A little known secret is that the center of most power in Silicon Valley sits with the Silicon Valley Moms Club. These are CEOs, CFOs, wives of the same, etc. They have a lot of power and influence And they don’t like to be told no, ever.
I heard that a member was upset she couldn’t get into the TechCrunch party last week and wrote about it on the SVM blog. Silicon Valley Moms can’t be bothered with silly things like a wiki to simply sign up (the party was open to all), they go right the source of power - David Hornik. Or rather, David Hornik’s wife.
Why should 700 OTHER people get to play while I am stuck at home watching my kids? I know that invites to Techcrunch were nearly impossible to get - but for god sake, I am best friends with his wife! My kids are best friends with HIS kids! So I may not be a 20 something hip cool blogger, but I am a mommy blogger! Doesn’t that count for something?
All I can say is, I apologize. At the end of the day, who cares if Mini Om has a vendetta against me. It’s the mom’s I’m really scared of. 
Hi Mike.
So I was the ‘guilty’ Silicon Valley Mom who posted about not being able to go…. as it turned out, David gave me an invite, but couldn’t go due to lack of childcare. Instead, Beth Blecherman (of Silicon Valley Moms Blog) attended with Charlene Li - they had a great time!
Hopefully, we will be there next year!
Jill Asher
Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Moms Blog
…. and no need to fear us!
Moms are SO Web 1.0.
I would have allowed her in and next time if she did not get register, she would get the boot. This is the tree hugging state, no?
This mommyblogger went to TechCrunch 7 (thanks Michael!)- and it was a blast. And I enjoyed talking about Web 2.0. I guess some moms are SO into Web 2.0.
http://svmomblog.typepad.com/silicon_valley_moms_blog/2006/08/what_is_a_mommy.html
Next year, I will be up at 2am to sign up on the wiki.
SVMILFS ….. hm.
Hi Mike:
Jill was just trying to be nice. What she meant to say was: fear us and have fun doing it.
We are the women who used to wear black leather cocktail dresses and play with geeks. Now we’re raising the next generation of geeks to have an exciting new viewpoint on life!
Oh by the way, Nick, sweetie, you have a little smutz on the side of your face. I think if I just spit on this hankie we can clean it off… Try to use a napkin next time, ok?