Robert Eickmann just sent this list of resources for Seattle startups to the Saturday House mailing list but it's so handy that I'm republishing it here:
Seattle Startup Resources, This is the list of organizations that I
wish that I had known about when I came out here. Its broken into
Frequent events, Infrequent events, Entrepreneur support/educational
institutions, Funding sources, Web Resources and Job boards.
Startup Minded Events: where in Seattle where you are likely find
technical people, hanging out having fun while working on changing the
world.
Frequent Events (Every week or month):
Eastside Startup Meeting: Every Wednesday morning at 9:00am At Tully's Coffee
8862 161st Ave NE, Redmond, WA
Hops and Chops: A weekly meet-up of entrepreneurs and startup junkies
who like to get together, drink beer, and talk shop. on Thursday
Nights after 7Pm at Linda's Tavern 707 E. Pine St
www.hopsandchops.com
Open Coffee at Louisa's Coffee on Tuesday mornings: Early stage
entrepreneur and investor networking in Seattle.
Occurs Every Tuesday Morning at 8:30Am 2379 Eastlake Ave E Seattle, Washington
http://asack.typepad.com/a_sack_of_seattle/2007/04/seattle_open_co.html
Saturday House: Seattle Saturday House is a weekly gathering of
several people who meet and do ... whatever they want! People work on
projects, people talk about ideas, people conspire and hatch plans,
and people play games with each other.
Every Saturday at Giraffe Labs in Pinoeer Square
http://www.saturdayhouse.org
Seattle Lunch 2.0: Learn about cool local companies and technologies
over your lunch hour - Various locations and times
http://seattlelunch20.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
Seattle Startup Drinks: A simple concept: startup culture in cities
around the world gathers around a bar to have a pint and discuss
what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can
do for each other.
Occurs the Last Friday of every month at various locations.
http://seattle.startupdrinks.com
Seattle Tech Startups (STS): A group of entrepreneurs in the Seattle
area who give and seek advice on running technology startups.
We meet about once or twice a month. This is targeted at founders of,
employees of, or those folks interested in joining local technology
companies. Be ready to talk shop, get into technical arcana, and
discuss the nitty-gritties of running/working at/launching a tech
startup.
Occurs first or second week of the month at The Douglas Forum at the
Executive Education Center, University of Washington
http://www.seattletechstartups.com
Six Hour Startup: A group of hackers/designers/entrepreneurs meeting
to try and build and lunch a startup in less than six hours.
Second Weekend of every month at various locations.
http://www.sixhourstartup.com
Venture Breakfasts (NWEN): A monthly breakfast with a featured speaker
talking about startup related issues.
http://www.nwen.org/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=15&cat=Venture...
Infrequent Events:
(Every few months, it is best to find out about when these events
occur from sites like MeetAtThePig
http://meetatthepig.com or Seattle 2.0 http://seattle20.sampasite.com,
or Gary's Guide http://seattle.garysguide.org)
Barcamp: An ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share
and learn in an open environment.
http://barcamp.org/seattle
Ignite Seattle: Ignite Seattle is a geek event that combines on-site
geekery, sharing, and innovation (and drinking)
http://igniteseattle.com/
Mindcamp: Seattle Mind Camp is an unconference that is held annually
in Seattle. http://mindcamp.gearlive.com/
NPost: nPost networking Event for tech startups, Demos and getting to
meet members of the local startup community.
http://www.npost.com
Think Tanks (NWEN): Evening Knowledge Exchanges that are recognized as
the go to forums for new ideas.
http://www.nwen.org/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=15&cat=Think+T...
Workshops (NWEN): Graduate School level workshops on various topics
such as VC Financing, Human Resource, Bootstrapping, IP Protection and
more.
http://www.nwen.org/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=15&cat=Workshops
There are a lot of other events that occur here in Seattle which
attract interesting, smart technical people : Bizjam, Startup Weekend,
Dorkbot, Powertool drag strip races, Seattle Scrum, Seattle X-Coders,
Seattle Ruby Brigade, Python Users group.... Its best to subscribe to
a few of the calendars above to find out about those events.
Entrepreneur Support/Educational Institutions:
Biznik: Is a Seattle based social network for entrepreneurs, they have
a wealth of events and information on starting up a company.
http://biznik.com/
Score: Small Business Administration, hosts workshops, offers
conseling and has a wealth of resources for startup entruperumers.
http://www.seattlescore.org
Freelance Seattle: good for finding freelancers to help with
design/code/branding/localization/etc...
http://freelance-seattle.net/
MIT Enterprise Forum: Hosts several different types of events though
out the year, Dinner Programs which can be a companies presentation of
key issues the company is experiencing or has experienced or an
experts panel with a featured topic of interest, Venture Lab workshops
which is a lecture series on various topics and Global Broadcasts from
Cambridge aimed at different topics.
http://www.mitwa.org/
NorthWest Enrepreneur Network (NWEN): Has Venture breakfasts,
workshops, pub nights, and hosts the Early Stage Investment Forum
yearly.
http://www.nwen.org
Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA): Offers several
events though out the year, becoming a member gets you into their
partner program which offers discounts on health/dental/vision
insurance, business supplies, classes and more. They have a focus on
legislative change though lobbying and government afairs.
http://www.washingtontechnology.org
Funding Organizations:
Alliance of Angels: www.allianceofangels.com
ARCH Venture Parners: www.archventure.com
Bezos Expeditions: www.bezosexpeditions.com
Draper Fisher Jurvetson: www.dfj.com
Frazier Healthcare and Technology Ventures: www.frazierco.com
Fluke Venture Partners: www.flukeventures.com
Founders Co-op: www.founderscoop.com
Funding Universe: www.fundinguniverse.com
Ignition Partners: www.ignitionpartners.com
Keiretsu Forum: www.k4seattle.com
Madrona Venture Group: www.madrona.com
OVP Venture Partners: www.ovp.com
Polaris Ventures: www.polarisventures.com
Voyager Capital: www.voyagercapital.com
Vulcan: capital.vulcan.com
Web Resources:
Meetatthepig: A calendar for geeks, makers and other world changers.
http://meetatthepig.com
Seattle 2.0: Marcelo Calbucci's website with local startup events, and
the Seattle Startup List of Seattle Internet startups, includes an
extensive list of Seattle Startup Blogs.
seattle20.sampasite.com/
Seattle Tech Startups: A fairly high traffic email list of various
founders and others involved creating new internet companies.
http://seattletechstartups.com/doku.php
TechFlash: John Cook and Tod Bishop's new news site on important local
technology news. Has a strong focus on startups and Microsoft related
information. Is frequently the first website with important local
news.
http://techflash.com
Seattle Startup Job websites: Besides the job sites that everyone
knows about like craigslist.org and indeed.com there are several sites
that offer a focus on Seattle startups.
Npost: One of the stronger job boards, with openings in Seattle and
other technology hubs. Has in-depth interviews of many of the startups
with job openings in the area. Also they throw frequent networking
events which enable you to meet potential employers face to face.
www.npost.com
Startuply: A job search site with a focus on Startup jobs.
http://startuply.com
Seattle 2.0: An aggregation of various openings here in the Seattle
area from different websites.
http://www.seattle20.com/startup-jobs.aspx
