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Learning Lunch: The Art of the Startup in South Carolina

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (ET)

Greenville, SC

Learning Lunch: The Art of the Startup in South Carolina

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"A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent." - Guy Kawasaki

Join us in March as we hear from Charles Wyke-Smith, Vice President of Strategy at Charleston based PeopleMatter as he explains the steps to building a startup company.

They started with a market need, assembled a team, raised some money, built a web application and took it to market; and that's just the start. They're still building, still growing, and looking to add to their team.

How do you take a great idea and build it into a multi-million dollar company? Wyke-Smith and the founders of PeopleMatter developed a long list of lessons learned from assembling their team and raising seven million dollars to build their great idea into PeopleMatter in Charleston, SC.  PeopleMatter was recently listed #14 on a list of the fastest growing Technology Companies on Venture Beat and they will be talking about the launch of their company at our learning lunch.


GSATC Learning Lunch

Topic: The Art of the Start Up in South Carolina
Presented by: Charles Wyke-Smith, Vice President of Strategy at PeopleMatter.

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location:  Embassy Suites (map)

Agenda
11:30 - 11:55 Registration, Networking, Lunch
11:55 - 12:10 Announcements
12:10 - 12:50 Presentation
12:50 - 1:00 Door Prizes, Adjourn

This meeting features easy access from I-385, plenty of free parking, ample networking opportunities, a great presentation, and door prizes. Plan to attend.


About our Speaker

Charles Wyke-SmithCharles Wyke-Smith is the Vice President of Product Strategy at PeopleMatter.

As Vice President of Product Strategy, Charles is responsible for aligning the PeopleMatter product portfolio and corporate direction to the needs of the marketplace. He is also actively involved in the design of PeopleMatter products.

After studying economics at Nottingham Trent University, Charles founded PRINTZ Electronic Design, a San Francisco-based, all-computerized design studio known for its pioneering work in interactive media development. An accomplished speaker and instructor, Charles has also taught classes in multimedia interface design and has presented at many industry conferences. He is the author of the bestselling Web design and development books “Stylin’ with CSS,” “Codin’ for the Web,” and “Scriptin’ with JavaScript and Ajax.”

Charles has been creating Web sites since 1994 and has provided Web design and consulting services to companies including Wells-Fargo, ESPN Video Games, and the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to joining PeopleMatter, he was Director of User Experience at Benefitfocus.

When Charles shuts down his computer, this England native swaps his desk and keyboard for a guitar and stage to play rock, blues and jazz.

When & Where



Embassy Suites
670 Verdae Blvd
Greenville, SC 29607

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (ET)


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