For 20 years, DEMO has been the leading stage for technology companies launching their products. Everyone from Netscape to Sun and Salesforce have launched their early products there.
But amazingly, DEMO has never been held in Silicon Valley. That changes in September, when we will bring it to Santa Clara, Calif. on Sept. 13-15, where for the first time it will be within an hour's driving distance for anyone in the San Francisco Bay Area. And we're offering a very sweet deal of $975 for the first 200 people who sign up by April 12.
As DEMO's executive producer, I'm also hitting the road again, to search for the best companies and products for potential launch at that show. I'll be visting Boston, New York and Washington DC, next week -- on April 5, 6, and 7 respectively. I'll be visiting more cities after that (details to come).
But this time, I'll be doing something differently during my visits. At each stop, we're also inviting up to six companies to give a three-minute pitch about their current product plans. It all begins in Boston, at the Felt, on Monday. If you are interested in pitching, sign up here. You'll get to pitch in front of the local audience of investors, entrepreneurs and other professionals we'll be inviting. This content will be in addition to the cocktails and conversation we'll be having. Come by if you're an investor, an entrepreneur, or anyone else interested in innovation, and you want to connect with other folks in the community. We're buying drinks for the first 40 or so people who arrive.
I'll be posting more shortly, but for now here are the details about the events:
Boston (Felt, April 5): Sign up here if you want to come as a regular attendee. If you're a company and want to pitch, sign up here.
New York (Rogue Bar Ainsworth, April 6): Sign up here if you want to come as an attendee. If you're a company and want to pitch, sign up here. [Update: We've decided to team up with New York Tech Meetup, and we won't do pitches at this one because the Meetup's agenda is already pretty full. We're going to host the after-hours party at the Ainsworth instead].
Washington, DC (Public Bar, April 7): Sign up here if you want to come as a regular attendee. If you're a company and want to pitch, sign up here.
For more about DEMO, read our coverage on VentureBeat. The last show rocked. We're going to keep most of that format, and announcing some cool new stuff over the coming weeks. Stay tuned.