Spend five minutes on LinkedIn or Luma or Meetup and you will observe a dramatic growth in new events supporting the region's ever-expanding community of startup founder. At the Venture Mechanics Startup Incubator / Accelerator we alone hold over 200 events a year for early stage founders and investors.
Quite candidly, many of the new events that we see popping up like weeds in Seattle are redundant and basic, if they were ever anything more than just another networking event in the guise of a hot topic. A lot of them are just "me too" events, that don't bring anything truly fresh and innovative to the venture community. It's not uncommon to see six or more events and rooftop parties in downtown Seattle in a single night, and we frequently hear from founders that they have no idea which ones they should attend; frustrated that many that they have attended turned out to be of little intrinsic value in return for the time and parking hassles.
So with that backdrop, I'm thrilled to share the news of a new group that actually is truly fresh and exciting, that's bringing something completely different to our ecosystem.
Court Lorenzini, founder of DocuSign (a $13B enterprise today) is one of the most successful tech founders in Seattle history, and now a prolific venture investor who also believes in giving back. He has created this new organization, FounderNexus, an?invitation-only?membership organization that serves the community of venture-scale founders. Launching initially in Seattle, the organization has global growth ambitions. Participants are expected to fill out an application and screening test to assure a top quality experience. The more previous startups under your belt, the better.
I'm also thrilled to announce that Court will be the keynote speaker at our upcoming Venture Saturday event on September 7th (https://lnkd.in/gGc7GgGa). If you want to learn more about FounderNEXUS from Court himself, be sure not to miss his address at 10am on the 7th. For now, check out the FounderNexus website.
Founder Nexus is excited to announce our next event for Seattle Area founders: How to Find Product-Market Fit
ALL Founder disciplines welcome to apply!
https://lnkd.in/gxJ7rMrz
How to find product-market fit
foundernexus.com
Managing Director at Rally Ventures
1 个月I haven't met many founders or operators with Luke's blend of IQ/execution prowess and humility. We, and our entire portfolio, are very lucky to have you!!