ENTRE 530 A/B: Entrepreneurial Decision-making, Fall 2009
Class Web Page
Taught by: Emer Dooley and Andy Sack
Emer’s Office: 120 Lewis Hall
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:00-1:00 or anytime by appointment
E-mail: emer at uw.edu; asack
at asack.com
Phone: 206 369 7248 Emer
Meeting time and location: Monday and Wednesday 12:30-1:30, BLM 416
Interesting links: Course Syllabus
Upcoming Events: Go to one of these and report on it for your
assignment due on Nov 20th.
Northwest
Entrepreneur Network Events
Washington Technology Industry
Association
Angel Organizations in the Area
Alliance of Angels: They
take 2 MBA fellows a year. Interviews start in the Spring.
Puget Sound Venture Club: Run
by Gary Ritner. One of the original groups in the area.
Keiretsu Forum: Run by Todd
Dean. Part of a national group of 16 chapters. Bay Area is very active.
Seraph: Active women angels
in the Puget Sound.
Local Organizations you should know about
Northwest
Entrepreneur Network If you volunteer you can probably get free entry to
some events
MIT
Forum Good networking and company analysis
Washington Technology Industry Association
Good events if you’re into biotech or software
Newsy sources:
John Cook:
The guru of the Seattle start up scene He just left the Seattle PI. Check
out the old
blog until this gets going
Xconomy Some great posts by
some of the more interesting members of the Seattle entrepreneurial community
Seattle2.0 Good Site on
Local Startup News, blogs etc
Seattle
Time Technology Section
Business 2.0 :
High tech and Web 2.0 Start up magazine
Wired Magazine- They have a
few blogs to subscribe to.
A few blogging entrepreneurs and VC guys:
Guy Kawasaki :One of
the original Apple guys and a Silicon Valley startup instigator
Andy Sack:
Your very own…Founder of the Founder’s Co-op
Brad Feld's Good VC blog. Some
great info.
To stay/get up to speed on technology:
For recently funded companies: