TOPICS AND SPEAKERS, FALL 2009   (subject to change) 5 October 2009 Roadmap for the Start-Up Pete Higgins (Second Avenue Partners)  Presentation (350 KB)       Video 12 October 2009 The Founding Team Amber Ratcliffe  (NanoString Technologies) Slides unavailable       Video 19 October 2009 Making the Transition from Research to Start-Up Oren Etzioni  (UW CSE, Farecast)  Presentation (2.2 MB)       Video 26 October 2009 Product Positioning (Is this a technology, product, or company?) Alan Levy (North Star, Frazier Healthcare)  Presentation (915 KB)       Video 2 November 2009 Validating Your Market (Who will buy this?) Alex St. John (UW Techtransfer Entrepreneur in Residence)  Presentation (670 KB) John Hansen (GoAhead)  Presentation (300 KB)       Video (both speakers) 9 November 2009 Legal Q&A for Start-Ups Sonya Erikson (Cooley Godward)  Presentation (140 KB) Richard Black (Black Lowe and Graham)  Presentation (840 KB)       Video (both speakers) 16 November 2009 10 Reasons Why Early-Stage Companies Fail    Scott Lipsky (PhotoRocket)  Presentation (2.4 MB)       Video 23 November 2009 Sources of Funding—Bootstrapping and SBIR    Erik Nilsson (Insilicos)  Presentation (4.8 MB) Steve Stone (InfoAdeona)  Presentation (364 KB)       Video (both speakers) 30 November 2009 Sources of Funding—Angels and Venture Capitalists    Lucinda Stewart (OVP Venture Partners)  Presentation (400 KB) Geoff Entress (Voyager Capital)  Presentation (480 KB)       Video (both speakers) 7 December 2009 Getting Started—Resources at the UW    Connie Bourassa-Shaw (UW CIE)  Presentation (656 KB) Jim Roberts (UW TechTransfer)  Presentation (156 KB)       Video (both speakers)		Other Invention to Start-Up Seminar Series: Fall Qtr. 2006 Winter Qtr. 2007 Fall Qtr. 2008 Fall Qtr. 2009 Click image for PDF of FQ2009 seminar series topics. The seminar series is **FREE** and no registration is required. For more information, contact Whitney Lackey at 206.616.3691 Downloads will be available on this site soon after each completed seminar. Please check back frequently.