Launch Silicon Valley is a showcase event for emerging startups. On November 8, at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA, the next generation of emerging technology companies will have the opportunity to tell their stories to the world at the first annual "Launch: Silicon Valley."
My Microsoft colleague, Cliff Reeves is on the organizing committee for the conference along with other Silicon Valley luminaries. See Cliff's blog on the event on Microsoft Startup Zone.
The event is designed to uncover and showcase the most exciting of the newest startups in high technology. Launch: Silicon Valley is looking for new companies that are ready for launch, but are not already well-known. These are companies who have a product or service available (as of November 8), but have not been out for more than several months. All technology sectors and all geographies will be considered.
If you want to nominate a company (or if you are a company and want to nominate yourself!), please email a two-page executive summary to LaunchSV@svase.org . The deadline for submissions is October 15.
Launch: Silicon Valley is not a pitchfest or a beauty pageant. Companies will not be pitching for funding; they will be looking for buzz, customers, mindshare, and possibly talent and partners. But not funding. Launch: Silicon Valley wants to focus on finding companies that are not already well-funded and well-known, and that can't afford their own fancy PR campaigns and the exorbitant fees to present,
The event is sponsored by Microsoft, Fenwick & West, The Angels Forum, Band of Angels, Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson, The NVCA, and other VC firms.
See http://www.launchsiliconvalley.org/ for the complete list of sponsors, agenda, and registration details.
I will be there and look forward meeting many of you.
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