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
Cultural Organizations
- AAACC ?
- Japan America Society Steve Portnoy
- SIETAR Austin ?
Technology Organizations
- Digital Convergence Initiative, David Pinckney
- IEEE Engingeering Management Leslie Martinich
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers Chris Norman
Other
- AMA Austin Pat Scherer
- American Creativity Association Phyllis Blees
- Austin Film Society Henrik Johansson
- Austin Music Foundation Jen Hamre
- AWT Austin Lynn Pausic
- International Coaching Federation Susan Franzen
- Leadership Austin, Sasha Grinshpun
- Network in Austin Scott Ingram
- Salsa.NET (San Antonio) Dean McCall
- SXSW Jon Lebkowsky
- Webmopac Kim Paternoster
