February 8, 2012
The State of Downtown Economic Forum is the Downtown Seattle Association’s signature event, providing an insightful report card on the economic health of Downtown Seattle. The forum reviews progress of the past year – and provides a look ahead – including analysis of Downtown housing, office market, retail, business sectors, conventions and tourism, as well as cultural arts, sports and entertainment. Guests will have the opportunity to network and to view exhibits from various industries.
You can register for this event online. See registration page for pricing details.
February 9, 2012
Venture Lab: Isilon Systems — The Journey from Inception to Success
When: Feb. 9, 5:30 — 8 p.m.
Where: One Union Square Boardroom
What: Sujal Patel co-founded Isilon Systems back in 2001 to provide companies with cheaper and more efficient data storage for multimedia content hosting and delivery. It attracted venture funding from leading VCs, including Madrona Venture Group, Atlas Venture, and Sequoia Capital. Isilon flew high and raised $108 million in an IPO at the end of 2006. By the following year, the company was failing to meet its own sales projections, and its stock price plummeted.
Patel, then CTO, was appointed CEO in late 2007 and turned things around, leading to the company’s acquisition by data storage giant EMC in November 2010 for $2.25 billion.
Join us on February 9th to hear Isilon Founder & CEO Sujal Patel and Matt McIlwain from Madrona Venture Group share the trials, tribulations, best practices, and lessons learned over the past 10 years that eventually led to a highly successful exit.
Cost: $25
For more info: http://bit.ly/vYCo4W
Venture Lab: Isilon Systems – The Journey from Inception to Success
MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest presents…
When: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm for networking)
Where: One Union Square Boardroom, 600 University Street, First level (Lower lobby, 6th Avenue level, behind the escalator), Seattle
What: Join us on February 9th to hear Isilon Founder & CEO Sujal Patel and Matt McIlwain from Madrona Venture Group share the trials, tribulations, best practices, and lessons learned over the past 10 years that eventually took a data storage start-up to a highly successful exit.
Contact: Register at http://bit.ly/vYCo4W .
Google maps: http://bit.ly/oneunion
Who should attend
Entrepreneurs, investors, business people, professionals, executives, and students
Ticket price: $25
Contact, More Info and Registration: http://bit.ly/vYCo4W
April 17, 2012
Cloud Fair 2012, Cloud Computing Conference & Expo
April 17-19
Sheraton Seattle
Cloud Fair 2012 is packed end to end with sessions designed by and for technology insiders only. We’re the premier conference dedicated to helping businesses of all sizes – from small, medium, and large, up to the enterprise – bring the power of Cloud Computing down to earth by providing simple, easy to understand, real world solutions to the problems they face today. Every session, every workshop, and every exhibit is designed to show you how Cloud Computing solutions are practical, secure, and cost effective for you and your business today. You’ll get hands-on, rubber meets the road information and tools that can save money, increase efficiency, and give your business that critical extra edge over your competition.
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