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    Pitch your startup at Startup Ignite! @ Web 2.0 Expo Europe

    Mike Butcher

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    Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch. A former grunge rock drummer, he became a long time journalist, and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. Mike is also a co-founder and shareholder of TechHub, a co-working space/service/community with several locations... → Learn More

    Monday, October 6th, 2008
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    Are you a European startup interested in or coming to Web 2.0 Expo Europe? Startup Ignite! will be on the first night of Web 2.0 Expo Europe and will highlight six companies on the main stage, presented in front of an audience of industry peers, media and VCs. The format is simple, five minutes on stage and a maximum of 15 slides. No demos. Videos are allowed.

    Date & Time: Tuesday, October 21, 17:15 – 18:00
    Submissions Deadline: Friday, October 10 (The date on the form is wrong).

    Submissions Form: HERE

    A committee of esteemed industry judges will be reviewing submissions:

    Brady Forrest, Web 2.0 Expo Europe conference co-chair & O’Reilly Radar
    Lukasz Gadowski, Spreadshirt
    Mike Butcher, TechCrunch UK
    Christophe Maire, gate5 & Plazes

    Companies DO NOT have to be launching but company, product or project announcements MUST BE new. You can leave that bit blank if you have not launched.

    Words of advice: aim to present something that is interesting but also entertaining!

    • http://topify.wordpress.com Martin

      Hey Mike,

      sounds really exciting. Two things I would like to add/ask, however:
      1. The signup site says that the deadline is 9th October, your post says 10th (and sounds more reasonable, being a Friday), either way, one is wrong :)

      2. Is it possible to apply if one hasn’t launched just yet? The info says “do not have to be launching”, but when I apply I have to submit a “Product URL”, which would normally be the site of the launched product :x So that makes me a little confused.

      Hope you can clear things up,

      Thanks in advance!

      Martin

    • http://uk.techcrunch.com Mike Butcher

      The organisers say:

      The deadline is Friday, Oct 10th. The form is wrong.

      You don’t have to be launching. You can leave that blank if you have not launched but you should be announcing something new.

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