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Founders Live Seattle at The Collective
February 24, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Presenting the premier edition of Founders Live Center Stage, our new showcase event!
Each episode, Center Stage visits a different city to highlight a standout in-person and digital experience.
We’re thrilled to kick it all off in Seattle, the birthplace of Founders Live!
Join us for this exciting new chapter in the Founders Live story!
Starring: Amelia Marckworth as the City Leader
Opening Entertainment: Ken Horenstein will speak about his new UW-focused VC fund Pack Ventures!
Featured Startups:
Agenda:
6:00pm – Networking and Happy Hour
7:00pm – Conversation with Ken Horenstein about Pack Ventures
7:30pm – Announcements, Sponsors and Pitch Competition
8:30pm – After-Party
Join us for an incredible evening as you hang with other entrepreneurs and hear from 5 awesome Seattle startups.
Founders Live is an unforgettable happy hour competition sweeping the globe where up to five handpicked companies take the hot seat, with only 99 seconds to pitch their company and describe their value proposition in front of an eager audience. After the pitches and audience Q&A, the crowd will vote on a winner who will not only receive an award, but recognition from the crowd and also the opportunity to talk more about their product or service. So bring your friends and coworkers, grab some food and drink, get to know your local entrepreneurs and vote for what you think will be the next big thing… built in the PNW.
WINNERS receive the Founders Live winners package which includes $10,000 in AWS credits as well as the opportunity to continue on to compete in a future Founders Live Prime Time global event.
ALL PRESENTERS EARN $5,000 TOWARDS AWS HOSTING – Founders Live has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide an incredible offer for startups pitching at a Founders Live event. “Amazon Web Services provides startups with low cost, easy to use infrastructure needed to scale and grow any size business. AWS Activate is a program designed to provide startups with resources they need to get started on AWS.” We are excited to announce ALL presenting companies who are chosen to give their 99-second pitch at a Founders Live event receive $5,000 credit towards their web hosting on Amazon.
GET YOUR FOUNDERS LIVE ACCOUNT HERE.
KEN HORENSTEIN
Ken recently announced the launch of Pack Ventures: “a new early-stage venture capital firm — aptly named Pack Ventures — wants to fix that problem through a unique community-based funding mechanism designed to specifically bankroll entrepreneurs with strong connections to the UW.”
Read the coverage in Geekwire and Kiro7 News.
FOUNDERS LIVE BLACK BOX
The Founders Live Black Box features Black-owned companies who have pitched or performed at Founders Live. There is a candle from Noir Lux (Seattle FL), a CD from the Marshall Law Band (Seattle FL), a chocolate bar from Bon Appesweet (VA Seattle Live), a $25 gift card for Seattle restaurant Catfish Corner (Seattle FL), a compassionist t-shirt from The Ally League and a free trial membership to their soon-to-launch membership program.
Founders Live Seattle winner The Ally League was created by friends Kesha and Sara. Their mission is to move people from empathy to action to combat racism. Their first product to launch was the Black Box – gift boxes curated to contain items from Black-owned businesses to help close the wealth gap. They are now working on a membership model to provide practical training for what allies can do to help combat racism in their everyday lives. Members will receive weekly content via email that will take less than 30-minutes a week to complete, with a monthly live meeting online to practice learnings and get answers to questions.
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