http://seattletechstartups.com/ 2010-09-07T15:28:56+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/ http://seattletechstartups.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-04-18T11:34:13+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=apr_2008&rev=1208543653 The April 16th, 2008 meeting of Seattle Tech Startups had the following speakers: Startup Software Development - Solving the Tension Between Speed and Quality Anthony Stevens will deliver a short talk about how to address the competing demands in ... text/html 2009-04-30T11:34:37+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=apr_2009&rev=1241116477 Social Gold: Founded and led by ex-Amazon veterans, Social Gold is a developer platform for enabling a virtual economy withing an online game, application or community. Developers can use Social Gold API to create their own currency, monetize it thr... text/html 2010-04-30T10:55:45+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=apr_2010&rev=1272650145 VholdR is the market leader in HD Wearable Camcorders, enabling modern day explorers to tell their stories of action, adventure, and travel through video. Leading the way in making action video easy to shoot and share, VholdR is dedicated to creatin... text/html 2006-08-12T01:16:58+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=aug_1_2004&rev=1155370618 Leaving space for others to enter full notes... as I recall, it went like: How to structure partnerships How to create an LLC or S-Corp What goes into an operating agreement Geeky stuff Back to partnership questions This was a fantasic and f... text/html 2008-08-20T14:19:48+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=aug_2008&rev=1219267188 August 12 (Tuesday): Acquisition Round Table Emmanuel Marot Emmanuel Marot is a seasoned entrepreneur with a multi-faceted experience about startups and acquisitions. After graduating from French ‘Grande école’ ESCP, he began his profe... text/html 2009-10-15T10:19:20+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=aug_2009&rev=1255627160 We’re delighted to have two great speakers share their experience and knowledge in monetization. Chris Hopf, http://pricingwire.com: Understanding Freemium - How to Create and Grow Paying Customers There has been a lot of buzz lately around ... text/html 2008-12-26T08:22:42+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=dec_2008&rev=1230308562 December 9 (Tuesday): Present your startup Bryan Starbuck - Talent Spring Bio: Before founding TalentSpring, I have 10 years experience as a software engineer and engineering manager. Description of Company: TalentSpring is a B2B SaaS product whic... text/html 2009-05-13T13:15:38+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=developementstacks&rev=1242245738 People: Aviel Ginzburg Alex Weinstein Cons: “ugly” language No namespaces No long running processes Poor OO, bad Functional tools (use frameworks!) Bound to apache insecure bloated Pros: Fast easy to set up low conceptua... text/html 2007-11-29T20:19:21+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=discussion_topics&rev=1196396361 In our 6/22/2006 meeting, we brainstormed the following topics. How to write a business plan How to get funding Ruby on Rails Scaling a web app Picking server hardware Dealing with bloggers Reaching journalists Service deployment Dealing w... text/html 2009-02-18T08:37:00+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=feb_2009&rev=1234975020 Slides: http://seattletechstartups.com/docs/Google_Analytics_Presentation.pdf ... text/html 2010-02-23T15:24:46+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=feb_2010&rev=1266967486 With the deadlines for such seed-funding-plus-mentorship programs quickly approaching (YC is March 3rd), this is a great opportunity to learn about whether these programs are right for you, and what you should do to get in. If you’re consideri... text/html 2008-02-06T10:50:19+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=jan_2008&rev=1202323819 Date: January 22, 2008, 6:00pm Topic: From Startup to Steady Revenue The format of this session will be two 30-minute talks, with time for Q&A. The speakers are: David Hulton: Director of Security Applications, Pico Computing, Inc. Paul Rush... text/html 2009-01-21T07:40:32+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=jan_2009&rev=1232552432 Jan 13 (Tuesday) Washington State Tax - An Overview Stephanie Anderson, K&L Gates Stephanie Anderson has several years of experience in the field of state and local tax. Her experience includes representing clients in mergers and acquisitions... text/html 2010-02-08T19:18:31+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=jan_2010&rev=1265685511 To usher in the New Year we thought it would be great to discuss trends and opportunities for tech entrepreneurs in 2010. We’re excited to share that we’ve lined up three great speakers to share their views on this topic: Chris DeVore (F... text/html 2006-08-01T18:12:28+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=jul_11_2004&rev=1154481148 The discussion topic was “Viral Marketing”. (Others took notes, and will enter them) From Steve Lacey: As a few people have asked me for it, here’s the blog post regarding equity levels: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/03/nine_... text/html 2008-07-12T09:37:47+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=july_2008&rev=1215880667 July 9 (Wednesday), 2008: Creating Awesome Products Dave Sampson: Your Customer's First Five Minutes: Why They're the Only Ones that Matter Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1821540540979849346&hl=en Slides: http://seattletechst... text/html 2009-07-22T14:28:16+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=july_2009&rev=1248298096 * July 16 (Thursday): Present your startup Charles Willis-Obong, Meosic Charles has 15 yrs in Information Technology & Consulting. 5 yrs contracting with Microsoft’s Competitive Intelligence Research Group (SQL Marketing); and Project Manager ... text/html 2006-06-24T20:53:35+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=jun_22_2004&rev=1151207615 (This page is publically editable, so please add your $0.02!) About 12 people showed up to our first meeting. Yay! Several more contacted me (Chuck) at the last minute saying that they couldn’t make it this time, but would show up next time. ... text/html 2008-06-12T22:13:37+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=june_2008&rev=1213334017 June 11 (Wednesday), 2008: Technical Talks Aaron E. Klemm: Accelerating the Network Effect with OpenID and Microformats With OpenID and Microformats quickly gaining acceptance and visibility, it’s time to find out why and how to implement t... text/html 2009-06-15T22:25:51+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=june_2009&rev=1245129951 June 10 (Wednesday): Cloud computing Jeff Lawson (Twilio) Twilio, a telephony infrastructure web service “in the cloud”, allows web programmers to integrate real-time phone calls into their applications. But Twilio is not only a cloud-... text/html 2008-03-12T21:46:13+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=mar_2008&rev=1205383573 March 11, 2008 Kabir Shahani and Chris Hahn: Screw you and your great idea Summary: The focus of our talk is two critical factors (in our opinions) of successful product development: letting go of your own ego, and not always pushing of fighting f... text/html 2009-03-17T10:05:36+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=mar_2009&rev=1237309536 March 10, 2009: Present your startup Sergei Sokolenko, CueSense Bio: Sergei is the CEO and co-founder of Cuesense. Prior to launching Cuesense he worked in product management at Microsoft’s Live Search, a major search engine, and Live Meetin... text/html 2010-03-15T17:26:13+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=mar_2010&rev=1268699173 It’s been a while since we did a technical topic at STS, but there’s been increasing awareness and interest in the NoSQL movement (e.g. Twitter moves from MySQL to Cassandra), and we thought this could be a great opportunity to learn: ... text/html 2009-12-10T00:08:30+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=may_2008&rev=1260432510 The overall topic of the May 2008 meeting was on marketing and traffic. Non-obvious ways of increasing traffic while monetizing your web site Presenters will be Daniel Pezely, Director of Engineering of AdUup, Inc. As a Seattle based start-up, w... text/html 2009-05-27T16:23:11+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=may_2009&rev=1243466591 http://startpad.org/blog/seattle-tech-startups-meeting-may-13-2009 Slides http://www.ninebyblue.com/seattle-tech-startups-search-vanessafox.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/scottporad/scott-porad-at-seattle-tech-startups-on-user-generated-content-m... text/html 2010-06-05T18:50:55+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=may_2010&rev=1275789055 The next STS meeting is next Wednesday (May 12) at 7pm at UW (details). The topic will be: iPad Development 101: What you need to know to get started (aka “there’s gold in thar hills!”). We have two excellent speakers, Damon Danie... text/html 2008-11-16T11:41:08+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=nov_2008&rev=1226864468 See videos and slides ... text/html 2009-12-10T14:57:09+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=nov_2009&rev=1260485829 Present your startup Buzzer o’ Matic - Matt Steckler and Andres Krogh Bio: Matt has an AA degree, and also has a degree from UC Davis. He has 12 years experience working for high-tech software companies in the area, including a long stint at... text/html 2006-11-20T18:49:31+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=nov_7_2006&rev=1164077371 Lots of people showed up for this meeting! Dennis Lee started with a presentation on lessons learned running large-scale website operations. See his PowerPoint presentation: Operating and Scaling a Website to Millions ... text/html 2008-01-07T16:37:45+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=oct_2007&rev=1199752665 Tom Lianza WishListing The talk is going to center on using YSlow to evaluate the client-side performance of a website. Because it’s largely frontend-oriented, the majority of the content is applicable to any website, regardless of back-end t... text/html 2008-10-21T12:57:35+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=oct_2008&rev=1224619055 October 15 2008: Public speaking Roy Leban is a serial software entrepreneur focusing on usable software and services. An expert at both usability and software development, Roy has shipped more than twenty commercial products and services, includin... text/html 2009-10-27T14:49:58+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=oct_2009&rev=1256680198 http://bit.ly/sts_direct_sales_video Slides Slides for both talks on Bryan Starbuck's blog About Our past couple of meetings have helped you get better at direct marketing, now please join us this Wednesday, Oct 7 at 7pm to learn about how t... text/html 2006-10-13T14:55:39+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=oct_3_2006&rev=1160776539 Please enter notes on the Oct 3 meeting... ... text/html 2010-05-12T17:41:33+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=other_resources&rev=1273711293 Informational Resources Online community catering to the Northwest startup scene: www.theraingarden.com Seattle 2.0: Entreneurship ship blog, with lists of startups, bloggers and Twitter users in Seattle. Resource page for entrepreneurs set up... text/html 2010-01-22T07:22:03+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=public_forums&rev=1264173723 The Seattle TechWiki can be found here:- http://www.seattletechwiki.com/index.php?title=Home ... text/html 2010-08-24T20:05:13+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=regulars&rev=1282705513 I’m a jovial, pro-test driven (sometimes test after) development software architect and coder. I generally am in the C# .NET world of ASP.NET, WF, WCF, Web Services, and the whole list of “key words”. I love what I do and commonly add a very busines... text/html 2008-09-13T22:53:18+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=sept_2008&rev=1221371598 September 10 (Wednesday): 4 startups introduce their businesses TeachStreet - Dave Schappell (not the comedian) TeachStreet is a new Seattle-based company that strives to help students of any age find great local teachers, classes and schools, and... text/html 2009-10-15T10:18:14+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=sept_2009&rev=1255627094 http://bit.ly/sts_meeting_ab_testing_video About A recurring theme in the last meeting about monetization was the importance of measuring what’s working and what isn’t. So this week we are going to focus on bringing a data driven pro... text/html 2006-09-14T10:45:28+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=sept_7_2006&rev=1158255928 Notes for Sept 7, 2006 meeting About 25 people showed up - a new record! I leave it to those who took notes to fill in details. :) ... text/html 2008-05-21T09:32:51+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=speaking_guidelines&rev=1211387571 If you are unsure, please ask. We want your help and experience - it’s what makes STS great! ... text/html 2006-06-05T15:00:45+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=start&rev=1149544845 Welcome to seattle tech startup! ... text/html 2007-12-12T11:22:07+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=ui-reviews-2007-12-05&rev=1197487327 Archive of ui-review meeting held on Dec 5 2007 Startups can get stuck in the mode of writing code and neglecting user interface design, or may not have the experience and skills needed. In order to help those that would like to improve their user... text/html 2009-04-23T08:33:37+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=ui-reviews&rev=1240500817 Startups can get stuck in the mode of writing code and neglecting user interface design, or may not have the experience and skills needed. In order to help those that would like to improve their user experience, we’d like to get together in a... text/html 2009-05-14T10:19:14+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=videos&rev=1242321554 The following videos of Seattle Tech Startup presentations were recorded with the permission of the presenter. Since many of the videos were taken in a darkened room, the picture quality may not be the best - but the conversations are nonetheless qu... text/html 2010-09-07T15:27:49+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=welcome&rev=1283898469 We’re a group of entrepreneurs in the Seattle area who give and seek advice on running technology startups. We meet about once or twice a month. This is targeted at founders of, employees of, or those folks interested in joining local techno... text/html 2010-01-22T00:10:23+01:00 http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php?id=which_cheap_crm_should_i_use&rev=1264147823 Zoho SugarCRM Salesforce Excel HighriseHq ... Back to public_forums ...