Seattle 2.0 Blog

SUN 8 JUL 2007

NWEN Venture Breakfast: Tableu Software: From Stanford IP to Boxed Software... By Marcelo Calbucci

 

Event: NWEN Venture Breakfast - Tableu Software: From Stanford IP to Boxed Software Solution [link]

 

Date: July 13, 2007

 

Time: 6:30 AM - 9AM

 

Venue: Bellevue Harbor Club

 

Price: $25

 

Presenters: Christian Chabot (Tableu Software)

MON 9 JUL 2007

Conference: Gnomedex 7.0 By Marcelo

 

Event:  Gnomedex 7.0 - Lockergnome.com [link]

 

Date: August 9 - 11, 2007

 

Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

 

Venue: Bell Harbo Conference Center, Seattle

 

Price: $449 alumni; $499 new attendee

 

Presenters: TBD

MON 9 JUL 2007

NWEN Venture Breakfast: Ophir Ronen By Marcelo Calbucci

 

Event: NWEN Venture Breakfast - Ophir Ronen [link]

 

Date: Friday, September 14, 2007

 

Time: 6:30 AM - 9 AM

 

Venue: Bellevue Harbor Club

 

Price: $25 for member; $40 for non-member

 

Presenters: Ophir Ronen (Planetary Fuels)

TUE 10 JUL 2007

Event: TechCrunch 20 By Marcelo Calbucci

 

Event: TechCrunch 20 [link]

 

Date: September 17-18, 2007

 

Time: all-day

 

Venue: The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA

 

Price: $1,995 through July 15, $2,495 after that.

 

Presenters: 20 startups.

FRI 13 JUL 2007

Do you know anything about startups? By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    I thought it would be interesting to feature guest bloggers on Seattle 2.0 talking about their area of expertise. There are a lot of service providers out there with experience with startups that certainly can write a better blog post about the subject than I ever could.

 

    Do you, or anyone you know, have expertise on the following topics and would like to write a blog post to Seattle 2.0?

 

• Business Law: Established the business, protecting your IP, founder agreements, Corp vs. LLP/LLC, Board of Directors/Advisors, company structure and roles.
• Marketing: Branding, Positioning, Naming, Logo, Strategy, Online Advertising, Planning, PR.
• Business Strategy: Partnerships, business planning.
• IT: Setting up, outsourcing, colocation, purchasing HW/SW.
• Recruiting: How to find candidates, compensation, benefits.
• R&D: Outsourcing, finding designers, finding developers.
• Funding: Angel investment, venture capital, debt financing.
• Financial: Keeping tabs, finding an accountant, managing cash, financial projections, tracking forecast vs. actual.
• Real Estate: finding an office, negotiating terms, furnishing.
• International: Making a global product, localization.

 

    The only requirement is that you must be located or actively doing business in the Seattle area.

 

    Send me an email if you want to write about any of the topics above (or any other topic not listed above but relevant to startups and entrepreneurs).

 

FRI 13 JUL 2007

The Naked Truth By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    Great event coming in two weeks. Hurry to sign up since they only have 200 spots and 50 are already filled up just a few hours after the announcement.

 

    You can read it about at John Cook's Venture Blog and Redfin Corporate blog.

 

    Sign up: http://thenakedtruth.wetpaint.com/