Presentation I gave at the Seattle enterprise Board meeting covering the story of SW and also emphasizing the partnership we have with them around creating a Seattle Community Center that includes an accelerator they have just received a grant for.

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Startup = Idea x Entrepreneurs
Thursday, September 22, 2011

3. Entrepreneurs = Passion + Purpose + knowledge
Thursday, September 22, 2011

4. From 3 guys in a condo literally eating
pasta every day to an incredible team
of 11 eating better pasta :)
Thursday, September 22, 2011

5. New Office... with Windows (And trees :)!
Thursday, September 22, 2011

6. Our Basic All-Time
Stats - Sept 1, 2011
• 437 events
• 35,933 attendees
• 250 Cities
• 90 countries
• 240+ local organizers (2-3/city)
• 4,500+ startup teams/ventures
• 850+ still active
Thursday, September 22, 2011

7. P.R
Thursday, September 22, 2011

8. Startup Weekend Book to be released in November
Thursday, September 22, 2011

9. We do more than just
Startup Weekend to
build community
Thursday, September 22, 2011

10. Verticals
EDU
Mobile
Gaming
Art
University
(Invite Only) / VC
Green
3D Printing
Health
Journalism
Thursday, September 22, 2011

11. We are hype / bubble proof.
We educate entrepreneurs
We build sustainable Infrastructure
We catalyze entrepreneurial networks
Thursday, September 22, 2011

12. Startup Weekend
Demand
Thursday, September 22, 2011

13. Seattle
We support Startup Eco-systems around the world
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

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facilitating the
conversation!
ONE POINT OF CONTACT
ONE VOICE
Thursday, September 22, 2011

15. Building a global conversation in 8 cities
(20 cities within a year)
(NYC, LA, Seattle, Detroit, DesMoines, Sao Paulo, Boston, Las Vegas)
Already supporting 40 local Initiatives with an an
estimated impact of supporting: 7,200
Entrepreneurs, 840 Startups, 804 Jobs.
10 Startup Summits Organized
(Bringing together the local community le
aders )
Thursday, September 22, 2011

16. Seattle Overview
The Problems The Initiatives The Impact
•Mentorship • First Contact • 2,475
•Education • Fix up the Easy Entrepreneurs
•Space • Startup Day • 178 Startups
• Startup Bldg
Community Support = $61k
Our Cost = $6k
Thursday, September 22, 2011

17. The Hub for Seattle Startups
Thursday, September 22, 2011

18. ~2,000 SqFt of relaxation and
The Roof amazing views
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Startup Weekend
Giant Thinkwell
GeekWire Dedicated Workspace
etc.
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Enterprise Seattle - Rolling admission for up to
20 teams
Startup Accelerator
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50 Desks for Startups, Conference rooms and
Mentors, local
stakeholders, and short-
Co-Working , Edu , Research classrooms for holding
smaller educational events/
term visitors sessions
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The Startup HUB or
A real-life incubator for
Restaurant, Cafe, & Spirits
local restaurants, from local up-starts
breweries, and cafe shops.
The theme is Startup. This
will be the most creative A free, creative resource
place in town. for local entrepreneurs to
Events Space hold events for up to 200
people
Thursday, September 22, 2011

19. Creating a standard to simplify
understand and optimize city-ecosystems
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