Seattle Tech Event

Tonight i attended an event hosted by Redfin - it was full of other entrepreneurs, investors, 'techies' and journalists. it was a great event and one that should be repeated in Seattle - I mean how often do you get to talk with others in our city's vibrant tech community, while having a beer outside?!  The answer - not often enough. 

There was a great panel with Rebecca Buckman from the Wall Street Journal, Fred Vogelstein from Wired, Michael Arrington from TechCrunch, John Cook from the Seattle PI and Tricia Duryee from the Seattle Times. they engaged in a very lively, humorous and, at times, contentious conversation. It was terrific as it involved local press, national press, tech press and the most relevant blogger in our 'space' - all were candid and funny!

Michael Arrington was asked about entrepreneur blogs and simply said "i can't imagine why every ceo doesn't have one" - that, along with a subtle (or not) reminder from my VP Marketing - gave me a kick-start to get back at my blog....So, expect a few more posts than once every thirty days!

A couple of observations from tonight's event:

• Seattle's tech community is hopping right now
• 80% of VCs wear blue shirts (at least they have been over the last 2 years)..."not that there's anything wrong with that", it's just an observation, honest!
• 80% of start-up CEOs have children under the age of 6 (or maybe we were just the group huddled at the bar)
• People doing business, and running companies, in Seattle are super friendly - I like that! Not only are people nice and engaging but they are genuine when they say 'we should try to work together'.
• Angel investors in Seattle are very thoughtful in how they evaluate deals
• Everybody wants to 'meet for coffee" - in other words... buy SBUX!
• There is going to be another relatively large tech transaction in the next 30 days in Seattle...just a hunch....

So, however slowly, i tread back into the blogging waters...