Entrepreneurship in the Pacific Northwest

What do you need from the community?
- Ecosystem of peers? – opportunity to network easily
- Logistics – what steps to take to start a firm?
- Access to capital?
- Training – panel discussions, insightful and interactive interviews
- Access to potential partners/employees?
- Access to potential employers?
- Mentoring and directed events

What are the different venues out there right now?

Organizations
-  TiE-Seattle (http://seattle.tie.org)
-  NWEN (http://www.nwen.org)
-  NetIP (http://www.netipseattle.org)
-  NAAAP (http://seattle.naaap.org)

User Groups and Events
-  Mind Camp
-  Seattle Tech Startups
-  Ignite!
-  Meta group aggregators like BEAN, Meetup
-  BizNik
-  Lunch 2.0
-  UW Business Plan Competition
-  Foundread.com
-  asktheVC.com
-  techstars.org
-  startupschools.com
-  startuppingg.com
-  elance.com
-  rent-a-coder.com
-  SCORE (old CEOs, part of Small Business Initiatives

Books
-  The Entrereneur Guide’s to Business Law (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0324042914)