Joining Under The Radar Selection Committee

I will be joining Under The Radar | Business of Web Apps conference as one of the selection committee members. The conference will uncover 32 new startups and my responsibility is to provide opinions on the final lineup. What a great way to represent my company Stepcase and our core competence to identify useful and productive tools for users.

Under The Radar Selection Committee includes:

Richard MacManus | ReadWriteWeb
Anne Zelenka | WebWorkerDaily (a GigaOm site)
Pete Cashmore | Mashable
Robert Scoble | Scobleizer
Ismael Ghalimi | IT|Redux
Marshall Kirkpatrick | New Media Consultant
Josh Jaffe | The Deal John Burke | alarm:clock
Rafe Needleman | Webware
Leon Ho | Lifehack.org
Bryce T. Roberts | O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures
Stowe Boyd | Message
Brian Solis | bub.blicio.us

And we are calling for companies!

After nearly a decade of massive upheaval, software has taken a backseat to the viral adoption and widespread success of web apps. Touching both
work and play, the proliferation of web apps has spawned an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, developers and corporate players where survival of the
fittest is inevitable and the race to the top has begun.

Under the Radar Spring will uncover 32 startups, that have launched within the year, showcasing the newest web apps created by developers with a quest for innovation and a tendency towards disruption. Having launched numerous companies into startup stardom, acquisition and beyond, Under the Radar
is the most discerning and reliable platform today for discovering tomorrow’s leading technology companies.

CALL FOR COMPANIES!

Dealmaker Media is announcing a CALL FOR COMPANIES for our tenth Under the Radar one-day event, featuring 32 emerging startups, on March 20, 2008, at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA. Use this form to submit your company

Submissions are due by December 20, 2007.

Categories we are interested in:

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Development Tools
• Mobile Apps
• On Demand / Web Services (Apps)
• Storage
• Productivity
• Publishing Tools
• Rich Internet Apps
• Search
• Social Networks
• Sync

Criteria for Company Selection:

• Unique value proposition
• Ability to monetize product/business
• Large market opportunity
• Must still be considered “under the radar” – launched within the year
• Company must be an actual startup - not a new product from a large company
• Beta and beyond - must have a customer/beta testers/or using the product in the market