Launching NWEN Advisors
The Northwest Entrepreneur Network is pleased to announce the launch of NWEN Advisors. A new program whereby NWEN will connect Seattle area entrepreneurs with business advisors from the local community. The NWEN Advisors committee will connect entrepreneurs with advisors based on common industries, skill sets, and experiences.
We are keeping the process very simple for all involved. Once the connection is made, the depth and level of the relationship is completely up to you. There are no expectations in regards to the outcome of the connections that we facilitate.
The service will be free to the larger entrepreneurial community through January 31st and, thereafter, will be free for NWEN members and university students.
There are a number of simple guidelines:
- You determine how the relationship progresses.
- This should not be used for sales prospecting. The primary purpose of both parties should be knowledge transfer and assistance.
- No fee or hourly rate will be assessed by either party to the other.
Sign up here - http://nwen.chronus.com/
We look forward to having you participate! Please leave any questions or feedback in the comments section of this blog posting.
Nathan Kaiser is the founder and CEO of nPost, a resource site for startup that features startup tech jobs as well as an NWEN Board member.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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November 14th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Good work Nathan. I think my clients often underestimate the value of advisors. At this morning’s breakfast meeting, T.A. McCann talked about writing an email to investors every two weeks. Meeting with your advisors is a similar process in that it forces entrepreneurs to “honestly assess” where they are, but it’s better because it is more interactive. I hope a large proportion of NWEN ventures participate in the program.