On Tuesday evening,
ZINO Society reached to new heights by hosting our high-energy
Roundtable Investment Meeting at the highest point in the city in the beautiful
Columbia Tower Club. There were around 100 people in attendance and it was a fascinating agenda which included keynote speaker
David Allen of
McKinstry talking about
"In Search of Innovation" and presenting
ZINOpreneur Select Members,
Chris Leyerle of
Phytelligence,
Rick Balakier of
Red Cap,
Martin Stever of
Pacific West Land Real Estate Opportunity Fund and
R.J. Selfridge of
Cedar River Foods, LLC.
In addition,
Jason Brown of
Your Local Market provided a brief traction update and
John Baker, Founder and CEO of
Thos. Baker, accepted a $50,000 check as the winner of the investment fund allocation for
ZINO Marketplace Investment Forum as selected by the fund investors.
Our featured
Wine and Brew Professional Members were
Ali Harvey of
Dumas Station Wines,
John Bell of
Willis Hall and
Charlie Finkel of
Pike Brewing Company with a selection of handcrafted local wines and beers.
We welcomed many new members and guests. Also attending the meeting were Advisory Board members
Bob Cremin and
Ken Hatch and several
University of Washington entrepreneur students including volunteers from the Science and Engineering Business Association (SEBA), the
Lavin Entrepreneurship program, and the
Entrepreneurship 370 class team that I am currently mentoring.
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Lavin Students Emily Thramer, Chelsea Zhai, Dmitry Muzechuk
with Cathi Hatch |
We were proud to present such accomplished entrepreneurs and are also pleased to announce that with recent angel funding decisions made by
ZINO Society members, that our total angel funding facilitated to date is now $20.3 million.
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