Tony's really good blog post about bootstrapping the financing of a web 2.0 startup. I like his definition of the 3 milestones your company has to reach.

An AWS evangelist is going to be hanging out at Startpad once a month starting June 24th!

I stopped in at sFive's event last night. AoA's Rebecca Lowell gave a great presentation. Dylan Rosario (self-proclaimed inventor of the pop-under ad) also showed off his fleeQ.com search engine widget.

I was happy to see Ron And Martina from European Weekly were there as well - I hope they can hook up with a good web developer to help them update their site.

May 21st startup event.

Quoted: What: Are you an Early Stage Startup? This free event is a must attend.
Panel of experts, at designated stations will provide candid 5 minute reviews of your business. (Marketing, Financials, 30 second elevator, etc...) Come down to the U-District and get real feed back on your Exec Summary and network with other start-ups.

April Seattle 2.0 list is out. Faves is now in the top 10 (#9 by Alexa rank only).

Now with 282 companies on just this Seattle-based list, is it any wonder that web 2.0 companies are having a hard time getting heard above the noise? Now I can understand the importance of positioning and marketing:

- Provide a UNIQUE service (i.e. worth talking about)
- that somebody NEEDS
- and REACH them with targeted messages that
- EXPLAIN (briefly) how your product addresses their need.

I don't know anything about 80% of the companies here - and I make it a point to follow Seattle startups!

TeachStreet went "LIVE" on April 21. The site looks great - and I hope really useful. It's dedicated to helping you find local instructors for virtually any subject/topic/skill (think - find local music instructor).

Quoted: TeachStreet: Connecting Inquiring Minds with Inspiring Instructors in local face-to-face settings.

Good survey of the Web 2.0 scene in Seattle. Sampa and Ontela featured.

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WSGR also is listing their talk at StartPad on their events calendar.