Ambassador

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Lead

Steve Harper

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

• Austin SPIN
• Entrepreneurs Foundation
• SIETAR Austin
• World Future Society

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 Club
• Rice Alliance Sanjeev Dhir
• 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