Valley of Death Subgroup
For bootstrappers in the Valley of Death Stage of their venture. Yahoo Discussion Forum
The VoD Phase Image by Marilyn Martin2009
- 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:
- Aug 10:
- Sep 14:
- 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
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2007
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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