Co-sponsored by: Seattle Section YP & PES The IEEE Seattle YP has formed a local partnership with Startup Grind; a global start up community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Under this partnership, IEEE members pay a reduced fee for local Startup Grind events. However, the IEEE is further subsidizing the cost to only $5/person for the first 6 registrantswithaPROMOCODE below. The event takes place on Wednesday August 9th at 5:30pm with networking, drinks, and food among entrepreneurs in Seattle. At 6:35pm, an insightful business driven Q/A session with the speaker will take place. The discussion will be focused on how the speaker got started in their respective business space with guidance and recommendations for aspiring entrepreneurs.    PROMO CODE: ieeetix  --- register Below using promo code: https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-seattle-eastside-presents-startup-grind-eastside-hosts-bill-bryant-partner-dfj-venture-capital#/   Bill Bryant is a partner at DFJ (formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson), a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm focused on early- and growth-stage investments in the enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. Bill has had early and instrumental involvement in more than 25 leading software, internet, mobile, and digital media companies, as a founder, senior executive, investor, and board member. He has had founding roles with Visio (now part of Microsoft), Netbot (acquired by Excite), Qpass (acquired by Amdocs), Medio (Nokia), Mixxer, and Airworks. In these founding capacities, Bill drove definition of the core product and market strategy; raised >$150M in venture capital; recruited senior management teams; and built customer, partner and channel relationships in launching software products, Internet, and mobile services. Bill represents DFJ on the boards of Chef, Remitly, Xealth, Pro.com, Azuqua, and Bright Computing and on exits including Ping Identity, Z2Live, and The Clymb. In addition to his DFJ investments, he is an active angel investor with investments in Winshuttle, LiquidPlanner, Limeade, Bonanza, and Socrata. Location: 1715 114th Ave SE Seattle, Washington