Ambassador

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Lead

Steve Harper

Mission

Connect Bootstrap Austin to other organizations in town and connect organizations to each other. Each Ambassador's responsibilities include:

• Be an active member of the other organization
• Educate other orgs about bootstrapping (see Files section for slides)
• Update bootstrap calendar with events
• Negotiate special deals for bootstrappers; eg. Guy Kawasaki/Texchange
• Create joint events; eg. Rice Alliance Bootstrap Panel
• Pursue other innovative ideas and programs

Where we Need Ambassadors

• Austin SPIN
• Entrepreneurs Foundation
• World Future Society

Current Organizations and Ambassadors

Entrepreneurship Organizations

• AIBA, Melissa Miller
• Austin Inventors, Mike Romanies
• Austin Technology Council ?
• BiG Austin, Jonathan McCoy
• E! Club, Diane Carroll
• Entrepreneurs Organization, Jonathan Davis
• FLOW, Michael Strong
• Texchange, Christa Kleinhans Tuttle
• Tie Austin, Rham Sriram

University Organizations

• Acton MBA, Dave Angelow
• HBS Alumni, Sasha Grinshpun
• IC2 Institute, David Pinckney
• McCombs MBA Alumni, Ken Hoo
• MIT Forum, ?
• Rice Alliance, Sanjeev Dhir
• Stanford Club, Bijoy
• Texas Exes, Andrew Bode

Environmental Organizations

• Friends of Deep Eddy Sara Crowell
• Town Lake Trail Foundation Maura Nevel
• Envision Central Texas Diane Miller

Cultural Organizations

• AAACC ?
• Japan America Society Steve Portnoy
• SIETAR Austin ?

Technology Organizations

• Digital Convergence Initiative, David Pinckney
• IEEE Engingeering Management Leslie Martinich
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers Chris Norman

Other

• AMA Austin Pat Scherer
• American Creativity Association Phyllis Blees
• Austin Film Society Henrik Johansson
• Austin Music Foundation Jen Hamre
• AWT Austin Lynn Pausic
• International Coaching Federation Susan Franzen
• Leadership Austin, Sasha Grinshpun
• Network in Austin Scott Ingram
• Salsa.NET (San Antonio) Dean McCall
• SXSW Jon Lebkowsky
• Webmopac Kim Paternoster