Launching Your Own Non-Profit Organization (Or How One Can Help Your Startup)

This is a time of year for giving, so we're having a special event on a rarely covered topic: Launching your own non-profit organization. Our experts will take you from the idea stage, to getting the legal stuff done, building your team, finding volunteers, spreading the word, and earning revenue.

Already working on your own startup idea? Then find out how your startup can actually benefit while you help an existing non-profit at the same time!

We'll be discussing important business concepts and ideas, so this is an event not to be missed, whether you want to launch a non-profit or not!

Learn how you can make a difference by launching your own non-profit organization or lending your support with your startup.

And, as always, you can get your questions answered at the event and enjoy some quality networking.

EVENT PANELISTS:

Doug Clerget – Co-founder/CEO of Dollar Per Month.org (http://DollarPerMonth.org) + millions know him as a recent contestant of "The Bachelorette" TV series

Karrie Hungerford – Co-founder/CEO of GIVINGtrax (http://www.GIVINGtrax.com)

Monica Langfeldt – Attorney, Garvey Schubert Barer (http://www.gsblaw.com/professionals/monica__langfeldt/)

Jennafer Price Cargill – CEO, Price Williams (http://pricewilliamsnpg.com/) Non-Profit Group

Moderated by Barak Rosenbloom (Founder, Essay Mentors (http://essaymentors.com))

Register now for $20 (or $25 cash at the door). Sorry, absolutely no refunds. All proceeds go toward the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Global Music Project.

Event includes food and beverages.

SCHEDULE: Check-In/Mingling (5:30-6:15pm), Panel Discussion (around 6:15-8pm), Meet The Panelists/Mingling (8-8:30pm)

PLEASE NOTE: Please arrive as close to 5:30pm as possible. (The building's lobby elevators lock at 7pm, so NO LATE ARRIVALS).

This Seattle Entrepreneurs event is sponsored by GIVINGtrax (http://www.GIVINGtrax.com), TechStars (http://techstars.com), NWEN (http://nwen.org), the HUB Seattle (http://thehubseattle.com/) and Davis Wright Tremaine (http://dwt.com).

ABOUT THE PANELISTS:

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/2/1/6/event_185213782.jpegDoug Clerget is co-founder and CEO of Dollar Per Month.org (http://DollarPerMonth.org) Charitable Foundation in Seattle. He has over ten years of experience in finance and the commercial real estate industry. Millions of people also know him as a contestant of "The Bachelorette" TV series. A graduate of Eastern Washington University (Finance and Economics), Doug is focusing his entrepreneurial skills and business background on creating a national non-profit from the ground up and using social media to build and expand his organization.

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/9/6/2/event_185722882.jpegKarrie Hungerford is co-founder and CEO of GIVINGtrax (http://www.GIVINGtrax.com)™. She has 25 years in high-tech sales and consulting for companies such as IBM, Onyx Software and Mainline Information Systems. She also co-owns businesses in the restaurant industry. Karrie has also served as a senior account executive, focusing on solving customer problems. Her strength in business sales and customer service has resulted in numerous awards and recognition.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/4/f/a/event_185794042.jpegMonica Langfeldt is an attorney with Garvey Schubert Barer (http://www.gsblaw.com/professionals/monica__langfeldt/) and practices in the areas of international and federal tax, healthcare law, mergers and acquisitions and exempt organizations. She assists tax-exempt organizations on a full range of legal issues including the creation, operation and dissolution of charitable and tax-exempt organizations, including formation and qualification of new tax-exempt status, nonprofit mergers, acquisitions, and more.

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/4/6/0/event_186410272.jpegJennafer Price Cargill is the CEO of Price Williams (http://pricewilliamsnpg.com/) Non-Profit Group, a consultancy specializing in new and existing non-profit organizations. She has 15 years of executive management experience with non-profit organizations in both Washington & California. Jennafer has also served on a national Board of Directors, as Co-President of a local board, and as a member of a grant-making advisory board.

*** Got a question for the panelists? Ask at the event or post it below or on our Facebook page ( http://facebook.com/seattlestartups )

Seattle Entrepreneurs is a social enterprise so revenue generated goes toward Global Music Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to unite people through music and cultural awareness. Support music and cultural awareness with your donation… http://globalmusicproject.org/donation