Early Money, Smart Money:
What Early-Stage Investors Want From a Startup

Early-stage investors can be crucial “first partners” that help
drive the success of a startup. Our expert panel will share their
insights on the following issues and ways entrepreneurs can attract
and work with early-stage investors to accelerate the success of a
startup:

• What qualities make a startup attractive to early-stage
  investors?
  
• What flaws make a startup unfundable, and how can you overcome
  them?
  
• How do you select early-stage investors that bring financial
  
  AND strategic capital?
  
• After the financing, how can early-stage investors add value
  to help
  you build a high-growth company?

Thursday, June 2, 2005
The Rainier Club,
Seattle
7:30 to 9:00 a.m.

$30 per person
Seattle TiE Members: Send an e-mail
to the registrar at
LGordon@perkinscoie.com to
learn about a special registration offer.

Please click here
to register.

Panelists:
David
Billstrom, Partner, Managing Partner, CoMotion Venture Capital

Nick Hanauer, Partner, Second Avenue Partners
Bill Heston,
Partner, Cedar Grove Investments
Janis Machala, Managing Partner,
Paladin Partners
Vijay Vashee, Microsoft veteran (19 years),
Startup Investor and Advisor

Moderator: Dave McShea,
Partner, Emerging Company Practice, Perkins Coie size=1>LLP

The Emerging Companies Group at Perkins Coie is a leading
provider of legal services to founders and entrepreneurs as well as
angels, venture capitalists and other investors. Our business and
technology lawyers work with many of the nation’s most dynamic
companies from start-up to market leadership and help them succeed
with creative and practical solutions that produce efficient and
effective results. We are experienced in industries and issues
critical to the success of early stage companies, including finance
and securities, wireless, e-commerce and infrastructure, technology
licensing, transfer and distribution, tax and employment law, and
intellectual property protection.