It’s no secret that the area of development with the most potential growth is in the mobile arena, and in an age of iPhones and Nexus Ones, I’m willing to be there are plenty of people reading this very sentence from the palm of their hand.

A whole new breed of startups are sure to follow, and with them, a host of flawed pitches from very talented people . If you don’t live in a major metropolitan area then that means many of those flaws will never be realized.

Fortunately for anyone within a day’s drive of Nashville, Tenn. there’s a startup pitch contest at the mobileX event that will have plenty of people ready to pass judgment and ultimately get you one step closer to your aspirations of running successful new company.

From the MobileX Pitch Contest application:

We don’t care how far along the idea/company is as long as you’re “new”. You could have just thought of the idea yesterday or be in your second year of business (no companies older than 3 years…we feel this is about as old as you can be and still call yourself a “startup” especially in the mobile web business). We do care about your ability to talk about it compellingly, intelligently, and succinctly. You’ll have 5 minutes to pitch, 3 minutes for Q&A from the judges & perhaps the crowd if there’s time. Powerpoint presentations and demos are welcome but not necessary.

The MobileX conference is March 27 at the Cadillac Ranch in downtown Nashville. Check out the official site for more details.