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Event Recap: Seattle, July 2018
Think Space is now officially a favorite spot to host Startup Haven events... especially in the summer time. The event space is at water level on Lake Union, literally two steps across the dock to jump on a paddle board -- Think Space now owns two such boards that members can use to get some sunshine and some exercise. Think Space founder and sponsor, Peter [...]
Event Recap: Seattle, April 2018
In the game of poker, a "full house" is powerful. The same is true for Poker 2.0: last night was a full house... and that was powerful. The energy came both from the sheer number of attendees (~65) and the fact that our special guest was one of the premier VCs in Seattle, Jason Stoffer from Maveron. Jason's prezo was perfect, with lots of real-world [...]
Event Recap: Seattle, February 2018
Another full house this month, despite the more-and-more and all-too-common Seattle traffic fiasco that caused several members to abandon all hope and bail out half way there. What a treat it was to have Michelle Goldberg, from Ignition Partners, as our special guest. I appreciate the conversational approach she took engaging with the crowd. Michelle couldn't hang around for the poker game but I'm hopeful [...]
Event Recap: Seattle, January 2018
What a night! Despite an historic traffic jam in Seattle that left us with a record number of no-shows, we still had a full house... and then some. Every seat was filled and the overflow crowd enjoyed the awesome Thai food, brilliant Hand of God wines and a stellar group of the best and brightest of the Seattle startup ecosystem. Special thanks to our special [...]
Event Recap: Seattle, December 2017
I can never predict in advance whether a holiday event will be a full house or an 'intimate' gathering. This year it was full house -- every poker seat was filled and then some. Adding to the festivities, we had Rounders streaming in the background. One word: Oreos. We also debuted the new Poker 2.0 tshirts, giving one away to anyone who hit a high [...]
Event Recap: Seattle, October 2017
Congratulations are in order. Bryan Trussel has been a Startup Haven member since he first founded Glympse back in 2008. Like most startups, Glympse started from Bryan's kitchen table; but he and his have grown Glympse into one of the great Seattle startup stories. Bryan recently took on the Board Chair role and recruited a new CEO to carry on Glympse's growth. 2017-10-26 16.17.21 Far [...]
May 2017, Special Guest: Nick Huzar
Last week’s event was big! Not only did we have a capacity crowd, but a wait list of 20 poor souls who didn't even make it in! (We're working on fixing that.) It was a spectacular event with views from the top of the tallest building in the Northwest. Our special guest for the night was Nick Huzar, founder and CEO of Offer-Up. Offer-Up [...]
We’re taking a break on event recaps….
Phew! It takes more effort than you'd think to write 50 blog posts per year. Not to worry... they'll be back... just let us catch our breath. In the mean time, if you're here to see what happens at these Startup Haven events then I think you'll find plenty of evidence in these posts to prove that our events are worth your time. If these posts [...]
Seattle Poker 2.0 December 2015
It was a BIG night -- really big hands, really big pot and some really bad beats. Three four of a kinds in one night is unheard of -- t's rare to have even one. And two of the we're quad jacks. I always hear the stories of bad beats when folks come over to rebuy. My ears were bleeding more than usual this time. [...]
New Year Poker 2.0 in Seattle
2016 is off to a fantastic start with a capacity crowd and the biggest pot ever for a regular monthly event. We also had a solid turnout of women entrepreneurs and investors, representing ~13% of the players. Let's grow that number. The Glympse office space is truly awesome and a great layout for big poker games. Glypmse CEO, Bryan Trussel, was kind to host us [...]