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TechCafe Happy Hour @BlueBoxGroup
I must say that I am pretty excited to go check out the event on Friday – nearly sold out (10 spots left)… We have been planning this one for some time and can’t wait to see all the great people in the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond tech community come out for Happy Hour. Last year was an awesome year for TechCafe events – so awesome we took a few months off from getting geeky with the best startups and technologists in the area – rest assured though we are back and planning a few awesome events. If you are interested in sponsoring or hosting one – let us know! First up is one of our personal favorites. Blue Box Group! We have been watching this team grow for a while now and it has … Read entire article »
Filed under: NW events, Seattle, seattlelunch20, Startups, TechCafe
Organization of Entrepreneurialism
There is an age old debate in the world of startups… go big or build a lifestyle business. There are a lot of arguments and debates about the benefits of both. From the concepts of building businesses that grow the economy on a small or large scale, to entrepreneurs using their talents to build big products vs. build what they want, etc, etc. Every time these debates crop up, everyone has an opinion on the validity of what type a startup is, whether or not particular examples of people building startups in one of the models can execute on that model, or why a particular startup as an example is different than all other startups at executing on their model. It doesn’t seem to matter if the people debating are … Read entire article »
TechCafe Presents
TechCafe Presents – August 19th 4:30-6pm 1191 2nd Ave. Seattle, WA 98101 Register Back already!! TechCafe is putting on our second demo event!! Everyone really enjoyed seeing a few young startups last time, the startups really enjoyed the opportunity to pitch, and of course we loved putting the two groups together!! So please join us for our (I don’t want to jinx it) Quarterly TechCafe Presents… It is a demo event where we have carefully selected two startups from the community that are early enough in their lifecycle that paying to pitch or demo is outrageous – we are talking ramen eating, consulting on the side, (maybe some friends and family money), but really anything to make their passion happen startups!! Like all of the TechCafe events of the past – this is a sponsored event, thanks to our friends at Fenwick … Read entire article »
Filed under: Seattle
What to do with your Seattle 2.0 Award
As many of you know, at last year’s Seattle 2.0 Awards I won an award for Seattle Lunch 2.0. I was a bit honored. I didn’t expect to win anything when I started making the event happen. I didn’t want all this in return when I decided more of Seattle’s tech community needed to meet each other and check out the digs of their fellow startupers. In short, I was unexpectedly suprised and proud when I won the Seattle 2.0 Award last year. I was so thankful to the community that I thought the award deserved a place in my home that was worthwhile of the honor. I immediately knew what to do with it… Yes, a place in my bed was the perfect location!! No? I beg to differ…. I try … Read entire article »
Filed under: Seattle
Thoughts on the Seattle Startup Ecosystem
Just realized that I never actually posted this from last November – good post though I recently spoke with Laura Rich from Fast Company about the local startup environment. She is doing a piece on startup ecosystems and has spoken with Fred Wilson, Jeff Bussgang, Brad Feld, Andy Sack, and is making her way around the country to find the things that are special in the growth of startup ecosystems. We talked about the changing startup environment in Seattle that has grown over the last decade. It was interesting to reflect on the role of Microsoft which has had a major presence in the area as well as our major university in town (UW) and how these have played different roles over time. Some thoughts that I left with her was that our community … Read entire article »
Filed under: Seattle
