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== Phyllis Blees== | == Phyllis Blees== | ||
Revision as of 10:39, 28 April 2007
Here are the steps to joining a Board:
- Send David Swedlow an email with the following information
- Meet with the liaison from a prospective board or others who might form a new board with you
- Pick a Boot Board Facilitator
- Start your Board!
Contents
Phyllis Blees
- Company
- Blees Creative Academies
- Company Size
- Small
- Stage
- Ideation
- Location
- Austin
- Interested Categories
- Managing a start-up
- For-Profit educational models
- Financing start-ups
- Other Information
- Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
- Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
- Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
- Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
- Bootstrap Library Co-Chair
Stephen Sopko
- Company
- Creative Bandwidth, LP
- steve@ckventures.com
- Phone
- 512 917 6020
- Company Size
- 5 owners & contractors
- Stage
- Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)
- Location
- Round Rock/Georgetown, TX
- Interested Categories
- Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
- Seminars & Teambuilding Events
- Games & Simulations
- Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity
- Other Information
- Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [1]
- Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [2]
- Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
- Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
- Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
- Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling
Karen Sopko
- Company
- Cedar Key Ventures, LLC
- karen@ckventures.com
- Phone
- 512 694 5366
- Company Size
- 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies
- Stage
- Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan
- Location
- Round Rock, TX
- Interested Categories
- Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
- Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
- Services Marketing (new service offering development)
- IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
- Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities
- Other Information
- see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
- Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
- Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
- Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
- Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
- Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
- Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology
Artie Berne
- Company
- Performance Capital
- aberne@austin.rr.com
- Phone
- 512-261-0024
- Company Size
- Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston
- Stage
- (I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)
- Location
- Beutiful Lakeway,TX
- Interested Categories
SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:
- Small Company Financing_1
- Accounts Receivable Financing_2
- Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
- Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
- Buying of Companies_5
- Project Funding_6
- Equity Venture Capital_7
- Asset Lending_8
- Leasing of Equipment_9
- Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
- Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10
- Other Information
- In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
- I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
- HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
- My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
- Also running,lifting and
- Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.
Michael Wilson
- Company
- Small World Labs
- [mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]
- Phone
- 512-499-0018
- Company Size
- 7
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Central/South Austin
- Interested Categories
- Marketing
- Sales
- Strategy
- Other Information
Corliss McGinty, SPHR
- Company
- Soft Solutions Consulting
- Corliss@HRMomma.com
- Phone
- 512-736-9884
- Company Size
- 1
- Stage
- VoD in Austin
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Interested Categories
- Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
- Talent-getting, developing and retaining
- Coaching for managers, executives
- Other Information
- Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
- Certified in 360 feedback
Brian Moeskau
- Company
- ThinkFirst, LLC
- Product
- MyHomePoint.com: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.
- brian@myhomepoint.com
- Phone
- 512-451-7294
- Company Size
- 2 (myself + cofounder)
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Central Austin
- Interested Categories
- All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
- Web/user interface design and user experience
- Basketball
- Other Information
- MyHomePoint has been in dev. part-time for over a year, but just started getting serious within the last 6 months or so. I went full-time in Feb. and am trying to pull it forward into the Growth stage by my bare hands. I'm thinking that I may need gloves...
Kevin Koym
see my profile link at User:kkoym
- Company
- Enterprise Teaming, llc
- [3]
- Phone
- +1.512.698.9328
- Company Size
- 2+contractors
- Stage
- Valley of Death, Baby!
- Location
- Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.
- Interested Categories
- International Business
- Social Networking Theory
- Organizational Development
- Other Information
- Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
- Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
- Well connected through Austin
- Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus
Rick Davis
- Company
- The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.
- [4]
- Phone
- 512-419-7785
- Company Size
- YOUR_SIZE
- Stage
- YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
- Location
- YOUR_LOCATION
- Interested Categories
- YOUR_INTEREST_1
- YOUR_INTEREST_2
- ETC.
- Other Information
- YOUR_OTHER_INFO
- ETC.
Ben Bartell
- Company
- Seattle's Best Coffee
- [5]
- Phone
- 512-565-4693
- Company Size
- 120
- Stage
- Growth (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
- Location
- Austin
- Interested Categories
- Mentorship
- Team Building
- Management Accountability
- Other Information
- Originally from Seattle, WA
- Interested in helping any interested parties in getting out of the Valley of Death.
- Strengthfinder top 5: Strategic, Acheiver, Relator, Learner, Woo
Eric L. Burt
- Company
- Memberize!
- eburt@memberize.com
- Phone
- 512-536-1409 x107
- Company Size
- ~100 clients
- Stage
- Growth
- Location
- Austin
- Interested Categories
- Web 2.0
- Hosted Application Services
- Marketing, Marketing Channels
- SEO
- Other Information
- Originally from El Paso
- University of Texas alum that recently relocated to Austin
