Ambassador
Contents
Lead
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
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 Goswami
- Texas Exes Andrew Bode
Environmental Organizations
- Friends of Deep Eddy Sara Crowell
- Town Lake Trail Foundation Maura Nevel
- Envision Central Texas Diane Miller
Other
- AMA Austin Pat Scherer
- American Creativity Association Phyllis Blees
- Austin Film Society Henrik Johansson
- Austin Music Foundation Jen Hamre
- AWT Austin Lynn Pausic
- Digital Convergence Initiative, David Pinckney
- IEEE Engingeering Management Leslie Martinich
- International Coaching Federation Susan Franzen
- Japan America Society Steve Portnoy
- Leadership Austin, Sasha Grinshpun
- Network in Austin Scott Ingram
- Salsa.NET Dean McCall
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers Chris Norman
- SXSW Jon Lebkowsky
- Webmopac Kim Paternoster
