SVW readers get a discount to Under the Radar November 16! I'll be one of the moderators along with Steve Fox, chief editor at Infoworld and Michael Copeland from Business 2.0

The lovely ladies of IDB Network have organized another Under the Radar event, in which startups parade their pitches in front of jaded judges from the VC community. Can their passion convert some of the Simons into Paulas? (I know at least one on the list that can.)

Just mention Silicon Valley Watcher and you'll get a "friends" discount. Here is a link to the secret discount site ;-)

I'll try to be as disruptive as possible while Steve and Michael will represent the traditional media--good cop/bad cops style--or, maybe not. Either way, it'll be good to see you there, on the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus.

Here is a link to main page, remember the secret discount link is here ;-)

And here is a list of companies and judges:

http://www.ibdnetwork.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=146

MODERATORS AND JUDGES

Michael Copeland, Senior Writer, Business 2.0

Lara Druyan, General Partner, Allegis Capital

Kevin Efrusy, Partner, Accel Partners

Tom Foremski, SiliconValleyWatcher

Steve Fox, Editor-in-Chief, Infoworld

Michael Jung, Principal, JPMorgan Partners

Mitchell Kertzman, Partner, Hummer Winblad

Lisa Lambert, Managing Director, Intel Capital

Gary Little, General Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures

Jeff Nolan, Investment Manager, SAP Ventures

Wes Raffel, Advanced Technology Ventures

Evangelos Simoudis, Partner, Trident Capital