Event Details
Speaker: Bryan Trussel, Co-Founder and CEO at Glympse
Had enough conventional advice from famous successful entrepreneurs and wealthy Venture Capitalists? If so, take a break from high society and jump into the trenches with Bryan Trussel, a first-time entrepreneur. He'll share his insights about his just-in-time, on-the-job training as he went from corporate lacky to clueless entrepreneur. Join him for a real time view into the exciting, painful, thrilling, funny (both comic and painful) process of coming up with an idea, creating a team, and raising angel money to launching, stepping on landmines, raising VC money, and competing in the marketplace.
Along the way, Bryan will unveil the definitive answers to the here-to-for unanswerable questions including:
- How to know how many figure$ your big idea is worth?
- Are you being laser focused or just inflexible?
- What trumps: The team or the idea?
- Consultants: Your buddy or your bane?
- How to raise money in 136 easy steps?
- Venture Capitalists: Compassionate Benefactors or Blood $ucking Vampires?
- PR: Strategic Investment or Pipedream Pipers?
- How to screw up in 4 easy steps.
Bryan Trussel is CEO
and cofounder of Glympse, a mobile/cloud/social/location service. Prior to
starting Glympse, he was a GM at Microsoft working on Windows, Interactive TV,
Embedded OS's, and Xbox. He has a BS in Comp Sci and Mathematics and French
from the University of Utah, and an MBA from Kellogg. He has a bunch of kids,
lives in Redmond, and is guilty of the occasional run on sentence.. Read more on Bryan and Glympse
Cost: $15 general ticket, $5 student ticket (walk-in and online)
- As a courtesy to our planning, we suggest that you pre-register for our events however walk-ups are welcome at many events and pricing remains the same at the door.
Cancellation Policy: Please notify us 24 hours prior
to the start of the event if you are unable to attend to discuss a
refund. Day-of cancellations cannot be processed. Contact Caitlin Goetze
(cgoetze@nwen.org).
About NWEN Breakfast Buzz Events:
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When
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9:30am
Location
- Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA