FLF Partner Insight: Seattle Angel Conference

What is your organization’s name? Seattle Angel Conference

What is your mission and who does your organization serve? To build up a stronger startup ecosystem and stronger local economy by creating more angel investors who are smart about angel investing and through the process grow stronger startups.

What exciting trends are you seeing with startups in Washington right now? There has never been a better time to start a scalable business, the costs are down, the process is defined, the opportunities abound.

What do you hope to get out of partnering with WTIA on this first-ever First Look Forum in Bellingham? To connect more startups to the broader startup ecosystem and to grow more effective startup communities. We also seek people who want to participate in the next Seattle Angel Conference and the Seattle Angel Fund as applying companies.

Do you have any advice for the First Look Forum competitors? Have your business foundation built well. That is, know in detail all of the parts of the Lean Canvas for your business, understanding how your company addresses the customer, the problem, the solution, the unique value proposition and key metrics. Lead with the problem/Pain and demonstrate how you are uniquely the ones to solve that problem.

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 Seattle Angel Conference SAC VI November 2014

The Seattle Angel Conference is an investor led event, connecting Entrepreneurs and new Angel Investors.  Startup companies that are expanding rapidly into new markets need outside funding. Angel Investors provide access to high risk capital for these companies. This conference brings a collection of new and experienced Angel investors into a fund, where each investor puts up $5500, creating a fund, which we expect to be between $100K and $200K.

Companies that apply participate in a company review, which helps provide feedback, strengthening the companies. Over several weeks, the Angel investment committee will review and sort the applying companies. This ongoing review helps strengthen the investment process.

In the end, six companies will get a deep review by the investment committee and will present at the final event. The current date for the Angel Conference Event in November. Companies wishing to have strong consideration for presenting need to apply before September 1st, 2014.  For companies that are applying to present, they need to complete a gust.com profile and submit a company profile at https://gust.com/organizations/seattle-angel-conference

Join us for exploring the process of Angel Investing. Help build a stronger startup ecosystem in the Northwest.

WTIA Members:  http://sac-vi.eventbrite.com/?discount=thesac6wtia 34% discount.

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Written by:

John Sechrest | Founder | Seattle Angel Conference

John Sechrest started as a software engineer at HP, writing network code for calculators. He is the founder of PEAK Internet services. He spent 5 years as the Economic Development Director of Corvallis Oregon, where he founded the Willamette Angel Conference. He participated in the Oregon Angel Fund. He is working to bring that model of community investing to Seattle with the Seattle Angel Conference.