June Venture Breakfast

June 12, 2009

When: Friday, June 12, 2009 7 - 9 am
Early-Bird Networking begins at 6:30 am, additional networking from 9- 10am

Who: See below

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: Mike Mathieu, All Star Directories

In today's capital-constrained environment, scaling your business requires a capital-efficient strategy. But it also requires placing smart bets with your hard, cold cash to unleash profitable growth. One paradoxically smart investment for growth companies can be hiring highly skilled, seemingly "expensive" outside consultants to patch holes in your organization, so you can focus on the core strengths that drive profitable growth. Our keynote for this topic is Mike Mathieu, founder and former-CEO of All Star Directories and current chairman of Front Seat, a civic software company. In addition to his personal and professional success, Mike was a highly-rated speaker at Entrepreneur University, and we’re thrilled to have him! In a conversational format, he’ll talk about how he successfully leveraged such relationships to bootstrap All Star Directories following the dotcom bubble and how you can apply the same lessons in the current environment.

We recently surveyed our membership to determine their major points of pain, and found our entrepreneur members currently seek the most help in marketing, legal, and human resources. As such, we are happy to announce that with this breakfast, we're also piloting our “Partner Fair” during the caffeinated networking session before the program (6:30-7:30) and after (9-10am). where you'll have a chance to meet senior partners in each of these areas. For those of you who are subject matter experts in these who enjoy working with innovative startups and entrepreneurs, we still have just a few slots left for you to exhibit at the fair. For more information and to register, please email rlovell@nwen.org.

Hope you can join us!

*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 June 8: $30 for members, $45 for non-members
Members, bring a bring a first time attendee guest at the member rate!

Venture Breakfast Table Exhibitors:

5 Circles Research
Altus Alliance
BizDev Experts / Cloud Experts
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Evergreen Recruiting, Inc.
Fenwick & West LLP
Foster Pepper PLLC
HRnovations
Jackson Lewis, LLP
Janeway Patent Law PLLC
Jennifer L. Jolley PLLC
Mixtur - Marketing Solutions for Growing Companies
Perkins Coie LLP
Personnel Management Systems, Inc
Pivotal Presentations
RC Strategies Group LLC
Recruiting Toolbox, Inc.
Resourceful HR
Simplicity Consulting Inc
Stanislaw Ashbaugh, LLP
Swift HR Solutions, Inc.
The Adlhoch Group, LLC
Waddell & Reed
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Williams-Helde

Join NWEN and all the exhibitors this Friday to learn more about HR, Legal and Marketing!

Join us on June 12th for what is sure to be an engaging breakfast. Register today to ensure a seat.