eDate: Where Entrepreneurs and Experts Meet

May 11, 2010

When: May 11, 5:30 - 8pm

Where: Palace Ballroom, 2030 5th Avenue Seattle, WA 98121

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Why eDate?

As an entrepreneur, whether your day is filled with writing code or courting investors, prototyping your product or revising your revenue plan, it can be lonely at the top! With eDate, we're pleased to offer you an evening of chatting (and cocktailing) with your peers, sharing stories, and swapping advice. And to top it off-- much better than high school prom-- you get to choose not one but two dates for the evening! In your ten minute date, we have a feeling you'll get lucky: come armed with a question apiece for two of our 30 experts, and leave with some valuable advice for your business.

How does it work? No tux, taffetta or corsage required. It is first-come first-served, but no one's a wallflower at eDate. We'll have "matchmakers" set you up on your dream-date with at least two "experts" in one of the following six categories:

• Venture capital
• Technology
• Marketing/Sales/Branding
• Legal
• Finance
• Team/Human Resources

You'll be "dating" for a total of 20 minutes throughout the evening, and free to enjoy 100 of your entrepreneur friends, a no-host bar, and some tasty Tom Douglas snacks the remainder of the event.

Get answers to burning questions such as:
• What kind of legal entity should I create for my startup?
• What is the best form of IP protection for me?
• I'm a one-person team...should I consider a co-founder? Who's my next key hire?
• How can I do some revenue modeling and forecasting before I make my first dollar?
• I don't know anything about social media and don't have a budget...how do I get started?
• What's the best technology platform for my website? How can I build it on a shoestring?
• How do I pitch my business to investors?
• How can I fine-tune my value proposition/elevator pitch?

Sign up today.

Cost: $5, entrepreneurs only please.

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Interested in being one of our experts? Email kbailey@nwen.org to inquire about sponsoring a table.

Here are just a few of the companies participating in eDate:

Click here to see the descriptions and sample questions of the experts!

5 Circles Research
Alliance of Angels
Atlas Networks
BDO
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness
 cMedia Productions
Business Plans Northwest
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Founders Co-Op
Ignition Partners
Jackson Lewis, LLP
Madrona
Marketing Philharmonic
Mixtur Interactive Inc.
Moss Adams
Paladin Partners
Perkins Coie LLP
Sentinel Peak LLC
Shore10
Sophos Law Firm
Stanislaw Ashbaugh, LLP
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati
Woodbury Financial Services
Voldal Wartelle & Co., P.S.
Voyager