-Try reaching out to people who are listed in relevant meetups on Meetup.com. -Get media coverage on the event. -Get influential people in the community to tw

-Try reaching out to people who are listed in relevant meetups on Meetup.com. -Get media coverage on the event. -Get influential people in the community to tweet or post about it. -Lookup local tech companies and try to get though to them. -Get students from local colleges (CS, CE, EE, MBA). And please give them discounted tickets. -Go through AngelList and try to find local folks. -Think about the top ten things startup founders think about (raising money, VC funding, shipping product, finding users etc etc) and then look to see how many of those things your site clearly addresses in the first 5-10 seconds. (I didn't see anything I couldn't find online - but I think it is just a communication issue). You seem to be counting on the guest speaker's star power to draw crowds; I suggest using that in parallel to things that startup founders worry about during the first year. Hope the above makes sense, and this is a great cause! Good luck!