Seattle Business Networking Blog

The winner of the bloguru contest was Mr. Kent Brady of FSMG.

You can check his bloguru at http://bloguru.com/bradyblog.

Spring Fling ~ Let's PARTY
Big Party Punch Bowl is Filling UP!

Seattle Execs Dinner Auction May 19th

Are you ready for the Spring Fling - our dinner auction on May 19th? It's going to be a great party! We had some more fun at yesterday's meeting with the Big Party Punch Bowl. That punch is getting pretty taste-y!!

You-Spiked-the Punch Thank You's to Billy Poll of Morris Piha Real Estate Services for the $100 Home Depot gift card and the special coupon for snackin', David Brown of Fox Plumbing for some great discount coupons on a variety of Fox Plumbing services and installations and George Vestal of McDonald Employment Services for another $100 and a great sports car (if you can fit in a Hot Wheels!)!!

We'll be spikin' the punch again next week - last time before we put the bowl (and contents) up for auction on May 19th.

Please return your RSVP and Meal Selection to the SEA office ASAP.

Photos provided by Rowland Studio. http://www.rowlandphoto.com/

Classic Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners
Celebrates 30 Years in Business!

Congratulations to Keith Anderson for 30 successful years in business! Keith and Classic Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners received stellar testimonials and recommendations from many members yesterday for the "miracles" he has performed on residential and commercial carpets.

To thank his fellow Execs for helping him be so successful, Keith is offering ALL Execs, Alternates and Associates a 20% discount on any carpet cleaning scheduled now through the end of August, 2010!

Call 425-882-1609 or Email Keith

Photos provided by Rowland Studio. http://www.rowlandphoto.com/

May 5, 2010
Washington Athletic Club 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Crystal Ballroom

Past President Presiding


Brian Quint of
Aqua Quip Pool & Spa

Greeters


Mitch Boyle of
KING 5 TV


Steve Greenbaum of
Greenbaum Home Furhishings

Card Collector


Mayumi Nakamura of
Pacific Software Publishing

Speakers

Deborah Alexander of
Deborah Alexander, Attorney at Law, P.S.


Keith Anderson of
Classic Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners


Bruce Wiggins of
U. S. Printing

Photos provided by Rowland Studio. http://www.rowlandphoto.com/

RSVP to Dinner Auction. If you haven't yet sent in your RSVP and meal selection for the dinner auction on May 19, please do.

Send us your company logo. It can be any high-resolution graphic file, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, EPS, PDF or other graphic file format. We’re almost finished creating the first-ever Seattle Execs Member Map. Send us your logo is you haven't already! Email to melissa@seattleexecs.org

Complete the 1st Quarter Business Confidence Survey. Thanks to all of the members who have completed the survey. We would like a few more responses - it takes just a few minutes to complete. Here's the link for the survey.

May 5, 2010
Washington Athletic Club 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Crystal Ballroom

Past President Presiding
Brian Quint of
Aqua Quip Pool & Spa

Greeters
Mitch Boyle of
KING 5 TV

Steve Greenbaum of
Greenbaum Home Furhishings

Card Collector
Mayumi Nakamura of
Pacific Software Publishing

Speakers
Deborah Alexander of
Deborah Alexander, Attorney at Law, P.S.

Keith Anderson of
Classic Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners

Bruce Wiggins of
U. S. Printing

BIG PARTY PUNCH BOWL!

The Auction Committee is passing around the BIG PARTY PUNCH BOWL every Wednesday. Bring some fun items for the party and help SPIKE THE PUNCH!

Thank you, Jim Conway, Liz Talley, George Vestal and Ed Shinbo.

This beautiful necklace was donated tpday by Reibman & Rosen Jewelers for Seattle Executives Auction today.

Thank you Ed.

Photos provided by Rowland Studio. http://www.rowlandphoto.com/

April 28, 2010
Washington Athletic Club 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Crystal Ballroom

Greeters


Shannon Woodman of
Washington Alarm


John Brondello of
Time Equipment Company

Card Collector


Jeff Altchech of
Temporarily Yours

Associates Group
Marketing Minute


Darrell Beetham of
Paratex Pest Control

Speakers


J Debruler of
Accutint of Bellevue


Dr. Daniel Frank of
Daniel S. Frank, MD, PLLC


Craig Hazel of
Premier Golf

Photos provided by Rowland Studio. http://www.rowlandphoto.com/

Dan Price ’08, founder and owner of Seattle-based Gravity Payments, recently received the national “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). With this award, Dan has been invited to consult with President Obama at the White House on issues relating to entrepreneurship and innovation during National Small Business Week 2010 in late May.

An independent panel of judges selected the winners based on several criteria, including; staying power, business growth, increase in employees, response to adversity, innovation, leadership and contributions to the small business community, and evidence of community-oriented projects. Dan was also a Washington state and regional winner, competing against other young entrepreneurs in Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon.

Dan and his brother, Lucas, founded the company in 2004. Gravity Payments provides full-spectrum payment processing solutions including credit and debit card processing, electronic check payment processing, gift and loyalty programs, and e-commerce solutions. The company was recognized as one of the nation’s fastest growing private companies in 2009 by Inc magazine. Dan was recently featured in SPU’s etc magazine. Congratulations, Dan!