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| | [http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below. | | [http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below. |
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| − | = Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =
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| − | == Beth Schmitz ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.avantpearl.com/ AvantPearl.com]
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| − | ; Company Size: Small
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| − | ; Stage: VoD, but highly optimistic
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| − | ; Location: North Austin
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Web Usability
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| − | * Web 2.0
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| − | * Boomers & the Web
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| − | * Luxury Consumer Marketing
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| − | * Luxury Retail & the Web
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| − | * Full-time Bootstrapper
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| − | * Self-taught goldsmith
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| − | * 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
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| − | * 20+ years technology background -- s/w, marketing
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| − | * Int'l experience manufacturing (Asia)
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| − | * Int'l exp. establishing suppliers, supply-chain
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| − | * Harvard BA Biochem; UT-Austin MBA Mkg/Entrepren
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| − | * Ready to advise other bootstrap businesses.
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| − | * Always looking to learn more.
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| − | == Brian Massey ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]
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| − | ; Company Size: Small
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| − | ; Stage: Growth
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| − | ; Location: Northwest Austin
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Business to Business Technology
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| − | * Marketing
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| − | * Web 2.0/Customer Communities
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| − | * Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
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| − | * 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
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| − | * Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
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| − | * Always looking to learn more.
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| − | == Phyllis Blees==
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| − | ; Company: Blees Creative Academies
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| − | ; Company Size: Small
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| − | ; Stage: Ideation
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| − | ; Location: Austin
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Managing a start-up
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| − | * For-Profit educational models
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| − | * Financing start-ups
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| − | ; Other Information:
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| − | * Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
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| − | * Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
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| − | * 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
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| − | * Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
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| − | * Bootstrap Library Co-Chair
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| − | == Stephen Sopko ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']
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| − | ; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]
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| − | ; Phone: 512 917 6020
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| − | ; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors
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| − | ; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)
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| − | ; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
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| − | * Seminars & Teambuilding Events
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| − | * Games & Simulations
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| − | * Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity
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| − | * Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
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| − | * Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
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| − | * Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
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| − | * Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
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| − | * Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
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| − | * Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling
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| − | == Karen Sopko ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]
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| − | ; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]
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| − | ; Phone: 512 694 5366
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| − | ; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies
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| − | ; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan
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| − | ; Location: Round Rock, TX
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
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| − | * Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
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| − | * Services Marketing (new service offering development)
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| − | * IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
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| − | * Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities
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| − | * see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
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| − | * Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
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| − | * Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
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| − | * Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
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| − | * Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
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| − | * Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
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| − | * Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology
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| − | == Artie Berne ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.Performance-Capital.net/ Performance Capital]
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| − | ; Email: [mailto:aberne@austin.rr.com aberne@austin.rr.com]
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| − | ; Phone: 512-261-0024
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| − | ; Company Size: Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston
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| − | ; Stage: (I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)
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| − | ; Location: Beutiful Lakeway,TX
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:
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| − | * Small Company Financing_1
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| − | * Accounts Receivable Financing_2
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| − | * Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
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| − | * Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
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| − | * Buying of Companies_5
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| − | * Project Funding_6
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| − | * Equity Venture Capital_7
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| − | * Asset Lending_8
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| − | * Leasing of Equipment_9
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| − | * Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
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| − | * Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10
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| − | * In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
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| − | * I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
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| − | * HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
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| − | * My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
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| − | * Also running,lifting and
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| − | * Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.
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| − | == Michael Wilson==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.smallworldlabs.com/ Small World Labs]
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| − | ; Email: [mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]
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| − | ; Phone: 512-499-0018
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| − | ; Company Size: 7
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| − | ; Stage: Valley of Death
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| − | ; Location: Central/South Austin
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Marketing
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| − | * Sales
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| − | * Strategy
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| − | == Corliss McGinty, SPHR ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.HRMomma.com/ Soft Solutions Consulting]
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| − | ; Email: [mailto:Corliss@HRMomma.com Corliss@HRMomma.com]
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| − | ; Phone: 512-736-9884
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| − | ; Company Size: 1
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| − | ; Stage: VoD in Austin
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| − | ; Location: Austin, TX
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
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| − | * Talent-getting, developing and retaining
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| − | * Coaching for managers, executives
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| − | * Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
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| − | * Certified in 360 feedback
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| − | == Brian Moeskau ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.thinkfirst.biz/ ThinkFirst, LLC]
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| − | ; Product: [http://www.myhomepoint.com/ MyHomePoint.com]: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.
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| − | ; Email: [mailto:brian@myhomepoint.com brian@myhomepoint.com]
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| − | ; Phone: 512-451-7294
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| − | ; Company Size: 2 (myself + cofounder)
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| − | ; Stage: Valley of Death
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| − | ; Location: Central Austin
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
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| − | * Web/user interface design and user experience
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| − | * Basketball
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| − | * 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...
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| − | == Kevin Koym ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.enterpriseteaming.com/ Enterprise Teaming, llc]
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| − | ; Email: [mailto:kevin.koym@enterpriseteaming.com]
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| − | ; Phone: +1.512.698.9328
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| − | ; Company Size: 2+contractors
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| − | ; Stage: Valley of Death, Baby!
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| − | ; Location: Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * International Business
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| − | * Social Networking Theory
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| − | * Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
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| − | * Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
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| − | * Well connected through Austin
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| − | * Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.pelegrinegroup.com/ The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.]
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| − | ; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE
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| − | ; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
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| − | * YOUR_INTEREST_1
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| − | * ETC.
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| − | * YOUR_OTHER_INFO
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| − | == Ben Bartell ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.seattlesbestaustin.com/ Seattle's Best Coffee]
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| − | ; Email: [mailto:ben@seattlesbestaustin.com]
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| − | ; Phone: 512-565-4693
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| − | ; Company Size: 120
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| − | ; Stage: Growth (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
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| − | ; Location: Austin
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| − | * Mentorship
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| − | * Team Building
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| − | * Originally from Seattle, WA
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| − | * Interested in helping any interested parties in getting out of the Valley of Death.
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| − | * Strengthfinder top 5: Strategic, Acheiver, Relator, Learner, Woo
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| − | == Eric L. Burt ==
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| − | ; Company: [http://www.Memberize.com/ Memberize!]
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| − | ; Email: eburt@memberize.com
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| − | ; Phone: 512-536-1409 x107
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| − | ; Company Size: ~100 clients
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| − | ; Stage: Growth
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| − | ; Location: Austin
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| − | ; Interested Categories:
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| − | * Web 2.0
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| − | * Hosted Application Services
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| − | * Marketing, Marketing Channels
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| − | * SEO
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| − | * Originally from El Paso
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| − | * University of Texas alum that recently relocated to Austin
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