TechWorking - Tech Networking Event in Dallas

January 26, 2010

Who:	Leadership of North Texas technology companies, community organizations that support technology companies and related stakeholders
What:	A special evening of networking with your technology industry peers.  Attendees will have the opportunity to mingle with the various community organizations that support our industry in this region and learn about major initiatives and events in 2010. Dress is casual. Cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Parking in the Chase building garage will be $1 after 5 PM.
When:	Thursday, February 4, 2010 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Where:	The Rotunda at Chase Tower, 2200 Ross Avenue in Dallas
How:	Click here to register online Cost to attend:  $0, but advance registration is required Event Contact: Tiffany Sefton, Programs and Events Manager, TechAmerica Texas 469.619.8015 tiffany.sefton@techamerica.org

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Effective Pitching @ MIT Enterprise Forum DFW

January 25, 2010

The DFW MIT Enterprise Forum is putting on an Effective Pitching workshop this Thursday for their January event. Here are the details:

As an entrepreneur you have often heard about the elevator pitch. There is more to pitching than 30 second pitches. It is critical for entrepreneurs to sell their ideas and products to customers and investors. Can you effectively communicate the value of your products and ideas? Do you know what does it take to sell to a CEO? What are the things that investors want to hear? Our panel of experts will share what works and what does not work.

Learn the rules for Effective Pitching with:
* Jeff Crilley, an Emmy award winning communication expert
* Laurence Briggs, President of InvestIn Forum, Private Investor Network
* JR Atkins, Sales specialist and social media speaker

Date: Jan 28, 5.30pm.
Location: Company|Dallas, Floor 2, 1701 N Collins Blvd, Richardson TX 75080.
Cost: $20 including Food and refreshments.
Registration: Register here – limited seating.

About Jeff Crilley:
Jeff Crilley retired from TV news after 25 years in the business to start the country’s first “all journalist” PR firm. During his career he made hundreds of national news appearances including CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX News, The Discovery Channel, Good Morning America and The CBS Early Show.

He has been recognized by his peers with dozens of national and regional awards including the Emmy, the National Headliners Award,the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Thurgood Marshall Award and in 2004 was named by the Texas Associated Press, “The Best TV Reporter in the state.”

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Time for 2010

January 22, 2010

Things have been pretty dormant here for the past few months, as I was in Peru. Now that I’m back in the Metroplex, hopefully you will see more activity here as I start to get spooled back up on the DFW startup scene.

Already this year the DFW startup community has a lot to look forward to with StartupWeekend coming back and the launch of the new seed-stage incubator, TechWildcatters.

In order to get yourself pumped up for a new year of startups and entrepreneurship, I highly recommend watching ALL the awesome videos from This Week In Startups and Mixergy.

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TheFunded Launches Founder Showcase

December 16, 2009

TheFunded.com launched what they’re calling the Founder Showcase, an opportunity for new startups to get exposure on their website.

From their email:

The overall startup climate is improving, but it’s still too hard for young companies to get exposure. Finding the right investors and getting access to the media is as challenging as it every was. It’s time to democratize access and address this problem head on. We can change this together.

Today, we’re launching the Founder Showcase, where any Member can showcase their business on TheFunded.com. Once a quarter, TheFunded.com will invite ten early-stage companies with the most Member votes to an event where they can pitch in front of an audience of leading entrepreneurs, media, and investors for free. Best of all, the inaugural Showcase event is just days away in January.

- http://www.thefunded.com/showcase

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Just Listen - Powerful Advice for the Startup Founder/CEO

October 10, 2009

This was an incredible episode of This Week in Startups with special guest Mark Goulston. Definitely worth a watch if your in a leadership/founder position at a startup or hope to be some day!

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Startup Legal Docs From TheFunded.com

September 28, 2009

TheFunded.com continues to serve the best interests on the entrepreneurial community with a set of founder-friendly legal docs…. have a look:

Get a Complete Set of Founder-friendly Legal Docs
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TheFunded has produced founder-friendly versions of every legal document necessary to launch a new startup. These documents were carefully written from scratch to keep founders in control of the companies that they create.

* Please help by sharing these documents with anyone that you know who is launching a startup, and borrow some of the founder protections for your own company from the Certificate of Incorporation.

– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233422 - Bylaws
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233427 - Certificate of Incorporation
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233434 - Initial Stockholder Consent
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233436 - Invention Assignment Agreement
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233437 - Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233430 - Indemnification Agreement
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233432 - Initial Board Consent
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12233420 - Action by Incorporator
– http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10303638 - Plain Preferred Term Sheet

* Taken from an email sent to me as a TheFunded.com member

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Startup Happy Hour Today!

September 24, 2009