Valley of Death Subgroup

For bootstrappers in the Valley of Death Stage of their venture. Yahoo Discussion Forum

The VoD Phase Image by Marilyn Martin

Leads

• Laurie Loew: Laurie at giverealtyaustin
• Dave Floyd: wdfloyd at gmail

Meetings

Every 2nd Monday of the month. We usually gather at 6pm at Waterloo Ice House (1106 W 38th St, Austin, TX). Speakers/content starts @ 7pm and lasts an hour, followed by more socializing.

2009

• Jan 12: Kick-off! Bring your desires, feedback and input to help shape your Bootstrap Community in 2009. Roundtable at 5pm.
• Feb 9: Boot Boards Kickoff. Tony Chen: Why Start or Join a Boot Board
• Mar 9: No Bootstrap Meeting - check out RISE & SXSW
• Apr 13: No meeting
• May 11: What is Bootstrap?
• Jun 8: No Meeting
• Jul 13: No Meeting
• Aug 10: Lou Ellman, founder Royalty Zone
• Sep 14:
• Oct 12:
• Nov 9:
• Dec 14:

2008

• Jan 14: David Ansel, founder The Soup Peddler
• Feb 11: Paul Carrozza, founder RunTex
• Mar 10: SXSW special meeting downtown
• Apr 14: Clayton Christopher, founder Sweet Leaf Tea
• May 12: Larry Warshaw, founder Constructive Ventures
• Jun 9: Rick Engel, founder Engel Management - Austin Java, Uncle Billy's, Little Woodrows
• Jul 14: Bootstrap Austin 5yr Party! A pub crawl, starting at the Gingerman, where we had our first meeting.
• Aug 11: Round table discussion
• Sep 8: Kevin Koym How can a bootstrap entrepreneur use an Enterprise Tribe?
• Oct 13: BootBoard Formation
• Nov 10: Gary Hoover, Club E Launch, Long Center
• Dec 8: Heather McKissick, Bootstrap Experience Launch

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2007

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Add these dates to your calendar and use the Evite links to keep updated on Event details

• Jan 8:Develop Your Elevator Pitch (by the Bootstrap Speaking Initiative). (Evite link)
• Feb 12: Rosy Jalifi, Director SBDP, City of Austin (MEETING HELD AT SBDP OFFICES). (Evite Link)
• Mar 12: Special Joint Event with SXSWi. (Evite Link)
• Apr 9: Launch of 2007 Boot Boards (Evite Link)
• May 14: Bjorn Billhardt, Founder Enspire, this is also the official kickoff for the Growth Subgroup. (Evite Link)
• June 11: Tim League, founder Alamo Drafthouse(Evite Link)
• July 9: Steve Bercu, Owner BookPeople (Evite Link)
• Aug 13: David Smith (Evite Link)
• Sep 10: Jeff Sandefer, Master Entrepreneur and founder of the Acton MBA. (Evite Link)
• Oct 8: Bijoy explains the Bootstrap stages, actions and principles as outlined in the Bootstrap Bootcamp. (Evite Link)
• Nov 12: Bootstrap Austin feedback meeting. (Evite Link)
• Dec 10: Year-end celebration with bootstrappers, friends and supporters. (Evite Link)

2006

• Feb 13, Craig Fryar, Serial Entrepreneur founder Seedstage. Boot Rap Podcast
• March 13, No meeting. Come to the Bootstrap Panel, as part of this year's SXSW Interactive Digitial Convergence Track. Other bootstrappers are featured on an earlier panel at 3:30pm. Boot Rap Podcast
• April 10. Introduction to the Boot Board Initiative
• May 8, Intro to Bootstrap's Open Source Community Boot Rap Podcast of a similar talk
• June 12, Susan Strausberg, Cofounder of Edgar Online. Boot Rap Podcast
• July 10, Panel, Selling your Company
• Aug 14, Mark Blumenthal, founder of American Botanical Council - Bootstrapping your NonProfit. Boot Rap Podcast (by Nonprofit Subgroup)
• Sep 11, Steven Tomlinson, Entrepreneur Teacher Acton MBA on Combining Your Passions Boot Rap Podcast
• Oct 9: 8 Minute Ripple (by Bootstrap Connector)
• Nov 13: Roi James (by Art Subgroup). Roi James Talk Description
• Dec 11: 2006 Review, 2007 Plans and Technology Showcase

2005

• Jan 5, ROUNDTABLE
• Feb 15, Eric Simone, cofounder, Perficient, owner Girl Next Door
• March 14, Joe Liemandt Trilogy (postponed)
• April 11, ROUNDTABLE
• May 9, Amy Miller, Amy's Ice Cream
• June 13, Carl Paul Golfsmith
• July 11, ROUNDTABLE
• August 8, Peter Huff, Blue Sage Capital
• September 12, Jack Long, Founder Lone Star Overnight, PeopleAdmin, Teacher Acton MBA
• October 10, Barry Thornton, Founder Clearcube
• November 14, John Paul DeJoria, John Paul Mitchell Systems. Boot Rap Podcast of a similar talk.
• December 12, Tito Beveridge, Tito's Handmade Vodka

2004

• Jan 12, Ron Harris, founder Pervasive
• Feb 9, Bryce Cogswell, founder Winternals
• March 8, Peter Zandan, founder Intelliquest
• April 12, Kelsey August, founder Lone Star Direct
• May 10, Paul Carozza, founder Runtex
• June 14, Miller Hicks
• July 12, Bootstrap Roundtable
• August 9, Gita Lal, founder Daman Consulting
• September 13, Tom Feo, founder Optimization Alternatives
• October 11, Eric Shaffer, CEO Virtual Alert
• November 8, Sam Goodner, CEO Catapult Systems
• December 13, Gary Hoover, Founder Bookstop and Hoovers Online

2003

October 13, Neal Kocurek, founder Radian

Subgroups by Stage
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