Tag: nwen
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Preparing for a coaches’ meeting, parts 1 and 2 (DRAFT)
Draft! Revised version to appear as a two-part series on NWEN’s blog. Congratulations to the 20 companies who advanced to the second round of the First Look Forum! Hopefully by now you’re already scheduling your meetings with the coaches.  We’ve got a great list of coaches, including some of the highest-profile investors and entrepreneurs in…
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The home stretch: part 6 of “The Agile One-pager” (DRAFT)
Draft! Revised version on NWEN’s blog. The first four parts of the series (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) have gotten us close. Now it’s time for the final push. For impatient readers, here are the tips Go back over the section descriptions in the application form and double-check that you’re addressing the right questions in…
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First Look Forum participants, please join us Wednesday evening for a Twitter chat!
As we head into the homestretch with the First Look Forum, we wanted to give an opportunity for people to ask some last-minute questions and get some quick feedback. Email works, of course, but it’s soooooo 20th century. So we’re also going to be having a Twitter chat, on Wednesday February 16 at 7:30 p.m.…
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Sharpening and tightening: Part 4 of “the Agile one-pager” (DRAFT)
Draft! Revised version to appear on NWEN’s blog. In the first three parts of the series (1, 2, 3) we got to an initial version of an executive summary and begin iterating on it. This installment focuses on improvements in a couple of individual sections. For impatient readers, here’s the tips: Get feedback from a…
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Making good use of a phone call: part 3 of “The Agile One-pager” (DRAFT)
Draft! Revised version to appear on NWEN’s blog. In the first two parts of the series (1, 2) we looked at the reasons to do a one-page executive summary and made some initial progress — enough to get to the point where we could get some useful feedback. Now we’re in the heart of the…
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The agile approach to a one-page executive summary, part 1: Getting started (DRAFT)
Update, February 2: Final version posted on NWEN’s blog.
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Seattle Geek Week: a Pitch Slam, a Tweetup, pii2010, and more!
This is “Geek Week” in Seattle . Yeah, yeah, every week is geek week here, but this is especially geeky with pii2010, gnomedex, and a host of other events. Thea Chard’s got a good overview in XConomy. I’ll be at a couple of events on Tuesday, August 17, and probably more later in the week. …
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The NWEN First Look Forum: early-bird advice
Update: the final deadline is August 23. Rebecca Lovell’s The Art of the One-Page App has some very helpful advice Don’t delay! Apply today! If you’ve launched an innovative business with growth potential…. And you’re looking for expert coaching and some exposure to the investment community…. And you have not yet presented your plan to…