Grassroots Business Association
News
Dec. 2009
We are happy to let you know we now have an online Annual Membership Sign Up page which will allow you to get your information to us an choose to pay using Paypal or mail us a check. Click here to sign up. The information is collected through Google Documents, and after you click Submit you will be given a link to a Paypal page that is ready to go.
Also, as our first year comes to a close we'd like to know what you think, how are we doing? Please let us know by answering some questions on our Comments Box page. You don't even have to let us know who you are. The information is collected through Google Documents.
Nov. 2009
In order to cover our costs we will begin charging for individual meetings or taking annual memberships for $25. An annual membership will get you into all meetings from now (November of 2009) through the end of 2010 as well as access to online notes. You can sign up to become an annual member during the Nov. 18th meeting, or pay a $5 per-meeting entrance fee if you'd prefer. We deeply appreciate the support.
Oct. 2009
We are pleased to let you know about the Vancouver Grassroots Business Association, our first sister organization. We're so grateful to Emira and Lauren of Raised Eyebrow Web Studio and authors of The Boss of You for starting it up.
You can see the Vancouver Grassroots Meetup.com schedule and also follow them on Twitter.
About Us
Grassroots Business Association is a group of small business owners working on forming a non profit organization for both aspiring and current small business owners. Our purpose is to: educate, inspire, empower, network and support people pursuing an independent career path. More about us.
Pictures from our first meeting:
Upcoming Events
You can also keep track of our events over at the Grassroots Meetup.com Group
What: Meet and Greet Picnic
When: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:00 pm
Where:
Cal Anderson Park
1635 11th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
(map)
206.684.4753
Introducing our new member Marlo from Etsy rain! Marlo Miyashiro (a.k.a. IMakeCuteStuff) has been in the retail and wholesale handmade craft industries for over 20 years, creating and selling her work to over 200 stores across the country and abroad. She is a jeweler by trade, crafter of sewn things, teacher of techniques and mentor / arts business consultant for emerging artists. She is also one of the founding members and current organizer of EtsyRAIN.com – an active community of over 790 artists who reside in the Puget Sound region and own independent shops on Etsy. You can find some of her lighthearted work on Etsy at http://imakecutestuff... and more info on her consulting services at http://CreativeArtsCo.... We are so excited to have Marlo join our team and what new and exciting things she will bring to the group!
Please join us at Cal Anderson park for a picnic to welcome Marlo, socialize and talk about business. If you haven't joined us before, come find out what we do. If you are an old hat at what we do, come join us for a little networking, food and fun!
Bring a dish to share and talk to other small business owners and enjoy the summer sun!
We'll have balloons by our picnic area to identify us. This is a great opportunity to bring new folks to a free event - they can come see if they like what we are all about! More at Meetup.com.