Companies With A Passion For Startups

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By Jennifer Cabala

Putting on a world-class conference like StartupDay 2010 is a majorexpense. Thanks to some local companies who stepped up, StartupDay issignificantly less expensive than other conferences of its size andcaliber. Prices are just $195 for an all-inclusive conference that will help your startup launch and grow if you register before Friday.  We wanted to personally thank these businesses for caringabout the local Startup community and helping to share the cost of thisevent.

Beacon Law Advisors, PLLC

Beacon Law Advisors are lawyers with actual operating experience.BLA is a boutique corporate, securities, and technology firm with aSeattle and Silicon Valley-based practice. All BLA lawyers are seasonedcorporate, transactional, and technology attorneys who also havesignificant operating, in-house and entrepreneurial experience. Foundedin 2003 on the premise that operating experience and having a businessoperator’s perspective makes a qualitative difference in counselinggrowing businesses, we have assembled a team of highly proficientbusiness lawyers, who combine the legal skill set of experienced “bigfirms” with the grounding that comes from actually having run abusiness. We have served as chief operating officers, chief financialofficers, general and senior counsels in both private and publiccompanies, have founded and held operating roles within start-ups, andhave also gained valuable practice experience within large nationalfirms. We have raised VC and angel money for our own companies. We havesold our own companies. We get it. We understand you because we havebeen – and still are – you.

Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness
For over 80 years, Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness (COJK) hasexcelled at fulfilling our clients’ intellectual property needs. As afull-service intellectual property law firm, we assist clients with allaspects of IP development, protection, and enforcement.  http://www.cojk.com/

DLA Piper
DLA Piper has the experience to help technology entrepreneurs succeed.We are among the top three law firms in the world for venture capitaland private equity deal volume and rank first in the US and the worldfor merger and acquisition transactions. Let us help you grow yourcompany.http://www.dlapiper.com/

McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC
The TechLaw practice at the McNaul Ebel law firm focuses onentrepreneurs and startups. Our company clients range from social mediaand 2.0 businesses to video game and software developers to informationanalytics companies and a nanotechnology laboratory. We regularly assistpre-entrepreneurs with noncompetes (current or prior employer),founders’ relationships, new entity organization, IP licensing,financing, and trademark and branding matters. http://techlawatmcnaul.com/

Mixtur
Mixtur is a boutique marketing and creative agency that specializes ingo-to-market planning and execution for technology startups. Think of usas a full-service marketing department without the overhead of your ownfull-time team. Our services include strategy and planning, branding,copywriting, graphic design, events management, PR/social media, programdevelopment and management. We do them all in-house with a team ofindustry veterans who have spent years in the trenches on the clientside. And our customers love us for it.http://www.mixtur.com/

 
PricingWire

Pricing goes well beyond the simplistic idea of just selecting a priceand then watching what happens. PricingWire offers a time-sensitive andfocused approach to smarter pricing decisions. We help startups andexisting businesses clearly communicate their value advantages, convertmore prospects and capture their markets’ full profit potential. ComingSoon: In addition to our research, strategy and monitoring services, wewill soon be launching Proactive Pricing Strategy Workshops in 13 UScities. Bookmark our website, follow us on Twitter and schedule sometime to discuss your objectives.http://www.pricingwire.com/

Summit Law Group, PLLC
Summit Law Group is a Seattle-based law firm that represents emergingcompanies and the investors and investment banks that support thosecompanies. Summit lawyers have negotiated and closed hundreds offinancing, acquisition and licensing transactions. Our innovative andflexible business model – including options other than hourly billingand a value adjustment line on each invoice – puts our customers first. http://www.summitlaw.com/

 
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