After sleeping through most of my flight from Washington D.C., I am now in the beautiful city of Seattle. Ryan (one of the partners in crime at Fantasy Congress) is a native of Seattle and was going to be here anyway to celebrate the joyous marriage of his sister. In fact, I think he may exercise some of his fantastic piano playing talents at the wedding as well. I’m gonna visit the University of Washington campus (courtesy of my friend Travis) and also meet with some potential investors who may be interested in changing the world of politics with technology. Hopefully, I may be able to see the infamous Paul G. Allen Building where Eric Schmidt told students and faculty that Google would be the future of technology, challenging the longstanding monopoly of Microsoft. (see one of those videos). Even if we don’t get any investment, I hope to get feedback. According to Jessica Livingston, author ofFounders at Work, “I’d say determination was the single most important quality in a startup founder. If the founders I spoke with were superhuman in any way, it was in their perseverance.” Yes, we’ve been rejected before, but as with all things harsh criticism is better than nice platitude. The weather here is beautiful. Although Seattle is a predominantly rainy place, there is a sense of quiet that results from that rain. It smells like the Rockies and the brisk temperature gives me a small sense of home.