ZINO Zillionaire Investment Forum 2009

Join ZINO Society for our fourth annual ZINO Zillionaire Investment Forum (ZZIF).  Meet and hear 28 companies, representing a variety of business sectors, present to an audience of angel investors, venture capitalists and business leaders. Presenting companies and investors connect throughout the day via a walk-around lunch, exhibition space, pre-event VIP dinner and the culminating Awards and Wine Reception.

All presenting companies will be profiled in the September 4th edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal.

ZZIF’s $100,000 Family of Funds to be awarded at the end of the day:
$50,000 to the Best Technology Investment Opportunity
$50,000 to the Best Non-technology Investment Opportunity

The first investment forum in Seattle to guarantee funding!

VIP Dinner Keynote Speaker: Ric Merrifield Merrifield spent nearly 15 years in various consulting roles helping organizations define and achieve their goals. Since joining Microsoft, he’s spent more than 10,000 hours as a business architect and filed twelve patent applications all with the goal of helping companies rethink their operating models and get out of the “how” trap described in Rethink: A Business Manifesto for Cutting Costs and Boosting Innovation. He also coauthored “The Next Revolution in Productivity” for Harvard Business Review on how organizations can rethink operating models before making major technology changes.

ZZIF Keynote Speaker:  Glen Heimstra - Founder & Owner, Futurist.com Glen Hiemstra is the founder and owner of Futurist.com, a company dedicated to disseminating information about the future in order to assist individuals, organizations and industries in creating the futures they prefer. An internationally respected futurist, Glen has advised professional, business, and governmental organizations for two decades. He is the author of Turning the Future into Revenue: What Businesses and Individuals Need to Know to Shape Their Futures, from John Wiley & Sons, 2006, and is co-author of Strategic Leadership: Achieving Your Preferred Future.

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Thank you to our 2009 ZZIF Sponsors

Zillionaire

Arscentia
Davis Wright Tremaine
Four Seasons Seattle
Puget Sound Business Journal
 

Millionaire

Stoel Rives
Pathable
Key Private Bank
Spectrum Pension Consultants
Club Cielo
ActionCOACH
Butler Valet
enterpriseSeattle
Social Media for Executives
Cascadia Capital
 

VIP Dinner

JP Morgan Chase

Ask The Attorney

Davis Wright Tremaine

Ask The Accountant

Berntson Porter

Due Diligence Live!

Fenwick & West