I had a great time speaking today at a TechStars event here in Seattle.  Big thanks to Andy Sack and Kayla Roark for organizing and to Perkins Coie for the 48th floor conference room on a (finally) sunny day here.  I met lots of smart and energetic entrepreneurs, heard lots of pitches, and tried to add a bit of value along the way.  My presentation was about "getting started" which is arguably the hardest part of starting a company – just starting.

I am really looking forward to being a TechStars mentor to this year's class and seeing these great people be successful.  Here are my slides (also big thanks to the Slideshare folks for featuring this deck today on their site!):