January 20th, 7pm
Host: Frank Koehl – Fwd:Vault
Location: Terra Building, Room 1107
Address: 211 South Broad St.
Contact: Nicolas Warren

To welcome everyone to a new year with Philly Startup Leaders, come out and put on your marketing-caps for Frank Koehl and the newest and slickest company of 2010. Frank’s new company, Fwd:Vault, allows users to backup and recover their files using their email and web browser. Without any software to install or hardware to configure, Fwd:Vault aims to make data backups available to everyone regardless of skill or situation.  Come learn from the brilliant Philadelphia marketers or assert yourself as the go-to-market genius you are.

Frank Koehl is your all around go-to geek, with over 15 years of experience across the IT and web development sectors. He became a full-time entrepreneur in November 2008, when his employer went belly-up.

In development for the past year and open beta for the past 5 months, Fwd:Vault will launch around the new year, at which time Frank is refocusing to marketing and advertising. “And that’s an area with which I have little direct experience,” he admits. His goal at the PSL Fishbowl is to present his initial marketing game plan, and solicit the community for feedback.

Frank has thus far built Fwd:Vault without employees or outside capital, making this Fishbowl particularly useful to other “solo-preneurs.”  The University of the Arts gives us an outstanding location in which to hold the Fishbowls and there is always valuable networking with each event.  Grab your tickets before the room fills up

You can read more about Frank’s background on his blog here:

(http://frankkoehl.com/about-me)

and you can check out Fwd:Vault by visiting his site (http://fwdvault.com).

Register today to reserve a FREE seat for Entrepreneurs Unplugged v. V

Entrepreneurs Unplugged Series continues on Wed, December 16th at 7 pm.
Featured Entrepreneur: Alex Hillman, Co-Founder of IndyHall & Indyhall Labs & Founder at Unstickme.com
Location: Hamilton Hall 320 South Broad Street  (map -  http://tr.im/hHpj )
Cosponsored by the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at The University of the Arts.

Join us for Volume 5 of Entrepreneurs Unplugged, the series that brings successful local entrepreneurs on stage to educate, entertain and inspire the startup community.  The format for the evening will be a 30 minute presentation followed by audience participation – so come out for a night of fun and information, and most importantly to have your startup questions answered.

Presentation Topic: Building Your Team and Cultivating the Conditions of Success

Having co-founded IndyHall and IndyHall Labs, both highly regarded for their ability to empower ad-hoc team creation, Alex has been able to do something that on it’s surface seems contradictory:  cultivate organic team formation.   He will be sharing stories and fielding questions about crossing the bridge from full time employment to owning your own business, focusing on the importance of finding the right partner and recruiting the team you need to succeed while maintaining long term relationships to sustain your business long past your immediate needs.  There are still tickets available, but register now to ensure availability.

Bio:
Alex Hillman is a community architect and social business consultant based in sunny Philadelphia. Alex has led and evangelized the coworking movement in Philly and around the world by co-founding Independents Hall, a collaborative community focused on mixing social interaction with shared office space. Since opening the space, Alex has assisted a number of other similar group leaders in focusing and energizing their efforts. Alex is also a driving force behind multiple social media and technology events and organizations in the city, sharing his infectious enthusiasm with every person that crosses his path (or finds him on Twitter).

Register today to reserve your free seat!

Thanks to our friends at the Corzo Center of the University of Arts for providing such an extraordinary venue to showcase our local talent.  Tickets are free thanks to TicketLeap.

After two months of big events, the regular Philly Startup Leaders happy hour returns on Dec 9 at a new location!

Dec 9 Happy Hour
6:30-9:30 PM
MidAtlantic Restaurant and Bar
3711 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 386-3711

http://www.midatlanticrestaurant.com/