Dear New Web 2.0 Companies,

So sorry to hear you’re singing the Entrepreneur Blues. You’re cash-strapped, short on time, and getting frustrated with your co-founders (oh, trust me—they feel the same about you). You have enough problems just trying to sort out details with the overseas developer you hired, let alone trying to pitch your product to potential clients or VCs.

Want some help with your hustle? Apply for Launch Pad 2010 at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco.

We’re looking for new companies or products that are disrupting or transforming today’s Web 2.0 world. Five companies will be chosen by a panel to present on stage at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco on May 5, 2010. Each will have five minutes to present their company or product and will receive real-time feedback from a panel of industry experts and the audience.

Here are some of the rules and guidelines of Launch Pad:

• Entrants do not need to launch their company or a major product/service to qualify.
• All proposals will be reviewed before Web 2.0 Expo by our panel.
• The judging panel will be comprised of industry experts who will review Launch Pad companies for their value to their market (consumer, enterprise, etc.).
• Judges will select about five finalists, each of whom will have five minutes to pitch on stage, in front of the Web 2.0 Expo audience (the largest gathering of the innovators in the Internet industry) and the panel.
• Each company will receive feedback on its presentation from both the panel and the audience.

Submit Your Company for Consideration—entries are due by March 31, 2010.

If you have questions, we have answers. Contact Joylyn Tanner for more information on Launch Pad at jtanner@techweb.com.

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Kaitlin Pike is the community manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.

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