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Awesome time today at TechStars for a Day – Seattle [Slides]

/ Robert Pease / 1 Comment

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!):


 

TechStars for a Day – Seattle; Getting Started

Re: Want mentorship and investment for your startup?

/ Robert Pease / Leave a comment

Andy Sack asked for help spreading the word about TechStars here in Seattle so I thought I'd post his request here.  Andy is leading the charge on the first season of TechStars locally, is the ring leader behind Seattle Open Coffee, and is a great guy.

If you are itching to start a tech company in Seattle, definitely apply to TechStars….

From Andy:

TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment
program.  It is now accepting applications for the inaugural
2010 Seattle class.  Applications are due by June 1, 2010 and the
program kicks-off on August 16, 2010.  The Seattle program is funded by
every major venture capital firm in Seattle.  We are reaching out to every
organization in Seattle that works with entrepreneurs to help spread
the word about
the program.  There is more information about TechStars online, www.techstars.org.  Any help you can provide in
promoting the program or encouraging exciting young companies and
engineers to apply is greatly appreciated.