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Seattle Summer

June 21, 2011 By Joshua Maher 1 Comment

As usual summer is full of vacations, spending time with family, and it seems it is always a good time around Seattle to hang out at Green Lake, Seward Park, or some other location by the water and learn something new. This summer to show our appreciation to the Seattle tech community for our Fourth year of TechCafe (YES 4 YEARS!)… We are partnering up with Udemy to try and create more Seattle entrepreneurs with successful businesses! We have a deal site of our own that is exclusive for this week only where we have convinced Udemy to offer you an exclusive 70% off of two of their courses.

The 1st, by Zed Shaw (the Yoda of Python), is “Learn Python the Hard Way”. The 2nd, by Bess Ho, is “Learn How to Build an iPhone or iPad App in Four Weeks.” Both courses are amazing because they don’t just teach you the theory behind coding, they actually force you to practice and write real apps. It’s what Zed calls learning “the hard way” and it works.

If you have an idea that you are trying to get off the ground but need some coding chops to start moving it forward – there is something to be said for taking four weeks to learn the skills to make it happen. Learn to Build iPhone and Web Apps in 4 Weeks – 70% off online courses with Udemy

This week only, we’ve convinced Udemy to bundle these courses together and give them away at a 70% discount. Grab both for $150 (retail value $500) at http://ude.my/l5WOuR

Just think – next summer we’ll be out at your new company HQ having a good time like we did last week out at the TechCafe Happy Hour @TeachStreet. We had a good time, met some great people, and of course learned to Bollywood Dance! (Geekwire has the exclusive video)

Next week (6/30 @4:30PM) we will be down in the SODO neighborhood w/3R Technology and a couple of their partners Moose Logic & Bandwidth Advisors co-sponsoring the event. Always a good sign that the catering will be awesome!! Click the “Attend the next event” link on the right hand side of the page to register…

DON’T FORGET: When you get there, make sure to park on the east side of the building facing the railroad tracks. A lot of mapping software puts you in the alley – but the RR track side of the building is where all the parking is along with the entrance to the space.

As always – we have more great events coming and if you want to sponsor or host let us know…

Filed Under: Presentations, TechCafe Tagged With: Coding, Python, Startups, TechCafe, Udemy

Naming Your Startup

May 12, 2011 By Joshua Maher 2 Comments

Another great TechCafe Happy Hour yesterday over at TechDwellers. Good crowd and interesting to see the number of companies filling in the space over at TechDwellers. We had Christopher Johnson (The Name Inspector) out to talk about naming your startup. He provides insights into web 2.0 naming, mispellings, domain registration problems, etc.

A great video to watch, he also has his book – Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little – coming out that goes into more depth.

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Company Profile – PipelineDeals

October 27, 2010 By Joshua Maher 2 Comments

Next up in our TechCafe Alumn presentations… PipelineDeals! This was a fun event down in Pioneer Square a couple months ago. Great company and things to learn….

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Date Founded – May 2006
Team Size – 6
Target Market –  Any company with a sales team from 1 – 1,000.
Brief Value Proposition – PipelineDeals provides you with the easiest way to manage your sales pipeline. Sales teams use PipelineDeals to manage deal flow, track leads, run reports and close more deals. PipelineDeals is affordable at $15 per user per month with unlimited storage, no long term contracts and all backed by our amazing customer service.
Product Stage –  Launched
Company Stage – Bootstrap
Brief Description about what is interesting about the team or company – PipelineDeals is passionate about customer service. We firmly believe that by providing better service to our customers will result in a more satisfied customer who will talk about us. We are a month-to-month pricing model and must add value immediately to our customer’s business. We re-earn our relationships with our customers each and every month.
Where Can I Get It!! – www.pipelinedeals.com

Filed Under: Company Profiles, Presentations, Seattle Lunch 2.0, TechCafe Tagged With: Company Profiles, CRM, PipelineDeals, Sales, Seattle, Startups, TechCafe

Recap of TechCafe Lunch @HillandKnowlton w/Fitch

October 13, 2010 By Joshua Maher Leave a Comment

In case you missed the last event, it was over at Hill and Knowlton’s offices, and it was a huge hit!!

I know they aren’t a tech company and we didn’t even have them bring in a customer that is a tech company. What we did talk about was trends in the tech industry, what areas could be focused on, and if you are already focusing on a particular area – how to build a message that resonates with customer needs in your area. Joshua Reynolds, the Global Technology Practice Director over there gave us an hour of his time to get into the details and the result was great!

For those of you who have been skipping TechCafe events or if you haven’t attended/sponsored but have been thinking about it, we’re happy to share what you missed. The video is broken up into five pieces around 10min each so they are easier to consume. If you want the full deck – The Hill and Knowlton team have been gracious enough to let me share it with the TechCafe community as long as they provide feedback to Hill and Knowlton. If you want a copy, let me know Josh@techcafe.co and I’ll pass it along.

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Filed Under: Presentations, TechCafe Tagged With: Startups, Tech Industry, TechCafe

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