Seattle 2.0 Blog

April 16, 2007

Event: Early Stage Investment Forum (ESIF) [link]

Date: April 19th, 2007

Time: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Venue: Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle

Price: $295 until April 5th, $345 after. Only accredit investors.

Presenters: 33 Northwest companies. See the list.

    If so, you might want to nominate it for the Webware 100 Award. This is a newly created award by CNET to show off great Web 2.0 companies. In their own words:

"The Webware 100 will be the 10 best sites in 10 categories, chosen by Webware's readers. The first step to picking the winners is nominating candidates to vote on. "

    If you know of a great startup, go to their site and submit it.

    The ten categories are:

• Browsing: Web browsers, extensions, widgets, and security
• Communications: e-mail, chat, VOIP
• Community: social networks, groups
• Data: search, storage, backup, sharing, and sync
• Entertainment: Games and contests
• Media: audio, video, photo
• Mobile: portable utilities and apps
• Productivity: apps, business tools, commerce
• Publishing: blogging, web content, design tools
• Reference: Mapping, reference works, and education