Calling All Pre-Entrepreneurs

Itching to start your own company but stumped on how to do it? If you have the ambition to become an entrepreneur, you may want to head over to StartupDay 2010 on Saturday, September 25.

Presented by Seattle 2.0, the conference features an impressive roster of speakers, who will guide “pre-entrepreneurs” through the process of picking the right idea, building a team, wooing venture capitalists, building a product, and bringing it to market.

The conference also features sessions on an often-elusive goal: Making a profit.

StartupDay features local luminaries such as Keith Smith, (Co-founder & CEO of BigDoor Media), Monica Harrington (Chief Marketing Officer of Intersect) and Vivek Bhaskharan (Founder & CEO of Survey Analytics), as well as co-founders of LinkedIn, SlideShare and Posterous.

During the conference, attendees will be able to receive individual guidance from experienced entrepreneurs, investors and attorneys. Meetings will be booked on a first-come first-serve basis, so arrive early in the Advisory Room to sign up for up to two meetings.

The conference is focused exclusively on the high-tech industry, including software, web applications and services, games, mobile applications and computer and mobile devices.

“One of my goals is to help create more startups in this region,” says Jennifer Cabala, President of Seattle 2.0 and host of StartupDay 2010.

The conference is almost sold out, but a few tickets remain available. For UW students, StartupDay provides a discounted rate of $100. Register as a “Tech Worker” and enter the discount code UWSTUDENT.

Peter Luyckx is a contributing writer to Seattle Local Health Guide and to Flip the Media. Previously, he was the Managing Editor at Flip the Media. and a Web Producer and Editor at Microsoft’s MSN Health & Fitness and MSN Shopping. He co-founded and published the quarterly newsletter The Frugal Environmentalist. He is a graduate student in the MCDM program and can be followed on Twitter @peterlux.