2011 Social Matchbox Startup Launch Event Announcement
The Social Matchbox Startup Launch Event is our annual grand event held by Washington area Startup Founders, Investors, and Community Leaders that provides a launch platform for new web and software product companies to gain exposure to early adopters, major media, bloggers, investors, and to compete for a chance to win the Community Choice and [...]
Rasing Money For Your Startup? Check Out The Northern Virginia Business Alliance Grubstake Breakfast
If you are a startup founder with a team and you have both feet in the fire (e.g. your day job is a thing of the past and you are all working on it full time and generating some revenue) and are currently or about to be pitching your startup company to investors then you [...]
Maryland Startup Companies Compete To Win $75k in Prize Money At The University of Maryland on Friday
This Friday, May 6, 2011 from 1-4pm the $75k University of Maryland Business Plan Competition Finalists will present to the public and judges will decide who gets the $75k in prize money and awards to go around. This is a great opportunity for startup founders to see a well polished business pitch from a series [...]
MAVA Reaches Out To Early Startups With TechBUZZ
The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) is hosting TechBUZZ on May 12-13th. If you are an early stage startup looking to potentially connect with investors you may want to check it out. MAVA is an association with four listed employees that puts on a conference for investors that is attended by many of the Washington area [...]
StartUp America
Back in September 2009 I wrote a White Paper on actions the US government could take to promote early stage capital investment and new company formation. It was rewarding to write about and it gave me many opportunities to talk with policy makers about the challenges of early stage investing and company formation. A little while [...]
Notable Quotes From The Founders’ Panel on the 27th
“It’s like marriage; businesses aren’t 50-50” –Clarence Wooten, on founders’ equity
“Well, you can’t sell to Google” –Dadi Akhavan, to the overambitious
“Don’t let that shiny object keep you unfocused from your business” –Chris Brown, on the possibility of being acquired
“It’s very hard to learn anything from success; you learn from failing. The key is to fail [...]
Washington Area Startup Founders Panel and Schmoozing
If you missed last night’s founder’s panel, you really missed out. The event turned out to be some of the most intimate CEO and founder networking in the Washington area since the first bar camp held in Washington, DC back in 2007. We have held and attended a lot of events, but never has the [...]
