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Revision as of 14:32, 14 September 2009
For bootstrappers in the Valley of Death Stage of their venture. The Bootstrap Map explains all the stages, including Ideation and Growth, which precede and follow Valley of Death.
The VoD Phase Image by Marilyn MartinLeads
- 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: Moneet Singh and Neeraj Bansal, cofounded of a mobile payments company in Pittsburgh and sold it to MPower Labs. It's now part of their new Mango venture, which enables payments via cell phone text messaging.
- 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
TinyURL for this section: http://tinyurl.com/2tepn8
2007
TinyURL for this section: http://tinyurl.com/2krang
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