Are you ready for the best two hours of your month? Come build valuable relationships with Northwest techies.
+ the crowd:
The Northwest’s smart, fun, creative, innovative tech community – software and application developers, company owners, startup founders, recruiters, hackers, job seekers, executives, investors, community leaders, and people who are new to the area.
+ the speakers:
Founders, leaders & innovators sharing their passion & new tech through 5 minute presentations & 3 minutes of your Q&A. Presenters flow from early stage startups to enterprise companies.
+ the format:
Connecting, food & drinks >community building >community shoutouts >sponsor shoutouts >presentations >afterparty
+ the vibe:
Neighborhood block party – fun, friendly & relaxed with complementary food & a hosted bar. More like a BBQ with friends than smarmy networking. “How can I help?” conversations beat out “Let me tell you why my company is great” talk. You’ll laugh, smile, and have a fun night out with 200-500 Seattleites, 80-150 Eastsiders or 50-100 Tacomans.
+ the experience:
Discover innovative, creative and inspirational new technology (or smarter use of old tech). Could be VR, IoT, Apps, Robotics, Fintech, Mobiletech, Healthtech, Cloudtech, Women in Tech, Diversity in Tech… you get the idea.
+ the goal:
Collectively advance the Northwest’s booming tech ecosystem and have an amazingly fun time doing it together.
+ the cost:
Ticket information is below for all events. We will forward your registration to a future event at your request if you are not able to attend after purchasing a ticket. We do not issue refunds.
+ the archives:
You can review the list of past presenters and sponsors in the Meetup groups for Seattle, Eastside, Tacoma, and Portland
+ the livestream: Seattle events broadcast globally on Facebook live from 6pm – 7:15pm on the night of events (usually the 2nd Tuesday of the month)
+ the community:
You can engage with the New Tech community on the Meetup pages listed above and on our Facebook Group and Slack Channel. Share the celebrations of your company or resources (ones you don’t profit from, but just think are cool), ask for help or resources, connect in meaningful ways. The more you give the more you get.
Join us at:
New Tech Seattle on the second Tuesday of every month
New Tech Tacoma on the second Wednesday of every month (beginning in June)
New Tech Portland on the third Monday of every month
New Tech Eastside (Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah, Sammamish) on the third Tuesday of every month
*Add us to your calendar now and join our meetup groups for Seattle, Eastside, Tacoma, and Portland to stay up to date.
Join Us at Our Next Events:
Tuesday October 2, 2018
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
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
5:30 pm
Doors open, get to know your community!
6:30 pm
Event begins
Community connections
Community shoutouts
Company presentations:
The Effectiveness of Cached Data presented by Ted Spence – Programmers should know more about the effectiveness of their cached data
Genius Link presented by Jesse Lakes – Earn more with links that work across any country, store, device, and OS.
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.
8:00 pm
Want to sponsor this event? Contact us!
Wednesday October 17, 2018
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Ticket Information Below
Note that YOU MUST REGISTER HERE.
THERE ARE NO SALES AT THE DOOR.
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.
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.
Mersive Technologies presented by John Orlando – A leading provider of wireless media streaming and collaboration solutions that enable multiple users to simultaneously share content from computers, tablets, and phones to any meeting room display – securely and with the greatest ease of use.
Form 100 Consulting presented by Nate Amidon – Our Project Managers apply tested military leadership skills to your project, so you can focus on making the right strategic decisions for your stakeholders.
Surge South Tacoma presented by Alice Lubic – Empowering startups, freelancers, entrepreneurs, students and non-profits by providing state of the art offices, coworking space, resources and networking opportunities, freeing up members time and energy to focus on their goals.
8:00 pm
After-party at En Rama, 1102 A St Suite 220, Tacoma, WA 98402
Want to sponsor this event? Contact us!
Monday October 15, 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
Tuesday October 16, 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:
Museums.Co presented by Gary Johnson – A digital steward for cultural heritage collections. Online and onsite, we connect cultural institutions and stakeholders with their current and new audiences through our complete turnkey program.
Search Guard presented by David Bennett – If you are looking at Elasticsearch as a core search or analytics platform – here’s a great way to secure your cluster as – out of the box – Elasticsearch has no security. And there is a free community version so you don’t have to pay anything.
PulseLabs presented by Dylan Zwick – Voice user experiences are the next big user interaction paradigm. Use our tool to capture important qualitative insights to improve your experience.
Redapt presented by TBA – We provide business acceleration through innovation. Our hybrid and multi-cloud solutions give you the latest expertise in AI, machine learning, IoT, modern applications, and infrastructure. We empower your organization to embrace intelligent cloud technologies that create new experiences, multiply efficiencies, and uncover competitive advantages.
8:00 pm
After-party at 520 Bar and Grill
Want to sponsor this event? Contact us!
New Tech Mergers and Acquisitions Workshop
How to Maximize Value in Selling Your Business
Thursday November 1, 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 summit with your peers and 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 – 8:00 Panel Discussion featuring experts from Bader Martin and Summit Law
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.
Future Events
Plan ahead and view our full list of future New Tech Seattle events , New Tech Eastside events, New Tech Tacoma events, and New Tech Portland. Mark your calendars now!
Can’t make an event? Check out our YouTube channel for live streams of our Seattle events, and a full archive of past Seattle events.
Think you have a presentable company? Want to be a sponsor? Contact us!
