Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition (February 14, 2012 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA) is a full day event to learn from the product innovation leaders who built Flickr, Facebook, Zipcar, TaskRabbit, LARK and more. Both men and women working in technology (from early-stage startup to corporate) are invited to hear speakers share best practices, growth strategies and stories of disruptive product development.

Learn about launching products from concept to cash and customers! Watch the Women 2.0 Startup Competition finalists pitch live to a panel of investors for feedback and prizes. Network with 800+ members of the Women 2.0 community at our biggest event of the year!

Who should attend? Anyone working in technology, from early-stage startup to corporate. Anyone thinking about starting a startup, or generally interested in technology and innovation. This includes but is not limited to: designers, developers, product managers, marketers, business development...

PITCH Conference & Competition speakers are leaders of technology and innovation, including:

• Caterina Fake (Co-Founder, Flickr & Hunch)
• Katie Mitic (Director of Platform & Mobile Marketing, Facebook & Board Member, eBay)
• Robin Chase (Co-Founder, Zipcar & CEO, Buzzcar)
• Leah Culver (Founder & CEO, Grove)
• Leah Busque (Founder & CPO, TaskRabbit)
• Julia Hu (Founder & CEO, LARK)
• Danielle Fong (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, LightSail Energy)
• Cathy Edwards (Co-Founder & CTO, Chomp)
• Sheila Lirio Marcelo (Founder & CEO, Care.com)
• Deena Varshavskaya (Founder & CEO, Wanelo)
• Jean Hsu (Engineer, Obvious)

Key themes include:

• Leading and launching – Managing ideas and people from concept to lift-off.
• Pitching for investment –The successes and challenges of seeking funding from investors.
• Future visions - Thought leaders from the next generation of innovation and disruption.

An action-packed full-day conference agenda:

A one-of-a-kind competition:

The run-up to PITCH Conference & Competition is defined by Women 2.0's fifth annual startup competition for early-stage tech startups, who receive exposure to investors and valuable feedback for next steps.

Watch the finalists of the 2012 Women 2.0 Startup Competition pitch live and hear first-hand feedback from panels of real investors on what makes a successful pitch for investment. Previous investors have included:



On February 14, 2012 -- the Women 2.0 PITCH Competition will be judged by:

Aileen Lee (Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
Aileen is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, having joined the firm in 1999. Her primary area of focus is working with consumer-oriented digital companies. Aileen has worked closely with the teams at companies such as Blue Nile (Nasdaq: Nile), Bloom Energy, Friendster (acquired by MOL Global), Good Technology (acquired by MOT), shopkick, Tellme (acquired by Microsoft) and Zazzle.

Christina Brodbeck (Angel Investor)
Christina is an angel investor. She is also co-founder of theicebreak, a new service that helps couples to create more rewarding relationships with snack-sized activities. Prior to theicebreak, Christina was a founding team member at YouTube and the company’s first UI Designer. She later went on to lead UI for YouTube Mobile and mentors at various places including 500 Startups and The Designer Fund.

Dave McClure (Founding Partner, 500 Startups)
Dave is a venture capitalist and founding partner at 500 Startups, an Internet startup seed fund and incubator program in Mountain View, CA. He likes to hang out with entrepreneurs, and occasionally help or invest in their startups if they are foolish enough to let him. He has worked with companies such as PayPal, Mint, Founders Fund, Facebook, LinkedIn, SlideShare, Twilio, Simply Hired, Intel and Microsoft.

Joanna McFarland (Vice President of Publisher Networks, AT&T Interactive)
Joanna is the Vice President of Publisher Products at AT&T Interactive where she heads up the YP Local Ad Network, including the recent launch of the mobile local ad network with in-app hyperlocal display ads and the new YP Developer Program offering developers open API access to local business data. She has 15 years experience investing and managing businesses in technology and media.

Joy Marcus (Partner, DFJ Gotham Ventures)
Joy joined DFJ Gotham Ventures as a Venture Partner in May 2011. Prior to joining DFJ Gotham Ventures, Joy was General Manager, US for video website Dailymotion, from its US launch through its acquisition by Orange (France Telecom) in January 2011. Prior to Dailymotion, Joy was SVP Global Marketing at Time Warner and served as VP Business Development of Barnes&Noble.com. She began her career as an M&A lawyer.

Margit Wennmachers (Partner, Andreessen Horowitz)
Margit manages the firm’s brand and helps portfolio companies on marketing and communications. She maintains deep relationships with key influencers, including reporters and vendor agencies and brings in deals from budding entrepreneurs in the technology space. Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, she co-founded and grew The OutCast Agency from two employees to almost 100 (revenue over than $15 million annually).

Naval Ravikant (Co-Author, Venture Hacks)
Naval is an entrepreneur and angel investor, a co-author of Venture Hacks, and a co-maintainer of AngelList. Previously, he was a co-founder at Genoa Corp (acquired by Finisar), Epinions (IPO via Shopping), and Vast. He has advised Bix.com, iPivot, and XFire, among others, and invested in many companies including Twitter, FourSquare, DocVerse (sold to Google), Mixer Labs (sold to Twitter), PlanCast and Stack Overflow.

Rachel Pike (Investment Professional, Draper Fischer Jurvetson)
Rachel joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson in 2010 and is active in the clean technology, software, and mobility sectors. Prior to joining DFJ, Rachel completed her Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry at the University of Cambridge, where she served as President of the Gates Scholars, worked on a field campaign in Malaysia, and gave a short TED University talk on the scale of scientific research behind climate headlines.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (Founder & Chairman, JOYUS)
Sukhinder is Founder & Chairman of JOYUS. Prior to JOYUS, she served as CEO and Chairman of the board at Polyvore, and CEO-in-Residence with Accel Partners. From 2003 to 2009, she was a senior executive at Google. While at Google, Sukhinder also chaired the Women’s Leadership Community to help initiate networking and development opportunities among Google’s female management community.

Watch as the Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition finalists vie for prizes:

• "PITCH 2012 Winner"
• "Most Disruptive Product" - Cash Prize Awarded By:
• "Most Promising Team"
• "Product Most Likely To Change The World"

The winning team of the 2012 Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition receive meetings with top-tier venture capitalists after the conference, including:

Aileen Lee (Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
Aileen is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, having joined the firm in 1999. Her primary area of focus is working with consumer-oriented digital companies. Aileen has worked closely with the teams at companies such as Blue Nile (Nasdaq: Nile), Bloom Energy, Friendster (acquired by MOL Global), Good Technology (acquired by MOT), shopkick, Tellme (acquired by Microsoft) and Zazzle.

Mike Maples (Managing Partner, Maples Investments)
Mike is the Managing Partner of Maples Investments. He was recently named as one of “8 Rising VC Stars” by Fortune Magazine for his investments in business and consumer technology companies. Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was an entrepreneur and operating executive who worked in a variety of senior management roles in high-growth companies.

For sponsorship opportunities at Women 2.0's conference, email Sepideh Nasiri.

Conference sponsors include:



Corporate partners include:

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Are you bootstrapping, unemployed or a student? Apply for a deeply discounted conference ticket here.
(We will be granting discounts on need basis, and will notify recipients of discounted tickets by February 1)

Tickets are non-refundable but are transferrable by February 1, 2012.