Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition - Deadline to Submit April 1, 2008 (pitch.women2.org)

More info: http://pitch.women2.org/

The Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition gives passionate entrepreneurs with interesting ideas a chance to follow their dreams and build something to change the world! Teams with at least 50% female ownership are invited to submit their business ideas on a 7x7 inch paper napkin along with a business plan. Finalists will be invited to attend and present at the 2008 Women 2.0 Conference and Pitch Night on May 10.

Judging Panel: » Alka Gupta (Managing Director, The Ojas Group) » Alyssa Rapp (Founder and CEO, Bottlenotes) » Angela Strange (Senior Associate Partner, Bay Partners) » Anu Nigam (Sand Hill Angel, and CEO, 411Sync) » Chris Shipley (Co-Founder and Chairman, Guidewire Group) » Christine Herron (Venture Advisor, First Round Capital) » David Hornik (Partner, August Capital) » Katherine Barr (Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures) » Kevin Braithwaite (Director, Tech Impact) » Mark P. Jacobsen (Managing Director, O'Reilly Alphatech Ventures) » Navam Welihinda (Associate, Sierra Ventures) » Patricia Roller (The Angels' Forum; Co-Founder of Frog Design) » Rob Hayes (Partner, First Round Capital) » Saad Khan (Partner, CMEA Ventures) » Stewart Bonn (Angel Investor - New Media, Gaming, Entertainment) » Venky Ganesan (Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners)

(Complete bios at http://www.women2.org/?page_id=44#judges_bios)

All submissions will receive written feedback from judges. The winning team receives the grand prize of a one-on-one meeting with iconic angel investor Esther Dyson, a PR package from MWW (1/2 day strategic marketing session, free media analysis of the market, and 3 months of PR services), a legal package from Orrick, an 1/8 page announcement promoting your company in the San Jose Business Journal, and the valuable experience and opportunity to have met lots of cool and like-minded individuals.

Questions? Email women2.0@gmail.com or check us out at http://www.women2.org

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