Boot Board (Austin)

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Boot Board

Led by Bootstrappers

INSTRUCTIONS

Overview
You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.
Login
Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.
Claim your entry
Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.
Fill in your details
At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.
Questions
If you have any questions, please email Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

Existing Boot Boards

International Boot Board

Diversity/VOD Boot Board

Growth Boot Board

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

These individuals have not yet committed to a particular boot board. Once you have committed, please move your entry from here to the page for that boot board. When moving your entry, please change your heading from "section" to "subsection" by changing "===" to "==".

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
Email
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


Michael Trafton

Company
Blue Fish Development Group
Email
[1]
Phone
512-469-9300 x201
Company Size
25 People
Stage
Growth
Location
Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)
Interested Categories
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Business Operations
  • Personnel Management
Other Information
  • Bootstrapped since 1999
  • Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization
  • I'm interested in a Boot Board made up of other growth companies


Stephen Sopko

Company
Creative Bandwidth, LP
Email
steve@ckventures.com
Phone
512 917 6020
Company Size
5 owners & contractors
Stage
Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)
Location
Round Rock/Georgetown, TX
Interested Categories
  • Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
  • Seminars & Teambuilding Events
  • Games & Simulations
  • Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity
Other Information
  • Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [2]
  • Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [3]
  • Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
  • Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
  • Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
  • Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling


Dave Pinckney

Company
Egeria Design
Email
Egeria Design mailbox
Phone
512-833-8634
Company Size
Small
Stage
Valley of Death
Location
North Austin
Interested Categories
  • Managing virtual staff
  • Non-standard business models
  • Structures of financial transactions
Other Information

Karen Sopko

Company
Cedar Key Ventures, LLC
Email
karen@ckventures.com
Phone
512 694 5366
Company Size
2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies
Stage
Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan
Location
Round Rock, TX
Interested Categories
  • Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
  • Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
  • Services Marketing (new service offering development)
  • IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
  • Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities
Other Information
  • see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
  • Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
  • Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
  • Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
  • Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
  • Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
  • Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

Cruce Saunders

Company
Ariesnet Inc.
Email
csaunders AT ariesnet.com
Phone
888-932-3375 x 305
Company Size
12 + extended virtual team
Stage
Growth, Bumpy
Location
Austin and Dallas
Interested Categories
  • Virtual Teaming
  • Services business management
  • Client service and client experience
  • Sales and marketing, cash flow management, recruiting
  • Web application development, IT Services, .NET
Other Information
  • Founded 1997
  • Largest employment 25 in 2000
  • Started while at school at SMU


Artie Berne

Company
Performance Capital
Email
aberne@austin.rr.com
Phone
512-261-0024
Company Size
Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston
Stage
(I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)
Location
Beutiful Lakeway,TX
Interested Categories

SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:

  • Small Company Financing_1
  • Accounts Receivable Financing_2
  • Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
  • Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
  • Buying of Companies_5
  • Project Funding_6
  • Equity Venture Capital_7
  • Asset Lending_8
  • Leasing of Equipment_9
  • Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
  • Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10


Other Information
  • In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
  • I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
  • HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
  • My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
  • Also running,lifting and
  • Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.


Michael Wilson

Company
Small World Labs


Email
[mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]
Phone
512-499-0018
Company Size
3
Stage
Valley of Death
Location
Central/South Austin
Interested Categories
  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Strategy
Other Information



Corliss McGinty, SPHR

Company
Soft Solutions Consulting
Email
Corliss@HRMomma.com
Phone
512-736-9884
Company Size
1
Stage
VoD in Austin
Location
Austin, TX
Interested Categories
  • Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
  • Talent-getting, developing and retaining
  • Coaching for managers, executives
Other Information
  • Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
  • Certified in 360 feedback


Brian Moeskau

Company
ThinkFirst, LLC
Product
MyHomePoint.com: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.
Email
brian@myhomepoint.com
Phone
512-451-7294
Company Size
2 (myself + cofounder)
Stage
Valley of Death
Location
Central Austin
Interested Categories
  • All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
  • Web/user interface design and user experience
  • Basketball
Other Information
  • 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...


Kevin Koym

see my profile link at User:kkoym

Company
Enterprise Teaming, llc
Email
[4]
Phone
+1.512.698.9328
Company Size
2+contractors
Stage
Valley of Death, Baby!
Location
Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.
Interested Categories
  • International Business
  • Social Networking Theory
  • Organizational Development
Other Information
  • Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
  • Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
  • Well connected through Austin
  • Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus


Rick Davis

Company
The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.
Email
[5]
Phone
512-419-7785
Company Size
YOUR_SIZE
Stage
YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
Location
YOUR_LOCATION
Interested Categories
  • YOUR_INTEREST_1
  • YOUR_INTEREST_2
  • ETC.
Other Information
  • YOUR_OTHER_INFO
  • ETC.


YOUR_NAME_HERE

Company
YOUR_COMPANY
Email
YOUR_EMAIL
Phone
YOUR_PHONENUMBER
Company Size
YOUR_SIZE
Stage
YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
Location
YOUR_LOCATION
Interested Categories
  • YOUR_INTEREST_1
  • YOUR_INTEREST_2
  • ETC.
Other Information
  • YOUR_OTHER_INFO
  • ETC.


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