This year’s Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco Launch Pad is full of Web 2.0 world newcomers ready to blast off:

• AskYourTargetMarket.com is a self-service target market research platform that includes a built-in consumer panel to answer surveys on demand
• Pearltrees is a social curation tool that gives users a social way to organize, discover and share stuff they like on the Web
• Rhomobile provides mobility solutions for the enterprise and creates cross-platform native applications for all major smartphones
• Strings a social tracking and filtering platform to enable consumers to share and discover experiences that are meaningful and relevant to them
• Stupeflix the Stupeflix Play platform transforms pages static content into engaging videos, on-the-fly

Additionally, these finalists will be joined by the winner of Startup Weekend, (an event happening the weekend before Web 2.0 Expo SF) where individuals come together to build a product and sometimes a company in two short days.

The five finalists were selected from over 80 submissions based on their innovation and value to market.  Each finalist will present for five minutes in front of Web 2.0 Expo’s audience and judging panel of industry experts who will provide real-time feedback on whether they have the Right Stuff. Web 2.0 Expo’s panel of judges includes: Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb, Dave McClure of 500 Hats and Ellen Pack of Elance. Brady Forrest, Web 2.0 Expo Co-Chair, will emcee the program.

And if you want to voice your opinion, you can vote for your favorite startup to win the People’s Choice Award. The winner of this will be announced on-site at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco.  Audience members will be asked to vote for their top choice based on the demos. Votes will be tabulated in real-time and projected live on screen.

Much thanks to Launch Pad sponsor Elance and supporting sponsor Zoosk!

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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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