New Tech Seattle

You'll Experience the Northwest’s largest and most fun monthly tech community and recruiting events:

New Tech Workshop
New Tech Eastside
New Tech Seattle – Diversity in Tech
New Tech Portland
New Tech Tacoma
New Tech Job Fair

New Tech Workshop

New Tech Mergers and Acquisitions Workshop
How to Maximize Value in Selling Your Business

Thursday November 29, 2018
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
at Summit Law, 315 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 1000. Seattle, WA 98104

Join us for an exclusive intimate panel with your peers! Dave Parker, of Seven Peaks and 6 Month Startup will moderate a panel of experts from Bader Martin and Summit Law to help you get answers to your pressing legal, financial and business operations questions around getting acquired or acquiring companies. Setting your company up now to be positioned properly for a sale will help you when it matters most.

Who should attend:

Founders
Employees with equity
People planning to start a company
CEO’s, COO’s and CFO’s wanting to connect with peers, mentors and advisors
Anyone interested in this topic

Discover inside information on:

Getting your business ready for sale
Potential changes to current business structure
Forms of transaction: stock, cash, notes, asset sale, allocation
How to get organized and prepare for an M&A event
What first-time sellers (and buyers) wish they had known before selling (or buying)
Understanding deal terms and the market
The impact of outstanding state tax issues
How to evaluate alternative deal structures
How to properly manage the due diligence process
How to maximize enterprise value by knowing the priorities of the stakeholders
How to build your all-star M&A execution team
How to manage risks and surprises

If you’re in the Scale Up stage of your startup and haven’t yet sold a company, this workshop is for you. When you get some significant traction you’ll start getting inbound inquiries on potential transactions – only 11% of those inquiries actually close. Selling your company is a process and requires preparation.

During this workshop you’ll receive invaluable insights, tips and advice to avoid common pitfalls Founders, Leaders, HR Directors, and Strategy and Finance Directors encounter on the journey of selling your company.

Take advantage of this opportunity to create a solid plan for having your business strategy, structure, processes and people where they need to be before you sell your company.

When you understand the buyer’s perspective, you can proactively take action to maximize your value, streamline due diligence and avoid problems at the negotiating table.

When you’re selling your privately held business it’s important to remember that the sale is a process, not simply a transaction. And perhaps surprisingly, that process can take years if you want to maximize the value. It’s never too early to start.

So, what should you be thinking about and doing now?

Join us to learn about the legal, financial and business considerations that can make your company more attractive to a potential buyer. Things like whether you have the right entity structure, the optimal accounting and reporting systems, and how you need to prepare on the revenue and operating side of your business.

AGENDA

5:00 Doors Open & Networking
6:00 – 7:30 Panel Discussion featuring experts from Bader Martin and Summit Law
7:30 – 8:00 Networking

We’ll be in an intimate format for a collaborative discussion and to give you personalized help and advice. You’ll walk away with actionable ways to improve your business and valuable connections.

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New Tech Eastside

Tuesday December 4, 2018

5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Ticket Information Below

Note that YOU MUST REGISTER HERE.
THERE ARE NO SALES AT THE DOOR.

eBay

One Bellevue Center
411-108th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA
5th Floor | Pike Place Event Room

5:30 pm

Doors open, get to know your community!

6:30 pm

Event begins
Community connections
Community shoutouts
Company presentations:

Jargonaut presented by Joseph Casebeer – Jargonaut is a multilingual subject glossary. It offers lists of vocabulary translations for subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Art, and Music in Languages like Japanese, English and French.

Jenny Life Presented by Chirag Pancholi – A life insurance app that uses modern technology to upgrade the way you buy life insurance. Within minutes (we know you’re time-starved) you can easily apply for life insurance from their smartphone or laptop. No health exams. No blood tests. No urine samples.

Rivetz presented by Karl Weaver – Rivetz Corp. provides embedded cyber-security developer tools enabling the TEE to protect private keys and sensitive data processing needs on Android OS Smartphones. Our network allows application and software developers to protect their digital assets (apps) and online transactions in phones, tablets, and personal computers and is pioneering the concept of “Dual Roots of Trust” security for Blockchain designed Smartphones.

Tenta Browser presented by Jen McEwen – The browser that doesn’t sell you out. Tenta is a private & encrypted browser that protects your data instead of selling it.

8:00 pm

After-party at 520 Bar and Grill

Want to sponsor this event? Contact us!

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New Tech Seattle – Diversity in Tech

Tuesday December 11, 2018
Diversity in Tech

In partnership with HERE Seattle
Welcome Jason Hinojosa as cohost!

6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

This month, join us to celebrate and empower diversity in the tech industry, discuss ways we can ensure there is full representation of all of us, and advance the conversation forward.

Our theme for this month is Diversity In Tech. It’s no secret, companies with more diversity, whether it’s racial, ethnic, or gender, perform better than those with less. We’re excited to invite you to learn about the difficulties, successes, and benefits of diversity in the tech industry, and what we can all do to ensure opportunities are available for all of us, and make diversity the standard, not the exception.

Note that YOU MUST REGISTER HERE.
THERE ARE NO SALES AT THE DOOR.

Ticket Information Below

We’ve Changed Locations!
thinkspace

1700 Westlake Ave N, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98109
Find us on Lake Union with free parking
Check it out on the Map

6:00 pm

Doors open, get to know your community!

7:00 pm

Event begins
Community connections
Community shoutouts
Company presentations:

The Diversity Center of Seattle by Jeanine Spence – Diversity Center of Washington

Intentionalist presented by Laura Clise – An online guide to intentional spending that supports small businesses and diverse local communities. We make it easy for you to find local restaurants, bars, gyms, shops, and more owned by women, people of color, veterans, LGBTQ, families, and differently abled people.

TAF (Technology Access Foundation) presented by Tyrone Cunningham – A nonprofit leader in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. We use STEM as a tool for realizing social change and educational equality in communities of color and those with low income.

Creating Safe & Inclusive Spaces presented by Jasmine Farrar – We will reflect on the concept of psychological safety and the importance of building communities that cultivate safe spaces.

8:30 pm

Want to sponsor this event? Contact us!

This Month’s Featured Non-Profit:

Kal Academy

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New Tech Portland

Monday December 17, 2018
New Tech PDX

5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

WeWork Pioneer Place
700 SW Fifth Avenue Portland OR 97204

Join us for NewTech PDX on the 3rd Monday of every month. Portland has one of the most vibrant tech communities in the country, and the more we support our tech ecosystem, the more we’ll all experience and create together!

Join us to learn about the cool and amazing technologies being developed by Portland companies. Event volunteers are welcome! Let us know if you’d like to volunteer.

5:30 pm
Doors Open / Get to know your community

7:00 pm
Event Begins!
Community Announcements: Events, Jobs, etc. (20 seconds/ea)

8:30 pm
After-Party in the bar at Portland City Grill

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New Tech Tacoma

Wednesday January 9, 2019

5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Ticket Information Below

Court House Square

(formerly Post Hall – the room with blue and purple lights on the 4th floor NW corner of the post office)

1102 A St #450, Tacoma, WA 98402

Directions: From 705, take A Street Exit. The Post Office building will be located 2 blocks north on the left. It’s the room with the blue and purple lights if you’re looking at the building from A Street. Enter the building at the main post office A Street Entrance and then start walking to your left heading South. Take the South stairwell/elevator to 4th floor to The Ballroom.