March Venture Breakfast: Putting the Life in Lifestyle Business

March 13, 2009

When: Friday, March 13, 2009 7 - 9 am
Early-Bird Networking begins at 6:30 am

Where: Bellevue Harbor Club, Bellevue, Washington

Parking: Please park at the Bellevue Corporate Plaza Garage for parking validation. This is the free standing garage located at NE 6th St on 110th Ave. From NE 8th St turn south on 110th Ave NE. Garage entrance will be on your right hand side. Please note that parking is NOT validated in the Harbor Club building garage.

Speaker: Josh Petersen, Robot Co-op (43Things)

*As of the December 2008 breakfast, due to rising venue costs for late registrations, the price to attend the breakfast will be increasing by $5 starting on the Tuesday before the breakfasts

Cost:
Regular Registration: $25 for members, $40 for non-members.
After March 9: $30 for members, $45 for non-members
Members, bring a bring a first time attendee guest at the member rate!

What you will Learn:
Four years ago, three friends wrote down their personal goals to see whether their aspirations were a good fit for creating a company.  Out of their own process came the inspiration for 43Things.com, a Webby Award-winning social networking site and profitable company.

43 Things helps people share their aspirations online and connect with like-minded individuals, creating lightweight communities around common goals.  17,104 people share and discuss the goal of getting married on 43 Things.  With a half-dozen staff, a low-rent Capitol Hill office, bootstrapped operations, and unconventional financing, they've built a business that meets their own goals as well as their users'.

In the process, Robot Co-op raised $1MM from Amazon.com, published a book, created five more social sites, and served 2 million registered users.  In his talk, Josh Petersen, a veteran of Amazon.com and Microsoft, will explain why he thinks all companies should be run more
like lifestyle businesses.


COME HEAR Josh Petersen tell us why he embraces "lifestyle business" as a badge of distinction, not a VC pejorative, and why there's a lot to learn from profitable, sustainable, personally-satisfying companies.

Join us on March 13th for what is sure to be an engaging breakfast. Register today to ensure a seat.