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thinkcamp 2010

by Alyssa Magnotti on February 17, 2010

thinkcamp-logojpgIt’s that time of year again! We are just one month away from thinkcamp 2010! We are aiming to put together an awesome list of super speakers for this year’s thinkcamp. We’ve got so many great businesses within the space and so many people who are extreme experts in their given fields and they are willing to share their knowledge with you!

thinkcamp is an annual event held a thinkspace for the thinkspace community (virtual and physical tenants alike) as well as the Redmond area. We are basically bringing together a group of 6-8 speakers who will be doing TED style presentations (18 minute presentations with 5-10 min of Q&A at the end). The presentations will be on a variety of topics that apply to small businesses and entrepreneurs (or people thinking about becoming an entrepreneur).

thinkcamp will be held on Wednesday, March 17th from 12-4pm. Refreshments and beverages will be provided.

We still have a couple of speaker slots open, so if you are interested in having a full audience’s attention and you have something useful to say, just let me know (alyssa *at* thinkspace *dot* com).

More details and a registration link will be coming soon…

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“The Best Presentation Yet!”

by Alyssa Magnotti on February 8, 2010

Michael Brown came in last week and gave a wonderful presentation on how he started his company and the things that they have done to keep their business going strong. He has had a lot of experience with starting up companies and is currently the owner and CEO of Affirma Consulting, a 25 person award winning Microsoft Technology Consulting firm with specialization in SharePoint, Business Intelligence and high-end custom development.

Watch Michael’s presentation below to see what had attendees say, “This has been thinkspace’s best presentation yet!” “What a story!” and “Michael was a great speaker, very engaging. I learned a ton!”

Michael Brown: thinkspace Brown Bag from thinkspace on Vimeo.

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Win a Night Out at The Purple Cafe!

February 3, 2010

thinkspace has decided to put on a little contest for our twitter followers (if you aren’t one yet, you can quickly change that)! Follow the instructions found on our contest page to win a night out for you and your Valentine!

Experience Valentine’s Day on Us!
Enjoy a $100 gift certificate to the Northwest’s original Purple [...]

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Four Affordable Solutions for StartUps

January 28, 2010

With unemployment rates still on the rise, many people have given up on looking for a job and have decided to take the initiative and create their own. Starting up your own company is always a bit of a challenge, but in an economy like this, people are even more unsure of themselves. The [...]

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thinkspace Offers New Services to Help Small Businesses

January 21, 2010

NEW THINKSPACE SERVICES!!
thinkspace has decided to provide some new services starting this year that we think will be a great help to our community! I’d like to highlight a couple of those here:
Website Design: For just $500, we will create a website for you that will dazzle and drive your customers to call. Not only [...]

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Michael Brown to Speak at February Brown Bag!

January 21, 2010

When: Wednesday, February 3rd from 1-2pm
Where: thinkspace Seminar Room-1st Floor
Michael will be sharing his story about how he built his business, discussing how to create a dashboard and key metrics. Some of Michaels top customers that he’s created Dashboards for are: The Seattle Seahawks, Blue Nile, NBC, Microsoft, Treetop, Smithsonian, Boeing, Treetop, The Department of [...]

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thinkspace In The News!

January 20, 2010

Got to speak with Mary Decker from The Redmond Reporter at our January Brown Bag and she had some great comments on the economy and things that thinkspace and Nancy Juetten (among others) are trying to do to help businesses succeed in such times. She even quoted me! (I definitely feel like a celebrity now… [...]

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Dan Pink on Coworking, “It’s more than simply real estate”

January 12, 2010
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I attended Town Hall Seattle tonight to listen to Dan Pink talk about “What really motivates us”. Dan’s the author a bunch of books, his latest called “Drive”. Dan focused in on three things during his presentation: 1) Autonony, 2) Mastery, and 3) Purpose. I could go into details, but, I wanted to focus in [...]

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Be Known as an Expert in Your Field

December 28, 2009

Nancy Juetten, Publicity Expert
Wednesday, January 6th | 12pm-1pm | thinkspace
Nancy Juetten (rhymes with “button”) is a passionate and engaging publicity trainer who shows business owners across America how to get seen, heard, and celebrated in their own backyards … and beyond.  I have had the pleasure of hearing her speak on two seperate occasions in [...]

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Best Industries from 2000 to 2009

December 28, 2009

There is a post by Paul Kedrosky titled “Best and Worst Industries of Decade, or, Why Children’s Clothes Makers Need to Get Into VoIP“. I found it interesting so I thought I would post the top 10 over here. If you want to see the bottom 10, I recommend you check out Paul’s post. [...]

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The Best Ad in the Last Decade

December 28, 2009

As we close out the another decade, this is hands down my favorite ad and could very well be my favorite of all time. What’s your favorite over the last decade?
What would the world be like if everything had to be rational, would there be room for a dreamer? Would there be room for a [...]

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Crush it! Living Your Passion or Earning a Living?

December 26, 2009
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I just finished reading Crush it! a book written by Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) creator of Wine Library TV and built a $60M business. He’s got three rules. Rule #1: Love your family. I look at these three rules and I can’t disagree with his list. One of the guiding principles that I’ve put in place [...]

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Seattle Twitter Community Comes Together in Different Ways

December 21, 2009

Who will win?
Background about Kenji:
Kenji’s a huge sports fan. You can tell by looking at his Twitter avatar with his Seahawks logo etched into his photo. He’s also an avid Fantasy Football League player, as this is one of his five leagues that he’s in.
Background about Peter:
In the past, I worked for a company called [...]

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thinkspace’s thinktank Just Got Smarter – Please Welcome Angie Thain!

December 18, 2009

We are expanding our services to our thinkspace members and our local Redmond community by launching our new Business Services code named “thinkspace OS”. Angie Thain is our new team member and her role is Business Services Director. I like to draw an analogy to our thinkspace OS services as being similar to a computer’s [...]

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thinkspace Holiday Party 2009

December 17, 2009

Invitations were sent out weeks ago to thinkspace members for this year’s Holiday Party, and while a few people couldn’t make it due to previous commitments and the general holiday bustle, we ended up having a ton of members show up to join in on the fun!
The only stipulation we made for those wishing [...]

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