is heading in the coming years. [...]

Close to 2,000 startup founders, investors and assorted tech junkies converged on New York last week for TechCrunch Disrupt, a one-of-a-kind conference to discuss where the internet is headed and who gets to lead us there.  The three-day event was held in the abandoned back offices of Merril Lynch. It was a fitting symbol of [...]