Here is the list of companies presenting at the Early Stage Investment Forum in April 19th.
- Adapx, Inc.
- Braincandy
- Celana Bioscience, Inc.
- The Coffee Equipment Company
- Document Command, Inc.
- FlowPlay
- HeartRate Games, Inc.
- HyBlue
- InjuryFree
- IntellectSpace Corporation
- Jakoba Software
- Julep Nail Parlor Company
- Just Cause LLC
- Knouen
- Limeade
- Metron Systems, Inc.
- Mobile Semiconductor
- m-six
- Oeco Textiles
- Others Online, Inc.
- Pan Street Video, Inc.
- Radiant Metrics
- Rocketbook
- Sampa Corporation
- Signalink Technologies, Inc.
- SiteScout
- StarGazer Properties, LLC
- Sweet Power, Inc.
- SynerG Software
- Telephony2
- The Local Vine
- Theo Chocolate, Inc.
- Variance Dynamical Corporation
Event: MIT Venture Lab - How To: Get Customers [link]
Date: April 5th, 2007
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue: One Union Square Boardroom
Price: $25
Presenters: Colin McWhinnie (SalesXperts), Jason Hausske (Atlas Accelerator)
Event: Essentials for Startups Series: Essentials of Employee Growth - Scaling Human Capital [link]
Date: Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Time: 7:30am - noon
Venue: Davis Wright Tremaine Offices (Seattle)
Price: $65 for NWEN members, $115 for non members
Presenters: Joseph Whitford (Davis Wright Tremaine), Kraig Baker (Davis Wright Tremaine), Mary Drobka (Davis Wright Tremaine), Mark Tranter (CFO Selections) and Shannon Swift (Swift HR Solutions).
Link: Dave Naffziger on Startup Stock Options.
Past performance is not guarantee of future performance, but they sure are telling a good start story for Seattle 2.0:
Friday (day 1): 26 visits, 24 UU, 93 PV
Saturday (day 2): 77 visits, 75 UU, 139 PV
Sunday (day 3): 32 visits, 27 UU, 41 PV
For a blog that is just getting started receiving 24 users on its first day, and 75 on its second day is pretty cool.
At the beginning was just Hillel Cooperman and two unnamed founders at Jackson Fish Market, a new startup in Seattle. Then the second founder was named: Walter Smith, another former microsoftie. Today, they announced the last unnamed founder: Jenny Lam.
Keep an eye on Jackson Fish Market. They are a very promising startup.
Disclaimer: Hillel has been doing some consulting for Sampa.
Event: Seattle's Social Media Scene [link]
Date: April 5th, 2007
Time: 6:30pm - 8:15pm
Venue: Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC), Seattle
Price: Free
Presenters: Chris Pirillo, Mitch Ratcliffe, Randy Stewart, Chris Heuer.
Wikipedia defines "startup" as:
"...A startup company is a company with a limited operating history. It may effectively cease to be a startup as it passes various milestones, such as becoming profitable, or becoming publically traded in an IPO ..."
That is an ok definition, although I don't like the part about "becoming profitable" since a some Startups can be profitable very early on.
What else would make a company stop being a startup besides being publically traded? Here is a list that on my opinion would disqualify a company as a Startup (besides going out of business, of course):
- More than 5 years on business;
- IPO;
- Being acquired by a non-Startup;
What else?
Ignite Seattle is happening again, which is a very fun event that mix technology, with geekness (is that a word?), and Make projects.
The other event is Seattle's Social Media Scene.
For your luck, both events are at the same place: Capital Hill Arts Center (CHAC).
We just integrated a Jobster.com into Seattle 2.0. Now, you can see all the new job posts for Seattle-area startups directly from Jobster search.
Want a job for your startup to appear on Seattle 2.0? Just go to Jobster.com, add your job post and make sure to include the word "startup" somewhere in the description.
January, 2007
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