Ambassador

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There are many amazing organization around town that bootstrappers can get involved with. These organizations are listed below. Every organization also has their own group on Bootstrap Online with links from their wiki page. Subscribe to an organizaiton's group to hear about its events and activities.

Goals

1. Provide a way for Bootstrappers to get connected to other relevant support organizations in town
2. Provide a way for these organizations to easily communicate with and promote their events and activities to the Bootstrap community
3. Create joint events between Bootstrap and these organizations

How to Update Your Organization Page

We have had to limit editing of Bootstrap Wiki pages due to spambots. Please send an email to bijoy at aviri dot com. To moderate your organization's group, please first create an account on Bootstrap Online, then join appropriate group. Once you are a member, send bijoy a note to become a moderator.

Organizations

Entrepreneurship Organizations

• AIBA
• Austin International Group
• Austin Inventors
• BiG Austin
• Business Success Center
• E! Club, Diane Carroll
• Entrepreneurs Organization
• FLOW
• Small Business Development Program (SBDP), City of Austin
• PeopleFund
• Texas Ventures
• Technology Entrepreneurship Society UT
• Texchange
• TiE Austin

Technology Organizations

• 3D Users Group
• Austin SPIN
• Austin Technology Council Carol Dwyer
• Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), Erin Defosse
• Digital Convergence Initiative, Sloan Foster & David Pinckney
• Future Tech, Bill Kleinebecker
• IEEE Engingeering Management Leslie Martinich
• Joomla!, Christopher Justice, Open Source Matters, Inc. Board Member & Joomla Marketing and Media Co-coordinator
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers Chris Norman
• TAG Austin, Bill Kleinebecker
• Webmopac Kim Paternoster

University Organizations

• Acton MBA, Georgia Spaeth
• Capital City A&M Club, ?
• HBS Alumni, Sasha Grinshpun
• IC2 Institute, David Pinckney
• McCombs Entrepreneur Society, ?
• McCombs MBA Alumni, Ken Hoo
• MIT Forum, Kimberley Elcess
• Rice Alliance, Robert McKee
• Stanford Club, Bijoy
• St. Edwards MBA, ?
• Texas Exes, Andrew Bode
• Wharton Club, ?
• UT Office of Technology Licensing, Rick Friedman

Cultural Organizations

• AAACC, ?
• Japan America Society, Steve Portnoy
• Long Center, Cliff Redd

Environmental Organizations

• Austin Eco Network, Brandi Clark
• Town Lake Trail Foundation, Maura Nevel
• Envision Central Texas, Diane Miller

Other

• AMA Austin, Pat Scherer
• American Creativity Association, Phyllis Blees
• Association for Corporate Growth, Christopher Justice
• ASTD Austin, ?
• Austin Chamber, Chris Garrigues
• Austin Film Society, Henrik Johansson
• Austin Music Foundation, Jen Hamre
• AWT Austin, Lynn Pausic
• Hire Austin, Terri Bishop
• International Coaching Federation, Susan Franzen
• Leadership Austin, Sasha Grinshpun
• Licensing Executive Society, Don Jarrell
• More Clients More Often, Jason Howell
• PMI Austin
• Salsa.NET (San Antonio), Dean McCall
• SXSW, Jon Lebkowsky
• Top Guns, Pat Scherer
• Women in Communications
• Word of Mouth Marketing Association
• World Future Society, Paul Schumann