Plan for 2010

This is my first post of 2010 and my first post in a while. It wasn’t until the last few days that I figured out what I’ll be doing the first half of this year. I will be attending events, big and small, but not all out crazy like I did last fall. I plan to attend some major events such as Startup Weekend Seattle and Seattle CodeCamp.

I will be finishing up a large project soon and plan to show off the creator of that software shortly thereafter. I also plan to get back into school, at least part time, working toward an associate degree. Ok, one last thing. I hope to get time soon to write my series on building n-tier applications on the .NET stack.

If you will be attending events in the future in the Seattle area that you think I should attend, just let me know by leaving a comment.

Ryan D. Kyle | Concord Mfg LLC

Startup and Networking Events in Seattle

These are all the event websites currently in my IE favorites.

• Seattle Tech Calendar – the most populated online calendar of tech events in Seattle that I know of.
• Startup-Entrepreneurship Events in Seattle – Seattle 2.0’s list.
• nPost event list – nPost’s event list.
• Gary’s Guide – just found this a few seconds ago.
• list by TechFlash – includes STC from above.
• Seattle Tech Startups – Last Wednesday I met Robert and Nathan at STS. Thanks guys! Great event. Monthly event.
• Seattle Startups Open Coffee – I will be there the day this is published (Tuesday).
• Eastside Startups Open Coffee – I will probably be there the day after this is published (Wednesday). If I do go, I will be bringing a guest.
• Seattle Job Social – Heard good things about this networking event. Employers, recruiters, job seekers, etc. I might be there this Thursday.
• Hops & Chops – regular event. Again, heard good things. I will be at one of these soon.
• TechFoam – Eastside version of Hops n Chops. Yet to go.
• Six Hour Startup – Recently heard about it. Yet to go.
• Saturday House – Recently heard about it. Yet to go.
• Startupweekend with MS BizSpark – Design and code a small application in a weekend. $50 entry.

Lots of events, so little time. Also, check out Meetup.com for more local events. I think all of my links are are tech or startup related, but Meetup has great meetings as well. I’m participating in two so far. If you have more events or lists of events, please comment.

By popular demand (about 5 people). Hope to see you at an event.

Websites Devoted to Startups in Seattle

There are many sites out there dedicated to helping startups in Seattle and I went on a hunt to find them. I recently compiled this partial list on my own from meeting people, reading blogs, and following links.

• nPost
• Seattle 2.0
• On Startups
• Seattle Tech Startups

Another category of links I found useful is local tech events. Many of the above sites have a list of events. In an upcoming post, I will list all of the event sites (Seattle specific) I know of so far. If you know of more sites I should be connected with, post a comment. I will read it and respond.

For those of you that read my first post, I will be posting more than once a week, for a few months, just to get my blog out there. Two or three post per week will be my goal.