LaunchUp #7 – Thursday May 6 6:30 p.m. – @ SEO.com (Point of the Mountain) w FanFare, Bazari, Inzolo

Here are all the details about the seventh LaunchUp, our community “barn raising” and energizing event for entrepreneurs.

Please help us spread the word! http://bit.ly/launchup7 Is the URL for all the event details.

Come and have your mind blown by the entrepreneurial energy!

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We have another awesome event planned with 3 rock star companies.

Remember, we stream the event live at http://www.launchup.org/live and make it as inclusive as possible to anyone, even if you cannot attend in person.

We are also building a list of those that want to support first-time technology entrepreneurs in Utah. You can join our community. It will help us track those that want to help, and your name/link will be published real time on the community page.

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Specifics:

RSVP: If attending in person, PLEASE RSVP. If on Twitter, tweet:

I’m going to #LaunchUp May 6 to see FanFare, Bazari, & Inzolo, are you? http://bit.ly/launchup7

If not on Twitter, email jeremy . hanks @ gmail . com and let me know you’re coming.

Date: Thursday May 6th

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: SEO.com – 14870 S. Pony Express Rd. Suite 100 Bluffdale, UT 84065 (or watch stream online at http://www.launchup.org/live/)

Located just South off Draper exit 288 on the west side of the freeway, at Point of the Mountain.
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Event URL: http://www.launchup.org/live/

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Agenda:

Welcome and LaunchUp Report: 5 minutes: Jeremy Hanks. Update everyone on notable events and milestones from previous LaunchUp alum companies.

Amp Session:10 minutes Dave Bascom, President and CEO, SEO.com Dave Bascom is President and CEO of SEO.com. He’s been doing search engine optimization since 1998. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Marketing Communications. Dave currently Lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah with his wife and 4 kids. He enjoys sports, hiking, camping, and spending time with his family.

In The Weeds: 10 Minutes Making Your Company Memorable: A Startup’s Guide to Branding Jesse Harding, Sr. Web Designer – Access Development, Co-Orgranizer – Ignite Salt Lake. You’ve put countless hours and dollars into building your business and developing your product. Now you’re ready to launch. But how can you make your company stand out from the hundreds of others started each month? Branding is more than just choosing a font and an icon for your logo. It’s portraying your company’s personality through everything from the name, to the colors and graphics you use, to the way you write your website content. Over the last 15 years Jesse Harding has designed for bands, movie producers, restaurant owners, software companies and more. This diversity has given him a deep understanding of how crucial branding is to startups and veteran companies alike. In this “In the Weeds” session Jesse will give you the steps to discover, create and successfully deploy your company’s personality.

Company Presentations: 45 Minutes

FanFare
FanFare is an online live concert promotion company that gives live music fans a voice to determine who they see in concert and where through the power of collective buying.

Bazari
Bazari is a text message based platform that provides the benefits of eCommerce to markets without internet access. The primary market is India but also includes other growing markets such as the Philippines and African countries. Through the platform, customers can browse for products, purchase the specified product, make the payment, and have the product delivered similar to shopping on eBay or Amazon, but all done via text messaging.

Inzolo
http://inzolo.com/
Inzolo is an online budgeting tool that mimics the classic envelope budgeting system. It allows you to set aside money in categories before you spend it. After spending money, you match your transactions with the related envelope category. Simply put, it helps you tell your money where to go, rather than wondering where it went.

Corner Dives around 8:00 p.m., get food, and then each company heads to a corner, and anyone interesting in learning more or helping dives right in with them. General networking in highly energized setting.

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Please help spread the word. (If you’re using Twitter, use hashtag #LaunchUp)

A special thanks to SEO.com for providing the location, and for Mozy.com for providing the pizza and drinks!!

Finally, LaunchUp #8 will be in June on Thursday June 3, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at location TBD. Watch the site for more information.

Watch the site for more info. If your company, or one you know, would like to present or help out, email me: jeremy . hanks @ gmail . com

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