Boot Board (Austin)
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!
Led by Bootstrappers:
- Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
- Stan Tyler
- David Swedlow
Contents
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.
Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals
Ash Maurya
- Company
- WiredReach
- ash@wiredreach.com
- Phone
- 214.914.8658
- Company Size
- 5 people
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas
- Interested Categories
- User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
- Collaborative Technology
- Starting Up
- Other Information
- New to Austin
- Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
- weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com
Brian Massey
- Company
- HearThis.com
- Company Size
- Small
- Stage
- Growth
- Location
- Northwest Austin
- Interested Categories
- Business to Business Technology
- Marketing
- Web 2.0/Customer Communities
- Other Information
- Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
- 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
- Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
- Always looking to learn more.
Chad Jewell
Company: Austin Office Space, Inc. www.AustinOfficeSpace.com
Company Size: Small (4 people)
Stage: Growth
Location: Northwest Austin
Interested Categories: Service / Consulting oriented businesses, Business in growth phase, Lifestyle businesses, Sales
Other Information Started my company 6 years ago. Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate. Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8? Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)
David Swedlow
- Company
- SPCI
- david@metastorming.com
- Phone
- 512-589-8834
- Company Size
- 2 people
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Northwest Austin
- Interested Categories
- Social Software (Web 2.0)
- Emergent Community
- Collaborative Technology
- Transformational Dynamics
- Other Information
- New Bootstrapper
- Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
- Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
- Future Studies
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
